WithIt Bestows Lifetime Achievement Honor To Founder Margaret (Peggy) Traub, Adesso® Inc.

Furniture World News Desk on 12/15/2012

  

Award winners Traub, Hathcock & Ireland

 

Award winners Knopf & Taylor-Smith


WithIt announced that it will present Margaret Traub, CEO and president of Adesso® Inc., with its highest honor during the 2013 WOW Awards dinner and ceremony; the event will take place Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at World Market Center–Las Vegas.

Traub will receive the Founders/Lifetime Achievement Award for her commitment to WithIt and its mission to advance the careers of female professionals in the home and furnishings industries. As one of the founders of WithIt, Traub has performed an integral role in building WithIt, from nascent nonprofit to professional network comprised of hundreds of successful professionals.

“Peggy’s commitment to WithIt has no limits,” said 2013 WithIt President Betty Lyn Eller, IMRE’s Vice President - Home. “She provides invaluable counsel to the board, year after year, and she supports the organization’s most vital initiatives, including, most recently, the relaunch of WithIt.org.”

In addition to Traub’s lifetime achievement honor, WithIt will formally present the 2013 WOW Awards recipients at the ceremony, which will kick off the Las Vegas Market, Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2013. The winners are:

LEGACY AWARD: Kathy Ireland, Kathy Ireland Worldwide

MENTORING AWARD: Wright Global Graphic Solutions

EDUCATION AWARD: Cheminne Taylor-Smith, High Point Market Authority

LEADERSHIP AWARD: Kim Knopf, Innovative Mattress Solutions LLC

FUTURE LEADERSHIP AWARD: Kiersten Hathcock, Mod Mom Furniture

WithIt’s WOW Awards is the only industry-wide program dedicated to the specific accomplishments of women and the companies that support women in home and furnishings industries.

A cocktail reception begins at 6:30 p.m.; dinner featuring a menu by Todd Clore, an award-winning Las Vegas chef, and the awards presentation will follow.

Tickets are available for purchase at WithIt.org. Individual tickets are $150; a table of ten is available for $1,500.

The 2013 WOW Awards are made possible through the generous support of International Market Centers L.P., Palliser and Wray Ward.

Please direct WOW Awards sponsorship inquiries to Julie Smith Vincenti at Julie@NineMusesMedia.com. For additional information, contact Sara Lyke at director@WithIt.org.

About WithIt: WithIt was formed in 1997 for women in the home and furnishings industries in order to support their multi-dimensional career paths. It’s a not-for-profit network based in North Carolina that’s supported by companies such as Leggett & Platt, Furniture Brands International and International Market Centers. WithIt’s main purpose is to encourage and develop leadership, mentoring, education and networking opportunities for professional women in the home and furnishings industries. www.WithIt.org.