ST. LOUIS, Missouri (April 15, 2013) – The National Wood Flooring Association announced its 2013 Board of Directors at its Wood Flooring Expo in Dallas, TX. The NWFA’s Board of Directors is the governing body of the NWFA and is responsible for its management and operations. The Board consists of four officers and 11 directors, each of whom is voted into office by the NWFA membership to serve a three-year term. Ex-Officio Directors may also be appointed to serve one-year terms. The NWFA 2013 Board of Directors is as follows:

Chairman: John Lessick, Apex Wood Floors – Downers Grove, IL
Vice Chairman: Jeff Fairbanks, Palo Duro Hardwoods – Denver, CO
Treasurer: Tommy Maxwell, Maxwell Hardwood Flooring – Monticello, AR
Secretary: Kim Holm, Mannington Mills – Salem, NJ
Past Chairman: Rick Holden, Derr Flooring Co. – Willow Grove, PA
Directors: Wayne Cotton, Cotton Associates – Pompano Beach, FL
Craig Dupra, Installers Warehouse – Rochester, NY
Mark Elwell, Bamboo Flooring Hawaii – Honolulu, HI
Enos Farnsworth, High Performance Subfloors – Florence, AL
Barry Gork, ATOM Ventures – Chicago, IL
Jamie Lupresto, Diamond Flooring – Elizabethtown, KY
Kevin Murphy, Trinity Hardwood Dist – Houston, TX
Joe Rocco, Artistic Floors by Design – Parker, CO
Jim Schumacher, 3M – Annandale, NJ
John Wooten, CMH Space Flooring Products – Wadesboro, NC
Chris Zizza, C&R Flooring – Needham, MA
Ex-Officio Directors: Rosana Chaidez, J.J. Haines & Company – Glen Burnie, MD
Avi Hadad, Avi's Hardwood Floors – El Sobrante, CA
Julie Russell, Glitsa a division of Rudd Company – Seattle, WA
Jon Smith, Smith Flooring – Mountain View, MO
Erika Wexler, Advanced Wood Floors – San Antonio, TX

The National Wood Flooring Association is a not-for-profit trade organization, with more than 2,500 members world-wide, dedicated to educating consumers, architects, designers, specifiers and builders in the uses and benefits of wood flooring. NWFA members receive the best in educational training, benefits, technical resources and networking, to advance their professionalism and success. The NWFA is located at 111 Chesterfield Industrial Boulevard, Chesterfield, MO 63005, and can be contacted at 800.422.4556 (USA & Canada), 636.519.9663 (local and international), or on-line at www.nwfa.org.