WithIt Names 2010 WOW Awards Finalists

May 24, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on May 25, 2010 WithIt has announced the WOW Awards finalists for 2010.

The annual program honors individuals and/or corporations in the home and furnishings industries.

Julie Phillips, vice president of The Phillips Collection, has earned the 2010 Legacy Award. This
top honor recognizes the professional achievements of a woman who has made significant lifetime contributions to the home and furnishings industries.

In addition to naming the Legacy Award recipient, nominees for education, mentoring and future
leader awards have been released.

They are: Margaret Casey, director of programming, World Market Center-Las Vegas; F. Jay Reardon, president, Hickory Chair; and Lauren West, director of education and development, Natuzzi Americas for the education award.

For the mentoring award: Gat Caperton, president and CEO, Gat Creek; Deborah Klein, DK Inside Designer Inc.; and Kathy Wall, president, The Media Matters.

For the future leader award: Rene Crosby, senior account executive, Four Hands;  Kristin Hawkins, new product development stage gate manager, Broyhill Furniture Inds., a subsidiary of Furniture Brands International; Vanessa Northrop, marketing director, City Furniture; and Kaci Prunty, retail market manager, Tempur-Pedic North America.

The recipient of each WOW Award will be announced Aug. 18 during an evening banquet being held during the annual WithIt Professional Conference, Aug. 17-19. In addition, the Legacy Award will be presented to Phillips. Both the WOW Awards dinner and conference will be held at the Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. For more information and to register for the
conference and the WOW Awards banquet, visit WithIt.