NHFA Holds Annual Meeting and Elections at High Point Market

The new NHFA officers include President Marc Schewel, Schewel Furniture, Lynchburg, Va.; Chairman Dianne Ray, Garden City Furniture, Garden City Beach, S.C.; President-Elect Cherie Rose, The Rose Collection, Los Gatos, Calif.; Senior Vice President and Treasurer Rick Howard, Sklar Furnishings, Boca Raton, Fla.; and Senior Vice President John Wells III, Wells Home Furnishings, Charleston, W.V.

New Directors beginning a three-year term on Jan. 1, 2012 are: Peggy Burns, Circle Furniture, Acton, Mass.; Jesus Capo, El Dorado Furniture, Miami Gardens, Fla.; Joe Cory Sr., Cory 1st Choice Home Delivery, Secaucus, N.J.; Mike Huber, Belfort Furniture, Dulles, Va.; Mike Root, Furniture Sales of Mid-America, Omaha, Neb.; Andy Thornton, La Difference, Richmond, Va.; Beckey Waldrop, Miller Waldrop Furniture, Hobbs, N.M.; and Ron Werner, H W Home, Denver, Colo.

Directors elected to the NHFA Executive Committee for a two-year term beginning Jan. 1 are: Jim Fee, Stoney Creek Furniture, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada; Donny Hinton, Colortyme, Gaffney, S.C.; Claudia LeClair, Fiesta Furnishings, Scottsdale, Ariz.; and Bill Pou Jr., W.S. Badcock, Mulberry, Fla.

The Board of Directors of Southern Home Furnishings Association also met at the High Point Market, on Monday, October 24. At that meeting, SHFA announced that its officers effective Jan. 1, 2012 will be President Robert Dossenbach, Dossenbach’s Finer Furniture, Sanford, N.C.; Vice President Britt Sams, Sam’s Furniture, Henderson, N.C.; Secretary Brian Shealy, Economy Furniture, Leesville, S.C.; Treasurer Robert “Tripp” Jones, Jones Wayside Furniture, Spring Lake, N.C.; and Executive Committee Chairman Gary Woodham, Colfax Furniture, Greensboro, N.C.

New SHFA Directors beginning a three-year term on Jan. 1, 2012 are: Scott Allen, Schewel Furniture, Lynchburg, Va.; Mandy Jeffries, Colfax Furniture, Greensboro, N.C.; and Haywood “Woody” Whichard, Midtown Furniture Superstores, Madison, N.C.