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Marcia Blake is President / Creative Director of Outdoor Interiors® a design firm specializing in creating outdoor living spaces. She also provides design and consulting services for outdoor furniture manufacturers and has launched a new collection of soft goods and accessories she designed called Outdoor Couture®, she is an active member of the Color Marketing Group, ASID and ICFA.
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Congratulations to 2010 Officers & Directors of the ICFA
November 5, 2009 Congratulations to the 2010 officers and directors of The International Casual Furnishings Association.
Dudley Flanders of Lloyd/Flanders, Fort Smith, Ark., will carrt on as ICFA chairman, teamed up with vice chairman Gary Ecoff of Carls Patio, based in Boca Raton, Fla.
New to the Executive Committee and serving one-year terms are Russ Sorenson, Hanamint Corp., Greensboro, N.C.; Henry Vanderminden IV, Telescope Casual Furniture, Granville, N.Y., and Butch Wallace, Yard Art Patio and Fireplace in Irving, Texas.
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Also elected to serve new three-year terms were Bill Brown, Brown Jordan International, Birmingham, Ala., and Rory Rehmert, Pride Family Brands, Hollywood, Fla. Elected to serve a one-year term is Larry Talbott of Fishel’s in Portland, Ore.
The following individuals are continuing terms on the Board of Directors. Serving two-year terms: Todd Crandall, Crandall & Associates, Roswell, Ga.; Bill Echols, Tommy Bahama, Birmingham, Ala.; Karen Galindo, Greenhouse Mall, Austin, Texas; Gary McCray, Laneventure, Conover, N.C.; Eric Parsons, Gloster Furniture, South Boston, Va., and Debbie Stegman, Patio & Hearth Shoppes Inc., Centerville, Ohio.
Others serving one-year terms include Ken Burrows, Terra Furniture, City of Industry, Calif.; Petey Fleischut, Casual Marketplace, Hockessin, Del.; John Mulholland, Rock Wood Casual Furniture, Oakville, Ontario, Canada; Doug Peppler, Agio International USA, Rippon, Wisc.; Terri Lee Rogers, O.W. Lee Company, Ontario, Calif., and David Swers, Glen Raven Inc., Glen Raven, N.C.
Congratulations and thank you for serving.
These are my outside views...Marcia Blake
Posted by Marcia Blake on November 5, 2009 | Comments (0)