NHFA, SHFA Name New Slate of Officers, Directors

October 27, 2011  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on October 28, 2011

The National Home Furnishings Association named 2012 officers and directors at its annual membership meeting in High Point on Sunday.

2012 NHFA Officers are:    president, Marc Schewel, Schewel Furniture, Lynchburg, Va.; chairman, Dianne Ray, Garden City Furniture, Garden City Beach, S.C.; president elect, Cherie Rose, The Rose Collection, Los Gatos, Calif.; senior vice president and treasurer, Rick Howard, Sklar Furnishings, Boca Raton, Fla.; and senior vice president, John Wells III, Wells Home Furnishings, Charleston, W.Va.

New directors beginning a 3-year term on Jan. 1 are:  Peggy Burns, Circle Furniture, Acton, Mass.; Jesus Capo, El Dorado Furniture, Miami Gardens, Fla.; Joe Cory Sr., Cory 1st Choice Home Delivery, Secaucus, N.J.; Mike Huber, Belfort Furniture, Dulles, Va.; Mike Root, Furniture Sales of Mid-America, Omaha, Neb.; Andy Thornton, La Difference, Richmond, Va.; Beckey Waldrop, Miller Waldrop Furniture, Hobbs, N.M.; and Ron Werner, HW Home, Denver, Colo. 

Directors elected to the NHFA executive committee for a two-year term beginning Jan. 1st are:  Jim Fee, Stoney Creek Furniture, Stoney Creek, Ontario; Donny Hinton, Colortyme, Gaffney, S.C.; Claudia LeClair, Fiesta Furnishings, Scottsdale, Ariz.; and Bill Pou Jr., W.S. Badcock, Mulberry, Fla.

At its meeting Monday in High Point, the Board of Directors of NHFA affiliate Southern Home Furnishings Association  also named its 2012 officers. They include Robert Dossenbach, president; Britt Sams, vice president; Brian Shealy, secretary; Robert "Tripp" Jones, treasurer; and Gary Woodham, executive committee chairman.

New directors beginning a three-year term on Jan. are 1 Scott Allen, Schewel Furniture, Lynchburg, Va.; Mandy Jeffries, Colfax Furniture, Greensboro, N.C.; and Haywood "Woody" Whichard, Midtown Furniture Superstores, Madison, N.C.

SHFA serves furniture retailers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

National Home Furnishings Association is the nation's largest organization devoted specifically to the needs and interests of home furnishings retailers.