ADL to Honor Wanek, Laneve
By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 1/15/2007
New York — Ron Wanek, chairman of Ashley Furniture Inds., and Joe Laneve, general merchandising manager, home, for Bloomingdale's department stores, will receive American Heritage Awards during the Anti-Defamation League's 2007 National Home Furnishings Division Tribute on June 7.
In addition, Neil Goldberg, president and CEO of retailer Raymour & Flanigan, Liverpool, N.Y., has assumed the post of chairman of the ADL home furnishings division. His cabinet consists of Kurt Darrow of La-Z-Boy and Gary Fazio of The Mattress Firm, Houston, as vice chairs; Norman Waxman as honorary chair; a chairmen circle of Fred Berk, Irv Blumkin, Jeff Child, Leslie Fishbein, Jayson Friedman, Bill Kimbrell, Jeff Seaman, and Josh Tatelman; and an 18-member executive board.
For more information on the tribute, contact Judith Master at (212) 885-7857 or jmaster@adl.org. The ADL is a civil rights and human relations agency that fights all forms of bigotry.
