By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, April 28, 2002
HIGH POINT — HIGH POINT — The Common Thread for the Cure, a foundation for the home furnishings industry that fights breast cancer, gave away a Seadoo personal watercraft at an April market event co-sponsored by ShowPlace.
The winner was Richard Tenenbaum of Syosset, N.Y., a sales representative for Hallmart Collectibles, Largo International and Arca Leather.
Nathaniel Hoyt, left, Home Décor Buyer; Suzann Burkhead-Bray, International Fabric and co-founder of The Common Thread for the Cure; Scott Burkhead, Rockett Burkhead & Winslow and co-founder of Common Thread; and Charlie Bray, International Fabric and Common Thread.
John Andrews, left, Decal Specialties, Paoli, Pa.; Laura Gills, Laura Gills Interior Design, Mentor, Ohio; and Stephen Blake, Iris Imports, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Renee LaFauci, left, and George LaFauci, both of Furniture Now, Brandon, Fla.; Michael Valles and Lottie Valles, both of Interior Illusions, Fresno, Calif.
Robert Cribbs, left, Jasper Cabinet; Caitlin Stevens, Anthony Stevens and Charlie Stevens, all of Stevens Heritage Furniture, Freeville, N.Y.; and Jim Marzo, Jasper Cabinet.
Ron Harris, left, Jasper Cabinet; Jim Warr and Judy Ellis, both of Fine Furniture, Birmingham, Ala.; and David Schwartz, Jasper Cabinet.
Lynda Pulliam, left, Linon; Megan Sigelman, Marshall Field's Direct, St. Paul, Minn.; Frank Derasmo, Linon; and Stacey Kvenvold, Marshall Field's Direct.
Cory Levine, left, and Adam Levine, both of Basics Furniture, New York; John Ziozis, Linon; Harvey Levine, Basics Furniture; and Jim Ziozis, Linon.
Bob Duncan, left, American Leather; Polly Haas, Darrons of Arlington, Columbus, Ohio; Stuart Stein, American Leather; and Ron Haas, Darrons of Arlington.
Kimberly Wik, left, Contemporary Furnishings Network, Omaha, Neb.; Tom Phelan, American Leather; Jan Savoie, Contemporary Furnishings Network; and Cary Benson, American Leather.
Ed Hartman, left, Furniture Fair, Cincinnati; Larry Smith, Berkline; Rick Daniels, Furniture Fair; Dal Eckard, Berkline, and Peggy Eckard.
Front Row: Rob Rubin, left, Phyllis Rubin, Bernie Rubin, Jackie Boland and Michael Guidicianne, all of Bernie and Phyl's, Norton, Mass. Back Row: Bill Wittenberg, Larry Smith, Larry Musick and Dal Eckard, all of Berkline.
Ali McHone, left, and Barbara Todd, both of Bay Furniture, Chicago; David Cribbs, Berkline; Larry Story and Pauline Hilliard, both of Bay Furniture; Larry Musick and Bill Wittenberg, both of Berkline BenchCraft Holdings.
Pete Kurz, left, McMahan's, Los Angeles; Chris Piatt, John Gilbertson and Kevin Thompson, all of Berkline; George Harmon, Ron Anderson and John Link, all of McMahan's.
John Donahue, left, MGM Transport; Stephen Wisocky, Clair Odell Group; Kimberly McCloskey and John McCloskey, both of Profitability Consulting Group.
Patrick Cory, left, Cory Home Delivery Service; Paul Smith, MGM Transport; and Gus Bartz, Hodge Upholstery.
Jeff Cook, left, Magnussen Presidential; Michael Gennet, San Francisco Mart; Sara Lyke, WithIt; Gabriele Ghetti and Vanni Emilani, Gamma Leather.
Kimberly Wray, left, Connie Post Designs; Anne Croney, Zip Design; Ken Smith and Darlene Leonard, BDO Seidman.
Ann Pfund, left, Pfund + Fleck; Jared Frank and Wanda Kastner, Douglas Furniture.
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NAPLES, Fla. — Industry executives and guests took the opportunity to network and play golf during down time at Furniture/Today's 13th annual Leadership Conference here this month.