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For Immediate Release
Contact:
Karen Doodeman
Phone:
954-893-7300
Fax:
954-893-7500
E-mail: nasfm@nasfm.org

2003 NASFM Retail Advisory Council Announced

Hollywood, Fla. (January 2, 2002)—The National Association of Store Fixture Manufacturers has expanded its roster of 2003 Retail Advisory Council members to 23 advisors. Leading retailers, designers, and architects have been invited to sit on the council to help guide NASFM’s retail-focused programs, such as the annual Retail Design Awards, NASFM’s fixture buyer and specifiers web page, the association’s seminar track and booth at GlobalShop, and future retail-oriented services and campaigns.

NASFM's 2003 Retail Advisory Council:

  • Judith Bell, Corporate Manager of Innovation, Target
  • Timothy W. Brannon, Executive Vice President-Operations, The Athlete’s Foot Group Inc.
  • Christian Davies, Vice President & Creative Director, Utility Inc.
  • Barbara Fabing, Vice President-Group Design Director, Frankel Brand Environments
  • Joe Flaherty, Operating Vice President-Construction, Federated Department Stores
  • Rudolph V. Javosky, Senior Vice President-Design & Construction, Federated Department Stores
  • Robert Lhota, Senior Director-Store Design, The Gap Inc.
  • Michael J. Lopez, Design Director, Kmart Corporation
  • Charles Luckenbill, Vice President-Visual Merchandising, Kohl’s
  • Anthony J. Mancini, Senior Vice President-Global Retail Store Development, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts/Imagineering
  • Rich Marshall, Vice President-Construction, Store Planning & Maintenance, The Home Depot
  • Jeff Mason, Director-Visual Merchandising, The Paradies Shops
  • Steven McKay, Principal, DLR Group
  • Ken Poston, Vice President-Planning & Design, Saks Inc.
  • Paul Schleef, Director-Store Planning, Michaels Stores Inc.
  • Michael Smith, Director-Store Design, American Eagle Outfitters
  • Andy Zeinfeld, Senior Vice President, Real Estate Division, RadioShack Corporation

In addition to the general council members listed above, six individuals have been selected to sit on the Executive Committee of NASFM’s Retail Advisory Council. The Executive Committee fulfills all of the responsibilities of the general council members, plus they meet once a year to review NASFM programs in person and serve as judges for the NASFM Retail Design Awards program.

NASFM’s Retail Advisory Council-Executive Committee:

  • Ted Clemens, Vice President of Store Planning, Abercrombie & Fitch
  • Dennis Gerdeman, Principal, Chute Gerdeman Group
  • Mark Randall, Director-Fixture Purchasing, Best Buy Co.
  • Terri Roberts, Manager-Casework, Starbucks Coffee Co.
  • Michael Saubert, Fixture Designer-Hardlines, Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  • Kathleen Socha, President/Design Director, Phase One Design Services Inc.

Congratulations to these individuals on their appointment. The industry’s sincerest appreciation goes out to them for their commitment of time and expertise. For photographs and biographies of council members, as well as information on becoming a retail advisory council member, visit http://www.retailfix.com/retail_council.cfm.

NASFM is an international, not-for-profit association representing the store fixture manufacturing industry since 1956. The association's membership includes more than 400 regular member companies operating over 800 plants and employing more than 75,000 people worldwide; an additional 200 industry suppliers are associate members. NASFM members manufacture an estimated 85 percent of all store fixtures produced in North America.
Electronic art files are available upon request. Contact NASFM at 954-893-7300 or e-mail nasfmmagazine@nasfm.org

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