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Lorenzo Marquez
Founder and President
Marqet Group, Houston

Lorenzo Marquez, who
served as board chairman in
2017 and 2018,is president of
Marqet Group, a full-service
marketing agency specializing in design and construction. He supports clients with campaigns to
increase market share through public relations, advertising,merchandising and digital strategies.He is
also an executive member ofThe Rockheads Group,a
private network representing independent stone fabricators across North America. Previously, he served
as vice president of marketing at Cosentino North
America for 10 years.He's been on the NKBA Board
of Directors since 2013, after serving on the KBIS
Council for three years, and he received a degree in
entrepreneurship from the University of Houston.

Jan Neiges, CKD
Principal
Jan Neiges CKD, LLC, Denver

Jan Neiges, CKD, principal
of her namesake design firm
in Denver, is an award-winning kitchen designer and
past president of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of
NKBA. She's a frequent guest lecturer at colleges,
home shows and at KBIS. Capitalizing on 40
years of sales experience and 20 years of design, she
has helped colleagues hone their marketing and
selling skills with a process specific to kitchen and
bath designers that has been proven to shorten the
lead-to-sale cycle and improve the closing ratio,
while also earning design fees before they design.

NEW DIRECTORS:
Kristen Elder
Showroom & Builder Vice
President
Ferguson Enterprises,
Newport News, Va.

Kristen Elder is the showroom & builder vice president at Ferguson Enterprises, responsible for showroom and builder strategy
and execution. She is an accomplished consumer
product sales and marketing leader with experience
in launching and growing top consumer and retail
brands. She joined Ferguson in 2017 as senior director of appliance business development and has
worked closely with the business groups, sourcing,
category management, marketing and the branch
network to increase sales and profitability of Ferguson's appliance business. Before joining the com-

pany, Elder spent 20 years in retail with such
notable brands as Sony Electronics,Circuit City
and Monark Premium Appliance Co.

Jan Heck
President and CEO
Miele USA, Princeton, N.J.

With more than 20
years in the kitchen and
bath industry in North
America, Jan Heck was
named president and CEO of Miele USA, a
subsidiary of the world's largest family-owned
premium appliance company, in 2016. He
oversees overall operations of the company's
consumer and professional use appliance and
floor care products, which includes management of 10 Miele Experience Centers across
the U.S. He started his career at Bizerba, a
weighing and food-processing equipment
manufacturer, serving in Germany, the U.K.
and Canada.After that,he joined Miele in Ontario, where he became president of the Miele
Ltd. Canada subsidiary in 1999. He holds
a bachelor of commerce degree from IHK
(Chamber of Industry) in Reutlingen, Germany,has been active in numerous professional
organizations and orchestrated a $100-million
fundraising campaign as a board member of St.
Josephs Health Centre Foundation in Toronto.

Randy Warner
President
Dacor, City of Industry, Calif.

With 29 years of experience in the appliance
category, Randy Warner
was appointed president
of Dacor, a leading American luxury home appliance brand,in 2018 following the acquisition
of the company by Samsung.As an Ohio native,
Warner began his career with Maytag,working
for the company for 15 years supporting the
business in many sales and sales management
roles across the U.S. market. He joined Electrolux, where he was responsible for launching
and leading the builder division across the West
Coast region,as well as managing national buying groups. Following his time at Electrolux,
Warner joined the Sub-Zero Group West team
as vice president of sales, overseeing West and
Southwest distributorships. Prior to joining
Dacor,Warner served as president of Sub-Zero
Group West and Southwest distribution, including overseeing sales, marketing, operations
and customer service.Warner holds a degree in
marketing from the University of South Florida
in Tampa.

LEADERSHIP RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE
Rikka Brandon

President & Chief Executive Recruiter, Building Gurus

Bryant Haas

OEM Sales Manager, Rev-A-Shelf, LLC

Amy Hornby

Show Director, Kitchen & Bath Industry Show

Steve Petock

Senior Vice President Business Development, Ferguson

Sherry Qualls

CEO & Owner, White Good

CHAPTER LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE
Antonette Copeland

Design Director, CR Home LLC

Kirsten Gable, AKBD

Designer, Anthony Wilder Design Build

Toni Sabatino, AKBD

Owner & Principal Designer, Toni Sabatino Style

Molly Switzer, AKBD

Owner & Principal Designer, Molly N Switzer Designs LLC

Nancy Young, CKBD

Owner & Principal Designer, Nancy Young Designs

KBIS EXHIBITOR COMMITTEE
Massimo Ballucchi

Executive Director of Marketing - Americas, Cosentino

Kathleen Heaney

Independent Distributor, Cutco Closing Gifts

Meghan Howell

Creative Director, Formica Corp.

David Ivey

Managing Director - North America, Kesseböhmer USA Inc.

Matt Jones

Marketing Experience & Design Manager, GE Appliances

Emily LaPointe

Marketing Communications Manager, Northern Contours

Jeannette Long

Vice President Marketing Services, LIXIL Americas, Global
Brand Head, American Standard, LIXIL

Christy Stucker

Media Manager, Federal Brace

Jeff Wimberly

Vice President Residential & International Sales, Perlick Corp.

Diana Zaremba

Event Manager, Wilsonart

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