Jeff Child New President of NHFA

December 29, 2009  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on December 30, 2009 With the coming of the new year, Jeff Child, CEO of R.C. Willey Home Furnishings, Salt Lake City, Utah, takes office as 2010 president of the National Home Furnishings Association. He succeeds Michael B. Spiller, Spiller Furniture, Tuscaloosa, Ala., who becomes chairman of the executive committee.

Child is a long time association member and leader of both NHFA and its West Coast affiliate, Western Home Furnishings Association. Jeff, son of Sheldon Child, helped his father and uncle, Bill Child, with the family business working in the warehouse and later in merchandise display and the carpet department. After graduating from Brigham Young University, he worked as a sales associate and buyer, eventually becoming president.

As one of the top home furnishings retailers in the country, R.C. Willey attracted the attention of Warren Buffet, and in 1995, the company and Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., announced a merger agreement. In 2004 Child was selected NHFA's Retailer of the Year in the over $10 million category for his service to the industry, service to his community and creative leadership in his company.

Other officers are: Senior Vice President and Treasurer Dianne Ray, Garden City Furniture, Garden City Beach, S.C.; Senior Vice President Marc Schewel, Schewel Furniture, Lynchburg, Va.; and Senior Vice President Cherie Rose, The Rose Collection, Los Gatos, Calif.

New directors include: Brian D. Casey, High Point Market Authority, High Point, N. C.; Robert J. Maricich, World Market Center, Las Vegas; Thomas H. Olinde, Olinde's Furniture, Baton Rouge, La.; Sherry Sheely, Sheely's Furniture & Appliance, Inc., North Lima, Ohio; and John C. Stewart, Jr. Big Sandy Super Store, Franklin Furnace, Ohio.