ITMA names new board members
Six directors join textile association board
-- Home Accents Today, 9/22/2009 8:00:00 AM
Six new directors have joined the 13-member International Textile Market Assn. board of directors. ITMA produces the semiannual Showtime fabric events in High Point.
New directors include Ismail Arslan, DeLeo Textiles; Wesley Mancini, Wesley Mancini Ltd.; Art Reilly, Van Lathem Inc.; and Robin Starnes, Covington New York. In addition, Regenia Payne, Taylor King Furniture; and Jim Calhoun, Miles Talbott/Michael Thomas Furniture, have joined the board as industry liaisons.
Steve Shelly, of Classical Elements, will serve the second year of his two-year term as board president.
Board members serve a three-year term.
Returning members in addition to Shelly are Bob Patton, P/Kaufmann, board vice president; Jessie Rector, theleathercollection; Roger Burnim, Heritage House Fabrics; Sunil Eamani, MDS Fabrics; Robert Lachow, J.B. Martin Co., and Anne Hood, Century Furniture, industry liaison.
“The ITMA board always consists of individuals who have a passion for our industry and our new board members are no different," Shelly said. “We already had our first official board meeting with our new members attending and each of them brought valuable input to the meeting as we discussed Showtime and our educational projects. I have dealt with many of our new members over the years and I am extremely excited to be working with them again.”
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