HunterDouglas Certified
Professional Installer
Window
Fashions Institute; Bronze
Lutron
Certified
Shading
System
Sr.
Technician
CEDIA
Custom
Electronic
Design & Installation
Association
LEED for
(CI) Commercial
Interiors
Recognized
nationally
and internationally
as a leader
in the
shading
motorization
industry, Hipps
and Company,
Inc,
of Fort
Lauderdale,
FL, has
been a
proud member
of WCAA
since 1987.
Hipps
and Company,
Inc.
is a
third
generation
company
serving
the Southeastern
United
States,
the Bahamas
and the
Caribbean
Islands.
Specialties
are motorized
shading
solutions,
motorization,
and automation.
Sales
and Service
offices
are in
Jacksonville,
Orlando
and Fort
Lauderdale,
Florida.
Education
Margi
graduated from the New York School
of Interior Design and Sheridan
College. She has been an Interior
Designer in both the US and Canada
for more than 30 years.
Teaching
She
taught interior design at Sheridan College, Brampton, Ontario (20
years) and The Academy of Design in Toronto, Canada (5 years).
Member of CMG, (The Color Marketing Group) for 15 years and traveled
throughout Canada and the US forecasting color and lecturing
on "The
Direction of Color".
Margi has developed and taught
numerous CEU accredited courses.
TV
Programs
Margi
has
hosted
and
produced
her
own
TV
shows: "Desperate
Designs", "Dr.
Decorator", "The
Designing
Doctor",
and "Moments
with
Margi".
She
also
co-hosted
the
national
TV
show "Let’s
Build
A
House," and "Lunch
Time
Live" for
3
years
in
Toronto,
Canada.
Author
Builder
Architect
magazine
Furniture
World
magazine
Toronto
Star
Charlotte
Observer
Associate
editor
Lake
Norman
Times
magazine
Mandarin
Homes
magazine
Major
Clients
The
Designing
Doctor,
LLC
(Margi's
consultation
company)
Co-designer
of
the
first
R2000
house
built & decorated
in
Canada.
(Environmentally
responsible
through
energy
efficiency.)
Hunter
Douglas
Window
Fashions,
Inc.
Tapestria
Furniture Land
South
Drexel
Heritage
Manager
of
color & design
Para
Paints,
Canada
Vice
President
of
WCAA
(Window
Coverings
Association
of
America)
Verticals
Etc began
in 1993
as a factory
outlet
specializing
in vertical
blinds.
Over the
next decade
the company
evolved
into a
standalone
business
focused
on quality,
professionally
installed
window
coverings.
Ed
Hopkins purchased
Verticals
Etc. in 2003,
and has built
upon the
fine reputation
of the company
by expanding
the highly
trained staff
and quality
product offerings.
With
this emphasis
in mind,
Ed made the
decision
in late 2004
to join a
new national
network of
dedicated
window covering
retailers
called Exciting
Windows!.
Beth
Hodges is
the owner
of Soft
Furnishings,
a workroom
located
in Elberton,
Georgia,
which,
after
22 years,
is still
based
in the
basement
of her
home.
She operated
Soft
Furnishings
for the
first
eight
years
as a
one-person
retail
workroom.
Now,
Soft
Furnishings
has expanded
to employ
five
people
and provides
a wide
variety
of wholesale
workroom
services
around
the country.
The workroom
has grown
incrementally
through
Beth’s
attention
to customer
service
and her
product
knowledge.
She attends
shows
and seminars
regularly,
and strives
to keep
Soft
Furnishings’ methods
up to
date
and at
the very
highest
end of
the current
industry
standards.
Jenna
Abbott was
appointed
the Executive
Director of
the Window
Coverings
Association
of America in
May 2009.
Prior
to her
appointment,
she was
a National
WCAA
Director
and the
sole
proprietor
of Sew
Elegant
by Jenna,
a “to
the trade” workroom
founded
in 2001.
Jenna
believes
the pursuit
of education
leads
to a
more
efficient
operation
and a
well
rounded
business
owner
and she
strongly
supports
the mission
of the
WCAA.
She is
a founding
member
of the
Northern
California
Chapter
of the
WCAA,
and a
proud
alumnus
of the
Custom
Home
Furnishings
Academy
in Charlotte,
NC.
Accreditations
WCAA
Certified
Window
Treatment
Consultant
WCAA
Certified
Workroom
Professional
Custom
Home
Furnishings
Academy
Advanced
Window
Treatment
Career
Professional
Custom
Home
Furnishings
Academy
Installation
Career
Professional
Jeanelle
Dech is president
of Adaptive
Textiles™,
a digital
textile
printing company
in West
Chester,
PA, and
is the
founder
and co-owner
of Crab
Apple
Interiors,
LLC,
a retail
design
studio also
in Pennsylvania.
She shares
over
20 years
experience
creating
custom
home
furnishings,
and has
become known
for her
energizing
and innovative
approach
to design
and fabrication.
Jeanelle
is a
regular
speaker
at IWCE
and D&WC
Conferences
and teaches
workroom
and business
classes
at the
CHF Academy
and Temple
University.
WFCP
Expert, CMG
Chair Holder
Bruce
Knott has
over 35
years in
the window-fashions
industry.
Knott has
traveled
throughout
Canada, Mexico,
and the US
presenting
seminars
on solutions
and color
trends to
designers,
decorators,
and fabricators.
He also
serves on
the board
of directors
for the Color
Marketing
Group.
Nicole
Lorber received
her degree
in Design
and Textile
Management
from Cornell
University,
and has completed
course work
at FIT. She
recently
ended her
term as President
of the Central
New Jersey
WCAA Chapter.
She has also
won multiple
International
Window Coverings
Association
design awards,
with her
designs featured
over many
years in
Window Fashions
Magazine
and her opinions
regularly
included
in their ”'Ask
the Expert” column.
Her work
has also
been included
in Design
NJ Magazine.
Nicole is
a WFCP Master,
WCAA Certified
Consultant
and Certified
Workroom,
and DraperyPro
member.
Michele
Williams is the
owner
and Creative
Director
of The
Scarlet
Thread.
She holds
a B.S.
in Business
Administration
from
the University
of South
Carolina.
After
a career
in
financial
software
development
with
Management
Science
America
and
Dun & Bradstreet
Software,
Michele
decided
to
pursue
a new
career
path
in
textiles.
WCAA
National
President
