United Sporting Companies (USC), a nationwide distributor of hunting, outdoor and marine products, promoted Grace Brickle to director of human resources and Rob George to senior vice president of sales and marketing.

Brickle will report directly to CEO Brad Johnson, effective immediately. She will be responsible for all human resource-related activities for USC.

“Grace’s experience and track record with USC makes her the right person to lead and take care of our Human Resource efforts at all USC locations. With Grace’s leadership and professionalism, I am confident that we will continue to care for our most important asset, our associates,” said Brad Johnson, USC chairman and CEO.

George will also continue to report directly to Johnson. Effective immediately, in addition to the marketing team, he will be taking over responsibility for all sales-related activities for USC. Jeff Pugh, VP of sales, and Paul Carey, VP of sales: national accounts, will report to George.

“Rob’s extensive experience and results in both sales and marketing make him supremely qualified to assume this additional responsibility. We are excited about the future of our growing business and look forward with great anticipation to the additional momentum this change will bring to our business and that of our customers,” said Johnson.