ST. LOUIS, Missouri (May 23, 2016) – The National Wood Flooring Association ( NWFA) announced its 2016 Board of Directors at its Wood Flooring Expo in Charlotte, NC. 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 officers and directors, each of whom is voted into office by the NWFA membership. Ex-Officio Directors are appointed to serve one-year terms. The NWFA 2016 Board of Directors is as follows:

Chairman: Tommy Maxwell, Maxwell Hardwood Flooring – Monticello, AR
Vice Chairman: Chris Zizza, C&R Flooring, Inc. – Westwood, MA
Secretary: Craig Dupra, Installers Warehouse – Rochester, NY
Treasurer: Julie Russell, Glitsa, a division of Rudd Company – Seattle, WA
Past Chairman: Jeff Fairbanks, Palo Duro Hardwoods, Inc. – Denver, CO
Directors: Kevin Murphy, Mullican Flooring – Johnson City, TN
John Wooten, CMH A Division of Haines – Glen Burnie, MD
Jon Namba, Namba Services Inc. – Salt Lake City, UT
Dan Natkin, Mannington Mills – Salem, NJ
Brenda Cashion, Swift-Train Company – Carrollton, TX
Scott Sandlin, Shaw Industries Inc. – Dalton, GA

Ex-Officio Directors: Jim Gould, Floor Covering Institute LLC – Rancho Mirage, CA
Steve Brattin, SVB Wood Floor Service – Grandview, MO
Lenny Hall, Endurance Floor Company, Inc. – West Park, FL
Jon Smith, Smith Flooring Inc. – Mountain View, MO
Kirk Roberts, Bona AB – Aurora, CO
Mitchell Brown, French-Brown Floors – Dallas, TX

The National Wood Flooring Association is a not-for-profit trade organization, with more than 3,100 member companies world-wide, dedicated to educating consumers, architects, designers, specifiers and builders in the uses and benefits of wood flooring. 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 at www.nwfa.org.