Scozzafava Named AHFA Chairman

November 15, 2011  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Executive Changes on November 16, 2011

Furniture Brands International Chairman and CEO Ralph Scozzafava has been elected 2012 chairman of the American Home Furnishings Alliance board of directors.

Wyatt Bassett, president/CEO of Vaughan-Bassett, Galax, Va., moves to first vice chairman; and George Revington, CEO of Home Meridian International, High Point, was elected second vice chairman.

Bob Duncan, CEO of American Leather, Dallas, now moves to immediate past-chairman of the board of directors. All of the new officers will take their posts on Jan. 1.

Executives newly elected to three-year terms on the board of directors include: Alan Cole, Hooker Furniture, Martinsville, Va.; Richard Magnussen, Magnussen Home Furnishings, Ontario, Canada; Bill Markowitz, The Veneman Group, Garden Grove, Calif.; Kevin Sauder, Sauder Woodworking, Archbold, Ohio; Eric Schenk, Century Furniture, Hickory, N.C.; Ed Teplitz, Thomasville Furniture, Thomasville, N.C.; and Roy Calcagne, Craftmaster Furniture, Taylorsville, N.C.

The American Home Furnishings Alliance, based in High Point, represents more than 200 leading furniture manufacturers and distributors, plus about 150 suppliers to the furniture industry worldwide.