Home Furnishings International Association Elects Board Of Directors For 2001-2002

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Home Furnishings International Association announces the election of it’s 2001-2002 Board of Directors. Dick Andrews, Andrews Furniture Thomasville Gallery, Abilene, TX, will serve this year as Chairman of the Board. Other returning officers are: Randy Bridgman, Bridgman Furniture, Poteau, OK - Vice Chairman; Mark Finlay, Craft’s of Bay City, TX - Immediate Past Chairman; Bobby Leon, Chesnick Furniture, Victoria, TX, Vice Chairman; Julian Mutter, Doerr Furniture, New Orleans, LA - Secretary/Treasurer; and Sharon Wilkes, Swiftex, Bastrop, TX - Vice Chairman. New members elected to the Board are: David Belitsky, Darro Discount Furniture, Folsom, PA; Bill Castleberry, Castleberry’s Ethan Allen Home Interiors, Tulsa, OK; Dave Christopher, Christoper’s Evans Furniture, Evans, CO; Serena Cole, Duxiana, Dallas, TX; Peter Duncan, Original Mattress Factory, Fort Worth, TX; Rose Hoelscher, Hoelscher’s Inc., Floresville, TX; Alden Karotkin, Expressions Custom Furniture, Fort Worth, TX; Dan Kelley, Fleming Furniture Super Center, Paducah, KY; Tom McMinn, McMinn Furniture, Inc., Odessa, TX; James Nicholson, Gladhill Furniture Co., Middletown, MD; and James Smith, Premier Home Furnishings, West Plains, MO. Reelected were: Ken Allred, Today’s Furniture, Laurel, MS; Connie Ashby, La-Z-Boy, Raleigh, NC; Sandy Cadotte, Dragon’s Lair Futons & Furnishings, Ann Arbor, MI; Dainah Gregory, Newland Furniture, Gainesville, TX; Raul Quintana, Decor of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, NM; Buddy Spradlin, Riverside Furniture Corp., Fort Smith, AR; and Jim Townsend, Ashley Furniture Industries, New Braunfels, TX.