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Craven Wins IHFRA Distinguished Service Award
March 20,
2013 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Community/Charitable Support on March 21, 2013
The International Home Furnishings Representatives Association will honor Jim Craven with the Harold P. Braun Distinguished Service Award.
Craven, a longtime member and former president of IHFRA, will receive the associations highest honor April 23 at the 19th annual Furniture Industry Awards Gala at High Point Furniture Market in the International Home Furnishings Center Ballroom on the 11th floor of the Green Wing.
The Harold P. Braun Distinguished Service Award was established in 1975 and goes to a sales representative who embodies certain qualities and character, and has distinguished him or herself on behalf of IHFRA to sales representatives and the industry. The recipient has also enhanced, by deed and action, the image of home furnishings sales representatives in the community and the industry.
Craven served as 70th President of International Home Furnishings Representatives Association. Prior to his presidency, he served on IHFRAs Executive Committee from 2005 through 2008. He was IHFRAs legislative chairman from 1999 to 2007. For eight years, Craven was on the IHFRA board of directors, representing his local IHFRA Chapter, the Tennessee Furniture Travelers. Before joining the Board of Directors, he was President and Chairman of the Tennessee Furniture Travelers.
Craven is a graduate of the University Of Tennessee School Of Business where he received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He began his career in 1989 as a representative for Fairfield Chair Co. He also has represented Cresent Fine Furniture since 2001.
Aside from his business commitments, Craven has also served as the Chairman of the Parish Council for his Church. He is also President of the School Board for Saint Joseph Catholic School where he also coaches his daughters basketball team. Jim is married to Laura Craven, and they have three children, Jackson (14), Ansleigh (12), and Diana (10).
The International Home Furnishings Representatives Association and the National Home Furnishings Association sponsor the annual event. For more information on the Furniture Industry Awards Gala, please contact the IHFRA Office at 336.889.3920 or e-mail. Reservations for the Gala an also be made online here.