ITA Adds Bill Herren, Rick Lovegrove to Board of Directors

September 5, 2022  by HFBusiness Staff in Business Strategy, Industry   

Herren is a corporate and sales representative for Woodard Furniture and Lovegrove is president of upholstery at Four Hands.

“We are pleased to announce the addition of two outstanding industry professionals to our board,” said Kathryn Richardson, president of ITA’s board of directors and vice president of sales for Libeco. “ITA relies on its board members to help move its mission and programs forward and we are certain to benefit from the industry knowledge and experience Bill Herren and Rick Lovegrove will add to our team.”

The two join current board members Richardson; ITA Vice President David Lappert of Kravet; Treasurer Mendy Kearns of Hamilton Fabric; Elise Gabrielson of Crypton; Anderson Gibbons of STI; Steven Gittelson of Morgan Fabrics; Patrick Shelton of Valdese Weavers; and Andy Pacuk of Milliken.

Herren began his career in the early 1980s when he moved to south Florida from Chicago. Originally with Whitecraft (a brand acquired by Woodard) he has worked in Charleston and Dallas and now resides in Phoenix. Passionate about textiles, he enjoys all aspects of fabric buying including selecting fabrics for Woodard and sister company Mallin, as well as advising dealers on their fabric selections.

Lovegrove brings 25 years of domestic and international textile and manufacturing expertise to the ITA board. Since joining the Four Hands team in 2014, Lovegrove built a best-in class upholstery team and established Four Hands program as a trendsetter for the biggest retail brands and industry at large.

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