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    • Green Voice Overview
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    • Tales from the Envirohood
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    • In Memoriam of Stephano Delorenza
    • Kristin Harris Wolfe Scholarship Fund
    • The Clifford R. Tuttle Scholarship
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ICONs of Industry

  • Sandy Banks 2019

    From humble beginnings on a farm in Nebraska, Sandy Banks has catapulted herself into a wildly successful career in hospitality. Raised with a DIY spirit and strong work ethic, she learned to sew and make her own clothes at the age of six, embarking on a lifelong love affair with fabric and its transformative power. Unable to find clothes she liked in stores, Sandy designed and made her own wardrobe, strongly influenced by favorite designers Pucci, Paco Rabanne, Mary Quant and Rudi Gernreich. She discovered an early outlet for her passion as the art director for her high school...

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  • Curtis Breedlove 2019

    Curtis Breedlove grew up in rural Minnesota with a freedom to roam that inspired him to seek out travel and adventure as a young man, including a European motorcycle odyssey and art school in Holbæk, Denmark. It was a spin of the globe by a Danish friend that led him, entirely by land, to Afghanistan, a journey on which he would meet his future wife and make his first textile purchase in Mashhad, Iran. Curtis displayed a budding entrepreneurial talent by financing subsequent trips through North Africa and South America by trading and selling local artwork and rugs. His curiosity about other cultures...

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  • Esther Cohen 2018

    I kind of, sort of, started an art business in 1976. And why that and then? My earlier career was a primary school teacher for the Toronto Board of education. I chose that vocation because the pay was fabulous ($3000.00] for my first year. And I loved children. Then I married, had 3 adorable boys and decided that I didn’t...

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  • Janice Feldman 2017

    Janice Feldman, Chief Executive Officer of JANUS et Cie, has been a leader in the design industry since the company’s founding more than 35 years ago. A trained artist and interior designer schooled in graphics arts and industrial design, Feldman is renowned as a business maverick, a champion of great design, and a visionary in the field of material innovation. Feldman and her exceptional team have transformed JANUS et Cie...

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  • Jane Skeeter 2016

    Jane Skeeter is CEO and Founder of UltraGlas, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of all facets of designed architectural and high performance glass and glass tile. The company offers a full complement of glass fabrication techniques and innovative processes. Its projects can be large in scale, 125,000 square feet, 5,000 panels of permanently colored, molded, tempered, heat-soak tested, translucent, back-lighted UltraGlas for the exterior façade of an iconic hospital in Kuwait City. A 250’ long by 5’ high molded…

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  • Deborah Herman 2015

    After graduation from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, Deborah entered the industry in 1982, and following in her father’s footsteps, became the National Sales Manager for Bedspreads of California. Fifteen years later, she launched Fabric Innovations. A strong advocate for women in business and women owned businesses; Deborah was awarded the 2006 South Florida Business Woman of the Year and the 2006 NEWH Award of Excellence. It is testament to her strong work ethic...

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  • Bob Thomas 2014

    Bob Thomas has been in the hospitality industry for 45 years. His proudest accomplishment is founding Signature Hospitality Carpets along with his two partners, Brenda Smith and Bryan Ownbey. As Signature approaches their sixteenth year, Bob is pleased that they have become a major resource domestically and internationally with major hotel chains and design firms. With over 50 sales representatives worldwide, Signature Hospitality Carpets is prepared to meet and exceed the expectations...

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  • Ray Anderson 2013

    Ray C. Anderson July 28, 1934 – August 8, 2011 The story is now legend: the “spear in the chest” epiphany Ray Anderson experienced when he first read Paul Hawken’s The Ecology of Commerce, seeking inspiration for a speech to an Interface task force on the company’s environmental vision. Seventeen years and a sea change later, Ray estimated that Interface is more than half-way towards the vision of “Mission Zero,” the journey no one would have imagined for the ...

