by HIGH POINT — The American Home Furnishings Alliance announced Friday that Joe Johnston, chief executive officer of Johnston Casuals Furniture, has been elected as 2023 chair of the AHFA board of directors.
Johnston was elected during the AHFA’s Nov. 3-6 Annual Meeting and CEO Conference in Sea Island, Georgia.
He will serve with other members of the executive committee that include Nathan Cressman, Magnussen Home, first vice chair, and Andy Bray, Vanguard Furniture, second vice chair. Roger Bland, president and CEO of Southern Motion, also serves on the committee as immediate past chair.
Other executives who have been named to three-year terms on the AHFA board of directors include Edward Audi, Stickley Furniture; Mark Franklin, Franklin Furniture; Sean O’Connor, Universal Furniture; Veronica Schnitzius, American Leather; Luke Simpson, Durham Furniture; and Henry Vanderminden IV, Telescope Casual Furniture.
Also continuing on the board with terms that expire at the end of 2024 are Steve Elton, Brown Jordan; Fred Henjes, Riverside Furniture; Steve Lehman, Smith Brothers of Berne; Neill Robinson, Legacy Classic | Modern Furniture; and Melinda Whittington, La-Z-Boy Inc.
Board members whose terms expire at the end of 2023 are Caroline Hipple, Norwalk Furniture; Jeremy Hoff, Hooker Furniture; Allan Palecek, Palecek; and Todd Wanek, Ashley Furniture Industries.
Eddie Massood, Massood Logistics, and Andrew Wright, Smith-Leonard, are the 2023 representatives on the board from AHFA’s Solution Partners division.
