MICHELE’S EO PERSPECTIVE
In January, we held our first General Membership Meeting at Exceptional Flooring Concepts (EFC) in Cedar Knolls, where we welcomed many new guests and old- time members. I would personally like to give a big shout-out to the entire team at Exceptional Flooring Concepts, especially Dane Rohmann, our new 2024 Board Member who helped put this event together.
We learned about the many benefits of Bona Flooring from the Bona experts, and had the opportunity to tour the warehouse and showroom of EFC. We heard from Kristie Veri, Metro’s 2024 President as she laid out the biggest goals for Metro this year – “Collaboration, Communication and Education.” This year Kristie we will continue with Frank Coppola and Andrea LoMonaco’s vision for collaborative efforts at all three levels. Her goal is to keep all of our members informed through communication and education, in fact this year we will be teaching NAHB Education Courses through Metro, again. Our Remodelers Council hosted our January General Membership Meeting, and have been actively recruiting new council members. The NAHB Remodelers Council consists of nearly 50,000 NAHB members who are involved in the remodeling industry. Council members enjoy a wide variety of benefits and resources, including exclusive professional development, industry-specific education, networking opportunities, leadership grants, and awards and recognition programs that help you strengthen and protect your business. All members can join the National Remodelers Council for $75.00, so join today! It is our goal to help all members get involved. The more you are involved, the more you will understand the many benefits of the association, above and beyond the advocacy. Take a look at some of our committees and GET INVOLVED! • Professional Women in Building Linda Garvey - L.Garvey@coppolabrothersllc.com • Sales & Marketing Council Todd Smith - tsmith@roycejosephcapitalllc.com • Remodelers Council Don Dyrness - Don@MainStreetCustomHomes.com and Geraldine Smith, allinclusivenj@gmail.com • Golf Committee – Ken Fox, kfox@foxarch.com • Awards of Excellence – Franz Laki - fl@sesi.org • Membership Committee Robert Nussbaum - rnussbaum@saiber.com Next, as the Awards of Excellence Celebration draws closer, the entries are in full swing. If you have not sent in your entries, please do so by March 15 to provide the judges with ample time to fully assess each entry. Last year we had many new winners, a few new categories and lots of fun. I am looking forward to seeing you all there this year as Franz Laki, of SESI Consulting Engineers presents our Awards of Excellence Gala on June 19th at the Hanover Manor. If you have any questions, please call the office (973) 887-2888 ext 1. As always, I would like to thank all of our members for their continued support in Metro. If you have any questions, concerns or would like to share your ideas, please reach out.
Michele Leppard, EO , mleppard@metrobca.org Office: (973) 887-2888 x 1, Cell (201) 463-5543
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