Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Ralph P. Scozzafava has served as Chairman of the Board since May 2008 and as a director since June 2007. Since January 2008, Mr. Scozzafava has also served as Chief Executive Officer of our company, and from June 2007 to January 2008, he served as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer- designate. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Scozzafava was employed at Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company since 2001, where he held several positions, most recently, serving as Vice President- Worldwide Commercial Operations from March 2006 to June 2007, and as Vice President & Managing Director – North America/Pacific from January 2004 to March 2006.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Jon D. Botsford has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of our company since February 2008. Prior to joining us, Mr. Botsford was employed at Steelcase, Inc. for more than 20 years, and most recently, served as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary from March 1999 to March 2007.
Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain
Raymond J. Johnson joined our company in February 2009 as our Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain. Prior to joining our company, has was employed at Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. from November 2002 to February 2009, most recently as President, Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain from February 2005 to February 2009, and Group Vice President, Manufacturing from November 2003 to February 2005. Prior to this, Mr. Johnson was General Manager of the General Products Division, a Business Unit of Eaton Corporation, from 2001 to 2002, Vice President, Engineering and Operations of True Temper Sports, Inc. from 1999 to 2001, and Vice President and General Manager of the Diversified Products Division of Technimark, Inc. from 1998 to 1999. From 1983 to 1998, Mr. Johnson held a variety of positions with increasing responsibility at The Black and Decker Corporation, ending as the Vice President of North American Manufacturing.
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Steven G. Rolls has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since April 2008. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Rolls served as Chief Financial Officer of Global Energy, Inc., a privately held environmental technology company, from February 2006 to March 2008. Prior to joining Global Energy, Mr. Rolls was employed at Convergys Corporation since 1998, most recently as Executive Vice President of the Customer Management Group from 2002 to February 2006.
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Mary E. Sweetman has served as our Senior Vice President, Human Resources since May 2007, after joining us as Vice President, Human Resources in January 2006. Prior to joining us, Ms. Sweetman was employed at Monsanto Company for more than 14 years, most recently as Vice President of Human Resources, International from February 2005 to December 2005.
Senior Vice President of Growth and Transformation
Vance C. Johnston joined our company as Senior Vice President of Growth and Transformation in March 2010. Prior to joining Furniture Brands, Mr. Johnston held senior corporate strategy and business development roles with Royal Caribbean, OfficeMax and Burger King.
President of Designer Brands Group
Daniel R. Bradley has served as President of our Furniture Brands Designer Group since November 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Bradley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ferguson, Copeland, LTD from May 2006 to October 2007, and as President of Baker Knapp & Tubbs from May 2002 to May 2006. From 1989 to 2002, Mr. Bradley held various positions with Henredon, including Vice President General Manager Case-Goods Division.
President of Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc.
Jeffrey L. Cook has served as President of Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of our company, since March 2007. Prior to joining Broyhill, Mr. Cook served as President of Magnussen Home Furnishings, Inc. from December 1999 to February 2007. Prior to this, Mr. Cook has held various positions within the furniture industry for more than 30 years.
President of Lane Furniture Industries, Inc.
Gregory P. Roy has served as our President of Lane Furniture Industries, Inc., since April 2009. Mr. Roy joined Lane in 1988 and has held positions of increasing responsibility, and was most recently Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
President of Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
Edward D. Teplitz has served as President of our subsidiary, Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc., since October 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Teplitz served in various positions within Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. for six years, most recently, as the Vice President, Retail Division, from May 2003 to June 2007, and Executive Vice President of Ethan Allen Retail Inc. from 2005 to June 2007. Prior to this, Mr. Teplitz was an Ethan Allen licensee and was employed in the corporate finance department of E.F. Hutton & Company and FLIC (USA), Inc.
Vice President of Strategy and Business Development
Daniel J. Stone has served as our Vice President of Strategy and Business Development since 2006. Prior to joining us, Mr. Stone held various positions at Procter & Gamble from 1991 through 2006. Mr. Stone was an officer in the U.S. Air Force.
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
Richard R. Isaak joined our company in April 2007 and has served as our Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since May 2007. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Isaak was employed at Panera Bread Company since March 2003, most recently, serving as Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer from August 2004 to April 2007, and as Director of Accounting and Reporting prior to August 2004. Prior to joining Panera, Mr. Isaak was an auditor with Ernst & Young LLP.
