Trio promoted at Culp Home
By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, June 21, 2004
High Point — High Point— Mike Cottonaro has been promoted to the newly created position of senior vice president of sales and marketing at Culp Home Fashions, the mattress ticking division of fabric supplier Culp.
In addition, Marlene Barnes and Blair Barwick have been promoted to vice presidents in the division.
Cottonaro most recently was vice president of sales and marketing for Culp Home Fashions. Barnes, previously director of operations, has been named vice president of operations. Barwick, who had been managing director of the company's Rayonese operation in St. Jerome, Quebec, will continue in that capacity and also has been named vice president of manufacturing.
Cottonaro has been with Culp since 1985, and Barnes joined the company in 1976. Barwick has been with Rayonese since 1975 and with Culp since its acquisition of Rayonese in 1995.
All three report to Robert Culp IV, president of Culp Home Fashions.
"We are very pleased to announce the promotions of these deserving employees and look forward to the valuable contributions they will make in their respective leadership positions," Culp said.
