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People on the Move

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, February 23, 2003

Officers

Tri-State HFA

Ambler, Pa. — The Tri-Sate Home Furnishings Assn. has installed a new president and other executive committee members.

The incoming president is Stephen Cohen of sales representative company Cohen Associates.

Rich Fusco, a rep for Lane Home Furnishings, moves into the chairman's position.

Ed Myers, a Broyhill rep, is the group's incoming executive vice president.

Fred Kempner, a rep for Rowe, continues as treasurer.

Executives

Foamex

Linwood, Pa. — K. Douglas Ralph has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Foamex International.

Ralph was most recently a financial executive at Procter & Gamble. In his final position with the company, he was general manager of its Equity Ventures program.

Sales

Oriental Weavers of America

Dalton, Ga. — Gerald Weaver has been named regional vice president for the Southeast at rug resource Oriental Weavers of America.

He previously worked as an independent sales agent and in management with OWA and Beaulieu Rugs.

In his new post, Weaver succeeds Voit Hurst, and reports to Steve Stultz, OWA's vice president of sales and marketing.

Guardsman

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Ty Belcher has been hired as Southeast regional sales manager for Guardsman.

He previously held a similar post with Olin Corp. and has more than 25 years of sales and sales management experience.

Belcher also has worked in account executive and consultant capacities for AT&T, Network Plus and Conley Canifano.

Sunbury Textile Mills

New York — Darren Fradin has been named sales manager at Sunbury Textile Mills.

He will work with the sales team and the company's sales and marketing effortss.

Fradin reports to Rocco Simone, Sunbury's senior vice president of sales and marketing.

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