Doerr Furniture Appoints New President and CEO

Furniture World News Desk on 4/22/2015

Doerr Furniture, a fourth generation, family operated residential furniture store serving the Gulf Coast for over 76 years, has announced that its Board of Directors elected Mr. Shane Mutter as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Doerr Furniture.

Julian Mutter was the company's third generation president and today serves as President Emeritus. For Julian, trust, quality, integrity and strong partnerships were the guiding principles of doing business. Now, the fourth generation of family management continues the traditions of the family founders. Shane Mutter will lead Doerr’s future into the next generation and is accompanied by David Mutter, Vice President of Marketing, Brett Mutter, Operation Manager, Amy Freese, Senior Director of Merchandising and Jamie Mutter, Director of Design Services.

"We are extremely pleased to add a fourth generation family member to lead our family company," said Julian Mutter. "Shane is an excellent fit with Doerr Furniture and his background makes him the right person to lead our company to the next level of its growth and development, while continuing to embrace and uphold our core values of providing quality at an exceptional value and trust with our customers and community.

"I am honored to become my family’s fourth generation president and lead our family into the next generation," said Shane Mutter. "The Mutter family has created a strong foundation of smart business practices and genuine care and concern for their family of employees and customers. Those cornerstones are timeless and will continue to hold true for our family owned and operated business as we forge into the future."

Doerr Furniture is located at the corner of Elysian Fields & Burgundy, in the Faubourg Marigny, just five blocks from the Mississippi River. Connect with Doerr Furniture on Facebook (facebook.com/DoerrFurniture) or visit www.doerrfurniture.com for more information.