By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, December 16, 2001
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. —
The networking was topnotch at the Furniture/Today Leadership Conference here.
Some 200 leading retailers, producers and suppliers mingled with members of the Furniture/Today staff in a series of social settings, including two receptions and several conference breaks.
The three-day event included golf, a City Furniture tour, a day and a half of business sessions, and two awards dinners.
Conference sponsors were FurnitureFan, DuPont, P.J. Kids, World Market Center, Generations by AP Inds., Primex, MSM Design, Dimplex, Latex International, Joseph Cory, Techline, Natura, Toronto International Home Furnishings Market, E.G. Furniture, Michelangelo Designs, Julius M. Feinblum Real Estate, Great American Group, Dinec, Guardsman, Prescott/Levinson, Berg Furniture, Buhler Furniture, Canadel, Storis and Miresco.
Dennis Novosel, left, Stoney Creek Furniture, Stoney Creek, Ontario; Sue Kimbrell; Bill Kimbrell, Rhodes, Atlanta; and John D. Bassett III, Vaughan-Bassett.
Joe Cory Jr., left, Cory Home Delivery Service; Nada Cory; Joe Cory Sr., Cory Home Delivery Service; and Jeff Baron, Decoro USA.
Daniel Benjamin, left, AP Inds.; Renee Benjamin; Regent St. Hilaire, E.G. Furniture; Andre Bergeron, The Canadian Home Furnishings Market; and Skip Uhlen, E.G. Furniture.
Ben Horch, left, Palliser; Carol Halper; Steve Halper, Levitz Home Furnishings, Woodbury, N.Y.; and Peter Tielmann, Palliser.
Jay Slater, left, Havertys, Atlanta; David Burtner, Michelangelo Designs; Andrea Maricich; and Bob Maricich, Century.
Michael Gennet, left, San Francisco Mart; Melanie Miller; and V.M. Cleveland, Tupelo Furniture Market.
Joe Reddington, left, Breuners Home Furnishings Corp., Lancaster, Pa.; John Labarowski, Hammary Furniture; and Pat Norton, La-Z-Boy.
Charles Koenig, left; Doreen Koenig; Keith Koenig, City Furniture, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and Marylou Koenig.
Michael Cohen, left, GuildCraft of California; Ira Bakst, Storis Management Systems; Steve Tronstein, Gardner White, Warren, Mich.; Barb Tronstein; and Ron Martell, Micro*D.
Kurt Darrow, left, La-Z-Boy; and Dennis Valkanoff, England.
Art DeFehr, left, Palliser; and Regent St. Hilaire, E.G. Furniture.
Steve DeHaan, left, National Home Furnishings Assn.; Irwin Novack, Kane's Furniture, Pinellas Park, Fla.; Fred Berk, Robb & Stucky, Fort Myers, Fla.; and Julius Feinblum, Julius M. Feinblum Real Estate, Bethpage, N.Y.
Neal Glickfield, left, Marlo Furniture, Rockville, Md.; Connie Post, Connie Post Cos.; Wayne Johansen, HOM Furniture, Coon Rapids, Minn.; Lou Glickfield, Marlo Furniture; and Tim Connors, Collezione Europa.
Cherie Rose, left, The Rose Collection, Los Gatos, Calif.; and David Perry, Furniture/Today.
Vasso Unks, left, P.J. Kids; Warren Malkerson and Jim Gabbert, both of Gabberts, Minneapolis.
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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.
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