NWFA Outlines Upcoming Board of Directors Vote

The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) will hold a vote for its board of directors on April 27 during the Awards Dinner at the NWFA's 2011 Convention in San Diego. The following have been submitted by the association's Nominating Committee to serve an initial three-year term:

• Wayne Cotton, Wheeler Inc., a Division of JJ Haines & Company Inc. (Pompano Beach, Fla.)
• Mark Elwell, Bamboo Flooring Hawaii (Honolulu)
• Enos Farnsworth, Basic Coatings (Toledo, Ohio)
• Barry Gork, Timbermate USA (Chicago)
• Jamie Lupresto, Diamond Flooring (Elizabethtown, Ky.)
• Jim Schumacher, 3M (Annandale, N.J.).

John Lessick, Apex Wood Floors (Downer's Grove, Ill.), has been nominated for an additional three-year term. Elwell, Farnsworth, Lupresto and Schumacher are currently ex-officio directors. Future ex-officio directors will be appointed by the board after the election is held.

Current board members who will continue to serve include:

• Tommy Maxwell, Maxwell Hardwood Floors (Monticello, Ark.)
• Bob Haggard, Hassell & Hughes Lumber Co. (Collinwood, Tenn.)
• John Wooten, CMH Flooring Products Inc. (Wadesboro, N.C.)
• Sprigg Lynn, Universal Floors Inc. (Washington, D.C)
• Kevin Mullany, Benchmark Wood Floors Inc. (Albuquerque, N.M.)
• Kim Holm, Mannington Wood Floors (Salem, N.J.).

Directors leaving the board this year include:

• Tom Anstett, Powernail Company Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.)
• Dewevai Buchanan, Unilin N. American (Dallas)
• David Graf, Graf Brothers Flooring Inc. (South Shore, Ky.)
• Glen Miller, Superior Flooring (Etobicoke, Ontario)
• Sam Smith, Koetter Woodworking Inc (Borden, Ind.)
• Don Finkell, Anderson Hardwood Floors (Clinton, S.C.).

The NWFA's board of directors is the association's governing body and is responsible for its management and operations. It consists of four officers and 11 directors; each is voted into office by NWFA members to serve a three-year term.