AHFA Elects 2008 Officers

November 13, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on November 2007 Kurt Darrow, president of La-Z-Boy Inc., Monroe, Mich., was elected 2008 chairman of the American Home Furnishings Alliance during the closing session of the organization’s 2007 Annual Meeting in Charleston, S.C., last week.

Bruce Bradburn, CEO of the Bradburn Gallery, Atlanta, has moved to first vice chairman. John Bray, CEO of Vanguard Furniture Co., Hickory, N.C., was elected second vice chairman.

Paul Toms, chairman and chief operating officer of Hooker Furniture, Martinsville, Va., moves to immediate past-chairman of the AHFA Board of Directors. The officers will assume their new posts on January 1.

Members newly elected to serve a three-year term on the AHFA Board of Directors include: Aminy Audi, L. and J.G. Stickley, Manlius, N.Y.; Rountree Collett, Bernhardt Furniture Co., Lenoir, N.C.; Jeff Cook, Broyhill Furniture Industries, Lenoir, N.C.; Bob Duncan, American Leather, Dallas; Greg Harden, Harden Furniture, McConnellsville, N.Y.; Carl Phillips, Interlude Home Inc., Trumbull, Conn.; and Jeff Scheffer, Stanley Furniture Co., Stanleytown, Va.