Board of Directors

In her position as Chair of the Board, Patricia Gallup concentrates on corporate governance, vision, and long-term strategy for the company she co-founded in 1982. Starting with an initial investment of $8,000, as Chair and CEO, Gallup oversaw Connection’s spectacular growth into a Fortune 1000, leading technology solutions provider with over $2.5 billion in annual sales. Gallup took PC Connection, Inc. public in March 1998; the Company now does business as Connection, and trades on the Nasdaq Exchange under the symbol CNXN. Gallup has appeared on Fortune Magazine's list of top young entrepreneurs and on Working Woman's list of the top 50 women business owners in the United States. She appeared in the book The New Hampshire Century, which profiled one hundred people in NH who shaped the last millennium. For the past 10 years, she has appeared on CRN’s list of Women of the Channel. Gallup is a 1979 graduate of the University of Connecticut, and in 1994 received its distinguished alumni award.