AHFA Elects 2016 Officers And Directors

Furniture World News Desk on 11/17/2015

AHFA announced that Kevin O’Connor, Samson Marketing, High Point, N.C., was elected 2016 chairman of the American Home Furnishings Alliance during the organization’s Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, November 12-15.

Samson Marketing is the U.S. marketing arm of Samson Holding, parent company of Universal Furniture, Smartstuff by Universal, Craftmaster Upholstery, Legacy Classic Furniture and Legacy Classic Kids.

Richard Magnussen, CEO of Magnussen Home Furnishings, Ontario, Canada, was elected first vice chairman, and Bill Wittenburg, CEO of Klaussner Home Furnishings, Asheboro, N.C., was elected second vice chairman.



AHFA’s 2015 chairman, Kevin Sauder, president and CEO of Sauder Woodworking, Archbold, Ohio, moves to immediate past-chairman of the Board of Directors for 2016. All of the new officers assume their posts on January 1.

Executives newly elected to new three-year terms on the Board of Directors include: David Beckmann, Emerald Home Furnishings; Roger Bland, Southern Motion; Dan Bradley, Chaddock; Andy Bray, Vanguard Furniture Company Inc.; Gat Caperton, Gat Creek; Jeff Cook, A.R.T. Furniture; Kurt Darrow, La-Z-Boy Inc.; Ron Wanek, Ashley Furniture Industries Inc.; and Al Wiygul, American Furniture Manufacturing Inc.

AHFA is based in High Point, N.C., and represents more than 200 leading furniture manufacturers and distributors, along with about 150 suppliers to the furniture industry worldwide. AHFA serves as the residential furniture industry’s advocate in Washington, D.C., on all legislative and regulatory matters and leads the development of voluntary environmental, product safety and construction standards for home furnishings. Membership is open to all manufacturers and distributors of home furnishings for the U.S. market.