Home Furnishings International Association Elects Board of Directors For 2000

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Home Furnishings International Association announces the election of its 2000 board of directors. Mark Finlay of Craft's of Bay City, TX, will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board. "I'm honored to be continuing as Association Board Chairman and look forward to another successful year working with HFIA. Returning officers are: Dick Andrews, Andrews Furniture, Abilene, TX - Vice Chairman; Randy Bridgman, Bridgman Furniture, Poteau, OK - Vice Chairman; Julian Mutter, Doerr Furniture, New Orleans, LA - Secretary/Treasurer; Melissa O'Rourke, Charlotte's Fine Furnishings, El Paso, TX - Vice Chairman; Hilmar Starcke, Starcke Furniture, Seguin, TX - Past Chairman; and Sharon Wilkes, Swiftex, Bastrop, TX - Vice Chairman. New members elected to the Board are: Connie Ashby, La-Z-Boy, Raleigh, NC; Sandy Cadotte, Dragon's Lair Futons and Furnishings, Ann Arbor, MI; Buddy Spradlin, Riverside Furniture Corp., Fort Smith, AR; Mary Stanford, Simply Style by Wheeler & Kendall, Valencia, CA; and Jim Townsend, Ashley Furniture Industries, New Braunfels, TX. Reelected were: Ken Allred, Today's Furniture, Laurel, MS; Doug Brashears, Brashears Furniture, Berryville, AR; Steve Claypool, Claypool's Ethan Allen Gallery, Mesquite, TX; Dainah Gregory, Newland Furniture, Gainesville, TX; Don Leonard, Leonard's Furniture, San Antonio, TX; Scott Murphy, Murphy's Furniture Gallery, Tyler, TX; and Raul Quintana, Decor of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, NM.