As part of the opening session of the 2013 NWFA Wood Flooring Expo, outgoing board member and former NWFA Chairman Neil Poland of Mullican Flooring conducted the election of the National Wood Flooring Association's board of directors. The following directors were voted to serve beginning April 2013:
For a three-year term:Craig Dupra, Installers Warehouse Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.)Jeff Fairbanks, Palo Duro Hardwoods Inc. (Denver, Colo.)Kevin Murphy, Trinity Hardwood Distribution Inc. (Dallas)John Wooten, CMH Space Flooring Products (Wadesboro, N.C.)Chris Zizza, C & R Flooring Inc. (Needham, Mass.)
For a one-year term as an ex-officio director:Rosana Chaidez, J.J. Haines & Company Inc. (Glen Burnie, Md.)Avi Hadad, Avi's Hardwood Floors Inc. (El Sobrante, Calif.)Julie Russell, Glitsa, a division of Rudd Company (Seattle)Jon Smith, Smith Flooring Inc. (Mountain View, Colo.)Erika Wexler, Advanced Wood Floors LLC (San Antonio, Texas)
Continuing members on the board of the directors include:Wayne Cotton, Anderson Hardwood Floors (Pompano Beach, Fla.)Mark Elwell, Bamboo Flooring Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii)Enos Farnsworth, High Performance Subfloors (Florence, Ala.)Barry Gork, ATOM Ventures (Chicago, Ill.)Rick Holden, Derr Flooring (Willow Grove, Pa.)Kim Holm, Mannington Wood Floors (Salem, N.J.) John Lessick, Apex Wood Floors (Downers Grove, Ill.)Jamie Lupresto, Diamond Flooring (Elizabethtown, Ky.)Tommy Maxwell, Maxwell Hardwood Flooring (Monticello, Ark.)Joe Rocco, Artistic Floors by Design (Parker, Colo.)Jim Schumacher, 3M (Annandale, N.J.)
Members completing their posts on the NWFA's board of directors at the end of the Expo are:Sprigg Lynn, Universal Floors Inc. (Washington, D.C.)Kevin Mullany, Benchmark Wood Floors (Albuquerque, N.M.)Neil Poland, Mullican Flooring (Johnson City, Tenn.)
