By: Furniture World Magazine\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Marvin Kerby, Kerby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Furniture, Mesa, AZ, passed the gavel to incoming WHFA President, David Harkness, Harkness Furniture, Tacoma, WA, during the Annual WHFA Membership Meeting, held at the January Las Vegas Market. Along with Harkness, Taylor Ganz, McMahan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, Los Angeles, CA, George Nader, Nader\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s La Popular, Gardena, CA, Keith Koplan, Koplan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Furniture, Vancouver, WA and Ray Nunex, Furniture Savings Center, North Highlands, CA were appointed officer positions.<\/p>\n
WHFA also welcomed five new Directors to the 2013 Board roster. The new Board members, unanimously approved by the membership to serve in the year ahead are: Gary Absalonson, Walker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Furniture Inc., Spokane, WA; Julian Jeppe, Reed\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Furniture, Agoura Hills, CA; Angel Lopez, Dearden\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, Los Angeles, CA; Andrew Zuppa, American Furniture Warehouse, Englewood, CO.<\/p>\n
The WHFA Board of Directors is composed of volunteer, independent home furnishings retailers. These industry leaders serve the entire WHFA membership and the industry as a whole with generous contributions of time and experience. The great service these individuals share with the industry helps to insure the growing prosperity of members and non-members throughout the 12 Western States.<\/p>\n
The complete slate of newly installed 2013 WHFA Officers and Board Members include:<\/p>\n
2013 WHFA officers<\/p>\n
WHFA PRESIDENT
\nDavid Harkness – Harkness Furniture, Tacoma, WA<\/p>\n
PRESIDENT ELECT
\nTaylor Ganz – McMahan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n
VICE PRESIDENT
\nGeorge Nader – Nader\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s La Popular, Gardena, CA<\/p>\n
TREASURER
\nKeith Koplan – Koplan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Furniture, Vancouver, WA<\/p>\n
SECRETARY
\nRay Nunez – Furniture Savings Center, North Highlands, CA<\/p>\n
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE chair
\nMarvin Kerby – Kerby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Furniture, Mesa, AZ<\/p>\n
PAST PRESIDENTS
\nBob Ammirato – Design Galleria by Valentine, Sacramento, CA
\nGiff Gates – Gates Furniture, Grants Pass, OR<\/p>\n
EXECUTIVE director
\n Sharron Bradley – WHFA, Roseville, CA<\/p>\n
WHFA\/NHFA Liaison
\nCherie Rose – The Rose Collection, Los Gatos, CA<\/p>\n
AT LARGE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Members
\nRoger Bumps – Davis Furniture, Wenatchee, WA
\nMarty Cramer – Cramer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Home Center, Ellensburg, WA
\nHoward Haimsohn – Lawrance Contemporary, San Diego, CA
\nGeoffrey Halpern – Ethan Allen Home Interiors, Glendale, CA<\/p>\n
WHFA Board Members
\nGary Absalonson – Walker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Furniture Inc., Spokane, WA
\nTerry Alexander – Value Furniture, San Marcos, CA
\nEric Blackledge – Blackledge Furniture, Corvallis, OR
\nDave Cavitt – Furniture Enterprises, Anchorage, AK
\nCarolyn Dutrow – Santa Rosa Bed. & Furn. Co., Santa Rosa, CA
\nJack Fendrich- Brenner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Furniture, Eugene, OR
\nGreg Follett – Follett\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Furniture, Lewiston, ID
\nEric Foucrier – Linder’s Furniture Mart, Garden Grove, CA
\nGeoffrey Halpern – Valley Manor Ethan Allen, Northridge, CA
\nRon Hoesterey – Royal Mattress Company, Orange, CA
\nPaula Holt – Home Collections\/Dining Collections, Salem, OR
\nJoe Hules – Thomasville, Las Vegas, NV
\nJerome James – Hafer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Home Furnishings, Manteca, CA
\nJulian Jeppe – Reed\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Furniture, Agoura Hills, CA
\nDoug Kays – Premiere Home Furnishings, West Los Angeles, CA
\nTim Koerner – Koerner Furniture, Coeur D\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Alene, ID
\nCarsten Kristensen – Copenhagen Furniture, Mill Valley, CA
\nClaudia LeClair – Fiesta Furnishings, Scottsdale, AZ
\nDon Lemieux – Naturwood, Sacramento, CA
\nAngel Lopez – Dearden\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, Los Angeles, CA
\nJohn Meyer – Corvallis Furniture & Sleep Shoppe, Corvallis, OR
\nLarry Miller – Sit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 N Sleep, Carson, CA
\nKelly Rodrigues – Jerome\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, San Diego
\nChris Sanders – Everton Mattress Factory, Inc., Twin Falls, ID
\nDavid Siegel – Summer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, Bakersfield, CA,
\nLael Thompson – Broyhill Home Collection, Aurora, CA
\nJosh Walz – La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries, Santa Ana, CA
\nAndrew Zuppa – American Furniture Warehouse, Englewood, CO<\/p>\n
Members of the Western Home Furnishings Association in good standing are eligible to become a Director on the WHFA Board. Individuals interested in serving on the Board are urged to contact the WHFA Executive Director, Sharron Bradley at (800) 422-3778 for more information.<\/p>\n
About WHFA
\nThe Western Home Furnishings Association is member-owned and the western affiliate of the National Home Furnishings Association, providing programs, services, and networking opportunities to western home furnishings retailers since 1944.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By: Furniture World Magazine\u00c2\u00a0 Marvin Kerby, Kerby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Furniture, Mesa, AZ, passed the gavel to incoming WHFA President, David Harkness, Harkness Furniture, Tacoma, WA, during the Annual WHFA Membership Meeting, held at the January Las Vegas Market. Along with Harkness, Taylor Ganz, McMahan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, Los Angeles, CA, George Nader, Nader\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s La Popular, Gardena, CA, Keith Koplan, Koplan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-furniture-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}