Pillowtex bolsters staff

Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 7/15/2002 12:00:00 AM

KANNAPOLIS, NC —

Pillowtex Corp. has added Jeff Chilton, Dana Barbieri and Sally Ann Jacobs to its staff.

Chilton joins Pillowtex as sales manager, institutional sales, pillows and pads and reports to Adam Petricoff, vp of institutional sales. He was most recently employed by Guilford Home Fashions in New York as vp of sales. Barbieri and Jacobs join the major mill's design department, with Jacobs as floor coverings designer and Barbieri as utility bedding stylist. Both report to Gretchen Dale, senior vp of design and new product development and are located in Pillowtex's New York offices.

Jacobs had been employed by Louisville Saydah as creative director, while Barbieri was a designer for Alexander Julian Inc., Home Colours division.