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  • Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. 2012

    Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. is Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Kohler Co., headquartered in Kohler, Wisconsin. The company focuses on living environments with a mission “to improve the level of gracious living for all persons touched by its products and services” and it has become a world leader in the manufacture of kitchen and bath products, premier furniture under the brand names of Baker and McGuire, and host to international host to award-winning ...

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  • Harvey Nudelman 2011

    Harvey Nudelman serves as president of Fabricut Inc. and oversees the daily operations and sales for its hospitality divisions Fabricut Contract and S. Harris Contract – premier textile distributors for the hospitality industry. Harvey has been an influential leader in the textile and hospitality industries for 50 years.

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  • Judy Dobin 2010

    Judy Dobin is Founder, Principal and Executive Vice President of Valley Forge Fabrics, Inc. Valley Forge Fabrics is the largest decorative fabric supplier to the Hospitality industry worldwide and boasts fully staffed offices in the USA, China, Hong Kong, South Africa, Italy and Dubai. A family-owned and operated company; Valley Forge is headquartered in South Florida and prides itself on its agility, speed and adaptability.

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  • Jerry Hruby-Holy 2009

    Jerry J. Holy remains one of the most respected and admired professionals in the lighting industry even after his passing on December 5, 2008, in Prague at the age of 84. Known as “a man of his word”, he believed and lived his favorite quote daily. “Don’t wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it”.

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  • Roger Milliken 2008

    Mr. Milliken has been a true leader in his dedication to quality, excellence and integrity. His passion for environmental stewardship has been inspirational. And, his support of our industry through scholarship and education has been unwavering. NEWH has long counted on Milliken as our partner in the pursuit of our mission and we are truly honored to welcome Roger Milliken as our fourth recipient of the Icon of the Industry Award.

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  • Manfred Steinfeld 2007

    Manfred Steinfeld was born on April 29, 1924 in Josbach, Germany. In July 1938, he was sent to live with an aunt in Chicago where he attended Hyde Park High School. He graduated in 1942 and enrolled in the University of Illinois. He completed only one semester before joining the U.S. Army that same year.

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  • Maya Romanoff 2006

    When Maya Romanoff lived the ultimate student experience at the University of California in Berkeley in the sixties, he probably never imagined that his studies in anthropology, archeology and art would lead him to where he is today: artist, inventor, and director of the Maya Romanoff Corporation; the leading manufacturer of innovative wall covering and surfacing materials impacting the world of design.

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  • Thomas Durkan, Sr. 2004

    Thomas R. Durkan, the founder of Durkan Patterned Carpets who was credited with creating a lucrative niche market for upscale printed carpet in the commercial carpet industry, died at his Dalton, GA home on November 25, 2003. He was 78 and suffering from leukemia, a family spokesperson said. A self-made millionaire who entered the carpet business as a trainee for Mohawk Carpet Mills in 1951, Durkan retire in 1996 after selling his $100 million company – ironically to his alma mater, now known as Mohawk Industries, Inc., a publicly traded $4 billion industry giant.

    • Biography
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  • About Us
    • Vision and Mission
    • Message from our President
    • NEWH Inc. Board of Directors
    • NEWH Partners
    • Awards
    • NEWH History
    • Our Staff
    • Contact Us
    • The Legal Stuff
  • Scholarship
    • Available Scholarships
    • About Scholarships
    • FAQ about Scholarships
    • Chapter Scholarships
    • ICON of Industry Scholarship
    • Find A Great School
    • Green Voice Design Competition
    • Christine Kennicott Louw
    • The Clifford R. Tuttle Scholarship
  • Resources
    • Career Network
    • Member Directory
    • Emerging Talent
    • Resource Directory
    • NEWH Magazine
    • BEYOND…a special edition magazine by NEWH
    • Top Interior Designers (TopID)
    • Industry Links
    • Industry White Papers
  • Sustainability
    • Green Voice Design Competition
    • Green Voice Events
    • Sustainable Presentations
    • Tales from the Envirohood
    • Sustainable Glossary
    • Sustainable Links