David E. Hall

He serves as the executive vice chairman of the board of directors of Kansas City, Mo.-based Hallmark Cards, Inc. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Hallmark Corporate Foundation.

Hall, a grandson of the company’s founder, Joyce C. Hall, joined Hallmark in 1981. He has held management positions in sales administration, finance, and order distribution. He worked as a staff attorney in Hallmark’s legal department, served as director of retailer relations and communications for the card/specialty channel, and was director of subsidiary integration for a Hallmark greeting card subsidiary. He has served as a member of Hallmark’s board of directors since 1996.

In 1999, Hall was named vice president for U.S. marketing and sales at Binney & Smith (now Crayola, LLC), a Hallmark subsidiary that manufactures and sells Crayola® brand products. In 2002, Hall returned to Kansas City as senior vice president of human resources for Hallmark. Beginning in 2005, he served as president of Hallmark North America, leading operations for Hallmark’s North American businesses. He was promoted to president of Hallmark Cards, Inc. in 2015 and was named as his current role of executive vice chairman of the board of directors in 2019.

Hall serves on the Board of Directors of the Kansas City Area Development Council (KCADC), the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, and St. Luke’s Hospital. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Davidson College.