National Hardwood Magazine - July 2011

NWFA MEETING - Continued from page 24
Summerfield, Fla.; Best Manufacturer Finish
Finished, Jamie Beckwith Collection, Nashville,
Tenn.;
Best Reclaimed, H&M Flooring, Chicago, Ill.;
Best Residential, Fine Cut Wood Flooring, Derry,
N.H.; Best Restoration, Inex Floors, Richboro,
Pa.;
Designers’ Choice, First Coast Flooring,
Jacksonville, Fla.; Members’ Choice, Precision
Floorcrafters, Summerfield, Fla.; Honorable
Mention Best Residential, Inex Floors, Richboro,
Pa.; Best Residential, H&M Flooring, Chicago,
Ill.
The NWFA also announced its 2011 Board of
Directors at its recent convention. The NWFA’s
Board of Directors is the governing body of the
NWFA and is responsible for its management and
operations. The Board consists of four officers
and 11 directors, each of whom is voted into office
by the NWFA membership to serve a three-year
term. Ex-Officio Directors may also be appointed
to serve one-year terms.
The National Wood Flooring Association
announced its 2011 Board of Directors at its convention
in San Diego, Calif. The announcement
was made during an Awards Dinner held on
Wednesday, April 27. The NWFA 2011 Board of
Directors is as follows:
Chairman, Rick Holden,
Derr Flooring Co., Willow Grove, Pa.;
Vice Chairman, John Lessick,
Apex Wood Floors, Downers Grove, Ill.;
Treasurer, Jeff Fairbanks,
Palo Duro Hardwoods, Denver, Colo.;
Secretary, Kim Holm,
Mannington Wood Floors, Salem, N.J.;
Past Chairman, Neil Poland,
Mullican Flooring, Johnson City, Tenn.;
Directors: Wayne Cotton, Wheeler Inc., a
Division of JJ Haines & Co., Pompano Beach,
Fla.; Mark Elwell, Bamboo Flooring Hawaii,
Honolulu, Hawaii; Enos Farnsworth, Basic
Coatings, Toledo, Ohio; Barry Gork, Timbermate
USA, Chicago, Ill.; Bob Hagard, Hassell &
Hughes Lumber Co., Collinwood, Tenn.; Jamie
Lupresto, Diamond Flooring, Elizabethtown, Ky.;
Sprigg Lynn, Universal Floor, Washington, D.C.;
Tommy Maxwell, Maxwell Hardwood Flooring,
Monticello, Ark.; Kevin Mullany, Benchmark
Wood Floors, Albuquerque, N.M.; Jim
Schumacher, 3M, Annandale, N.J.; John
Wooten, CMH Space Flooring Products,
Wadesboro, N.C.;
Ex-Officio directors: Peter Connor, WD
Flooring, Laona, Wis.; Craig Dupra, Installers
Warehouse, Rochester, N.Y.; Rick Jones, Swiff-
Train, Houston, Texas; Tony Robison, Consult
Inspect Design, Southern Pines, N.C.; and Joe
Rocco, Artistic Floors by Design, Parker, Colo.
NWFA also announced degree recipients during
its convention. These degrees recognize individuals
who have been members of the NWFA for a
minimum of three consecutive years, and who
reach specific levels of achievement in wood
flooring education, personal accomplishment and
service to the industry. A total of 35 members
earned NWFA degrees in 2011, bringing the total
since the program began to 730.
Two NWFA members achieved NWFA Golden
Mallet status. These awards are presented to individuals
who recruit four or more members during
a given year. This year’s recipients of the award
are Blair Davies with Magna Hardwood Floors
International of Calgary, Canada, and Drew Kern
with Flooring Works in Milton, Ontario, Canada.
The National Wood Flooring Association is a
not-for-profit trade organization, with more than
3,100 members world-wide, dedicated to educating
consumers, architects, designers, specifiers
and builders in the uses and benefits of wood
flooring. NWFA members receive the best in
educational training, benefits, technical resources
and networking, to advance their professionalism
and success. The NWFA is located at 111
Chesterfield Industrial Boulevard, Chesterfield,
Mo. 63005, and can be contacted at 800-422-
4556 (USA & Canada), 636-519-9663 (local and
international), or on-line at www.nwfa.org.
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