Furniture First Elects Board

April 25, 2012  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on April 26, 2012

Buying group Furniture First hosted its general membership and annual meeting at the recent High Point Market and renewed the terms of its board or directors. 

Officers continuing their roles on the board of directors through April 2013 include Nick Cardi of Cardi's Furniture, located in Swansea, Mass.; Larry Schneiderman of Schneiderman's, located in Lakeville, Minn.; Art Scholet of Scholet Furniture, located in Oneonta, N.Y.; Jeff Winter of Discovery Furniture, located in Topeka, Kan. 

Officers continuing their roles on the board of directors include Larry Smith of Smith Home Furnishings, located in Ponca City, Okla., as the chairman; Mike Kordik of Mike's Furniture, located in Joliet, Ill., as the vice chairman; Beth Barnes of FurnitureLand, located in Delmar, Del., as treasurer; and Russell Blocker of Blocker's Furniture, located in Ocala, Fla., as secretary. 

Returning to the board of directors is Steve Kloss, owner of The Tin Shed in Highland, Ill. Kloss, who was among the small group of retailers that founded the cooperative buying group in 1994, will be serving his second term on the board. 

Riley Griffiths, owner of Riley's Furniture Gallery in Monroe, Ohio, retired from the board.  Griffiths was given a plaque recognizing his contributions to the group during his six-year tenure on the board.