7.11.08 | Houston, TX | The IFMA Foundation announced the appointment of its 2008-2009 executive committee and board of trustees. Members ofthe IFMA Foundation board of trustees serve a two-year term and aretasked with managing the foundation and guiding it in its efforts toserve the facility management profession. Melissa Van Haganof Bank of the West has been named the new foundation chair.

7.11.08 | Plattsburgh, NY | Schonbek, manufacturer of crystal chandeliers, added two positions to its marketing staff. David White will head up all sales, marketing and product development activities as the VP of Sales and Marketing. Most recently he was Vice President, Sales and Distribution of the Contract Office Furniture Division of Kimball International, Inc. Previously he was President of Bush Furniture, North America, and prior to that served as vice president of several divisions at HNI, including Allsteel and Hon Company. Thomas Schwab was named Marketing Manager and will work with David White to formulate and implement the marketing strategy, focused on growing market share. Mr. Schwab has held various marketing positions at Swarovski headquarters in Wattens, Austria since 2004. Most recently he was project leader in the development and marketing of the StarLED and StarLED Deluxe product lines.

7.11.08 | Spring Lake, MI | Jeffrey Stutz joined izzy, Spring Lake, MI, as chief financial officer. Mr. Stutz has 15 years of experience in financial reporting and management, most recently as assistant corporate controller and director of finance for Herman Miller. He also was international accounting manager and divisional controller for global automotive supplier Donnelly Corporation and held auditor positions with global tax, auditing and consulting firm Deloitte & Touche.

7.10.08 | Holland, MI | Trendway presented the 2008 George and Lucille Heeringa Design Scholarships to Stephanie Gromer and William Oltman.  Ms. Gromer is an interior design major and an intern at ROI Design. She is planning on becoming LEED certified before she graduates. Her goal is to be a designer who is known for unique uses of material that benefit people and the environment. Mr. Oltman is an industrial design student with a minor in architecture from Illinois Institute of Technology. He has three internships one at 2B Studio working on product design, development, and research; a second at Bonnette Designs where he primarily does graphic design; and a third with the Grand Rapids Police Department where he assists the public in answering questions and writing reports. The $1,000 award, which was created in honor of Trendway's founding proprietors George and Lucille Heeringa, is offered annually to design students at Kendall College in Grand Rapids, MI. The winners are selected on the basis of scholastic aptitude, leadership abilities, community involvement, and volunteerism. 

7.10.08 | Calgary, Canada | Gregg Belvin joined DIRTT Environmental Solutions as sales representative for New Jersey. Mr. Belvin will be working with the New Jersey DIRTT Distribution Partner Office Furniture Partnership. He previously worked at Steelcase, leaving in 2002 to join a dealership and then went on to develop an Architectural and Technology Products group.

7.9.08 | Holland Landing, Ontario | Inscape Corporation appointed Richard Hudon Vice President of Sales in Canada and Jeff Woodward Director of Government Sales. Mr. Hudon will be responsible for expanding Inscape's sales and distribution in Canada, as well as managing Inscape's Toronto sales group. He joins Inscape most recently from Herman Miller Workplace Resource of Toronto, where he held the position of Director of Sales. He has also had several senior sales and sales management positions with Knoll and Teknion in both the United States and Canada in addition to having owned a Knoll dealership in the Northeast U.S. Mr. Woodward will be responsible for growing Inscape's government sales in the United States. Prior to joining Inscape, he was at Maxon a division of HNI where he built and implemented their very successful government program. He has held several senior sales management positions with other organizations including CenterCore, developing highly effective GSA programs.  www.inscapesolutions.com