HIGH POINT — WithIt, the ladies’s management improvement community for the house and furnishings trade, has named its nominees for the 2024 WOW Awards.
Throughout the awards presentation on Jan. 28, Barbara Bradford, CEO of Visionary Sleep (dba Restonic), will obtain Withit’s Visionary Award.
With greater than 50 years of expertise within the bedding trade, Bradford is understood for her ardour, dedication to success and help of rising ladies within the mattress and residential furnishings industries. Since 2016, she and her husband Bob Sherman have used their lengthy trade success and data to develop Restonic Mattress.
“Barbara broke the glass ceiling within the bedding trade along with her eager intelligence, onerous work and gross sales success,” mentioned Tori Evans, WithIt 2024 president. “Her concentrate on constructing the folks working for her via mentoring and sponsorship has created a legacy for the bedding trade.”
Along with honoring Bradford, WithIt will current WOW Awards in 4 classes:
- The Mentoring Award honors an organization or particular person for his or her efforts to foster advocacy, improvement and promotion of girls of their firm and the trade. This yr’s Mentoring Award nominees are Kimberly Joi McDonald of Designing JOI, Invoice Creekmuir of Pinnacle Search Companions and Ann Reynolds of Valdese Weavers.
- The Management Award acknowledges the contributions of a lady who has demonstrated profitable management in her firm, WithIt and the house furnishings trade. Management Award nominees are Sarah Galimidi of Macy’s and Debbie Otten of Dorel Inc.
- The Future Chief Award honors a lady within the trade who has demonstrated excellent achievement and the potential to change into an trade chief. The nominees for this award are Courtney Panther of Sleep Quantity, Jenny Cano of the Inside Design Society and Hillary Frank of J.B. Hunt Closing Mile.
- The Gross sales Excellence Award acknowledges a lady who’s extraordinary in gross sales, demonstrates excellence in schooling and relationships along with her prospects, and distinctive dedication to the corporate she represents. The nominees are Sylvia Curtis of Norwalk Furnishings, Karen Glass of Hooker Furnishings and Jill Mainwaring of World Views.
The finalists might be acknowledged on Jan. 28 from 6-9 p.m. on the winter Las Vegas Market within the Worldview Room, sixteenth ground of constructing B on the Las Vegas World Market Middle. Aviva Shafor, president of Aviva Stanoff Design, will function the emcee for the gala occasion.
Particular person tickets and sponsor tables can be found to be bought at withit.org. The annual awards are sponsored by Andmore, Jola Interactive, J.B. Hunt and Norwalk Furnishings.
See additionally: Mentoring takes WithIt’s WOW spotlight
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