Famous Home shifts personnel

Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 3/4/2002 12:00:00 AM

MONTREAL —

Famous Home Fashions announced a series of personnel changes, adding key positions and shifting others.

Allison Grainger, formerly the administrative assistant to company president Barry Samberg, will take on the newly created position of assistant to the design and product development director. She will focus on design, product development, showroom display as well as all issues relating to the sample department and assisting the design and product development director.

William Kenney has been hired to fill the role of design and product development director, also a newly created position. Kenney, who will join the company this week, was formerly with Springs Industries. He will work out of Charlotte, NC.

Also joining Famous in a newly created position is Chantal Gosselin as national sales manager for Canada. She was formerly with Hudson's Bay as a buyer for athletic shoes.

Rounding out the new additions will be Joyce Veeramootoo, who will replace Grainger as Samberg's administrative assistant. Veeramootoo will also support Gosselin's sales efforts.