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Who's Who VOA was named among Orlando Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work in 2013” for second consecutive year. The company also promoted Joanna Del Moral and Iris Zayas to senior vice president, and has been hired by Wild Florida to create a masterplan for its natural theme park in Orlando. The Cornell School of Hotel Administration (SHA) has named two prestigious scholarship awards in Fabric Innovations’ president and owner Deborah Herman’s honor. The Deborah Herman Scholarship and Fabric Innovations Scholarship awards $10,000 to two extraordinary students currently enrolled in the school who meet the qualifications to receive financial aid. Kim Richardson is now the sales director for Quiltcraft Industries servicing Texas and the surrounding states. 3form promoted Jennifer Ruckel to Rocky Mountain regional manager, and hired Marie Poisson as a new sales assistant. Kellie Bailey of Designtex had twin boys on June 16th: William “Will” Reid and Theodore “Ted” Edward. From awards to promotions, see what your fellow NEWH members are up to Trammell-Gagne is now representing Maya Romanoff in the Pacific Northwest. Noreen Coup is now director of design management for Marriott Vacations Worldwide. She joined the company in 2003 and has served as director sales development for the past 10 years overseeing design and project management. In her new role, she will focus on design. Sandra Brumbaugh has added AMTREND Furniture to her product offerings. Jane Webster of Jane Webster Contract Interiors will now be representing Desso Carpet to the hospitality market in Toronto and Montreal. Atlantic City/Greater Philadelphia chapter members— Kara Angotti, Melissa Tully, Maureen Rothman, Jean Barsky, and Carol Mortimer—supported a dressing room design project with Dress for Success in Philadelphia by donating their product and services from interior design and wallcovering to carpet tile and seating. Angotti accepted a fellowship with the Center for Green Schools as part of the US Green Building Council to roll out sustainability initiatives in New Jersey public and charter schools. Kathy Griffiths welcomed her first great granddaughter, Evalyn Raese Griffiths-Ivin, on July 5th. Heinrich Marquez has been promoted to Moen’s strategic account manager – architect and design, providing value add product solutions to strategic architecture and design firms on the West Coast. James Schaffner, sales representative for P/Kaufmann Contract, was awarded the Wilson Associates’ Point of Excellence Award at Wilson’s fundraising luncheon in June. David Mahood and Jeanne Varney of Olive Hospitality Consulting recently completed the LEED certification of Founding Farmer’s Park Potomac Restaurant in Potomac, Maryland. The project received the LEED Silver certification rating under the LEED CI-Retail rating system, and boasts such green features as exemplary water conservation, recycled content, regional materials, low VOC paints and sealants, and energy efficient lighting. Samantha Eichenberg was named a “2013 Wunderkind” by Westchester magazine. Thomas Michaud has joined Pivot Projects’ Toronto office. Karen Douglas recently joined Innvision in project sales. Ellen Armer is now a multiline rep with her new business, ELA Hospitality Sales, representing B Carpets, Beverly Furniture, Cortina Leathers, and Currey & Company. Allyson Hutchinson has joined Kathy Craven at KC Rep Source, serving the Greater Houston area. Heather Scott is now the regional sales manager, Southwest Territories, for JLF/lone meadow and Meadow Lighting. Kristin Wolfe, senior sales associate with Justin David Textiles, is making a name for herself in the up-and-coming art district of Downtown Scottsdale with her “Yarn-Bombing,” a type of graffiti or street art that employs colorful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fiber rather than paint or chalk. Eric Worthington has joined Astoria Compass as director of national sales, and Patricia Muscarella has joined the company’s office in Pompano Beach, Florida, as the newest member in the growing project management team. DEX products were used in the newly reopened West Palm Beach and Fort Drum Service Stations. Susan Crowder announces her seventh grandchild and first granddaughter: Sloane Irene Izzett, born April 11th. Julia Marks, NEWH Inc. president, has rebranded and expanded her ecommerce business to create Dossee, an online resource for exclusive FF&E and quick ship products. Sherri Witkowski with Melange Hospitality has added Daniel Paul Chairs to her product offerings. Two former scholarship winners— Brittany Swingley and Sean Lee—now with Wynn Design & Development, headed up the winning team for the 2013 Art of Design chair competition in Las Vegas. They created a dress from an Ikea chair and Roger Thomas’ 18th Century Lacquer from Koroseal, dubbing it Ombreweavable. Other team members included Elizabeth Murray, Micheal Wood, Marcia Argyiades and Iris Sin. Royal Custom Designs recently hired Davion Guillory to manage the Los Angeles area, and Pamela Caldwell as a representative for Northern California. Lori Hass became engaged to her longtime boyfriend, James Glik, on June 2nd. Continued on p. 10 〉〉〉 8 www.newh.org http://www.newh.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NEWH - Fall 2013

NEWH - Fall 2013
Table of Contents
News
Who’s Who
Sustainability
Conference Roundup
Q&A: Julia Marks
Q&A: Scott Pope
Icon of Industry
Have You Seen?
Product Know How
On the Scene
Cover Story
Project: A Bar
Project: Trademark
Save the Date
New Members
Partner Profiles
Ad Index

NEWH - Fall 2013