Effective May 1st, 2011
Larry Klaben of Morris Furniture, president; Oscar Miskelly of Miskelly Furniture, vice president; Billy Rippner of Compass Furniture, treasurer, and Tom Olinde of Olinde's Furniture, chairman.
Gary Steinhafel of Steinhafel's Furniture; Vinnie Fonti of Furniture & ApplianceMart; David A. Koehler of Johnny Janosik, Inc.; and Ed Darcy of Mealey's Furniture.
The Board was ratified at the group's bi-annual membership meeting held at the April High Point Market. During that meeting Mike Herschel, FMG Executive Director, announced the FMG is within 3 members of achieving their target of 100 high volume furniture retailers who are willing to share information and participate in common programs. He thanked the membership for their participation in the last year making FMG the premier buying group in the furniture industry. Calendar year 2010 smashed all previous records for membership growth and benefits returned to the members.