The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) has named three flooring industry visionaries to its Flooring Industry Hall of Fame class for 2012.
During her 30-year career in the floor covering industry, Sonna Calandrino, who passed away in 2010, served as a retailer, consultant, journalist and speaker. Calandrino ran a successful flooring store in upstate New York, founded Peachtree Communications, which specialized in helping retailers enhance sales and merchandising, and she played an integral role in developing Mohawk Floorscapes during a 10-year tenure as a consultant to that company.
Sandy Mishkin began his career in floor covering in 1962 working as a buyer specializing in floor covering and furniture for E.J. Korvette. After stints with Trend Mills and Horizon Mills, Mishkin went on to grow Carpet One into a 14-division company with more than 3,200 retail locations in less than 30 years.
Paul Pumphrey grew Cleaver Carpet Center into a dominant southern Colorado retailer by 1956. As president of the Retail Floorcovering Institute, Pumphrey forged alliances between other floorcovering groups such as the Carpet & Rug Institute, The Association of Interior DĂ©cor Specialists and the National Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD). Today, he serves on the past chairman's council for WFCA.
The formal induction ceremony will be held May 3 in conjunction with the WFCA's Annual Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting in Boca Raton, Fla.
