Please join us in congratulating CARE’s Person of the Year and Recycler of the Year for 2014! The awards were announced during our 13th Annual Conference, hosted last week in New Orleans.
Person of the Year
CARE’s 2014 Person of the Year, Fred Williamson, is a member of CARE’s board of directors and currently serves as vice president of operations for Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring Partnership.
Williamson boasts more than 40 years of experience in the commercial flooring business, including 13 years in sales management representing carpet manufacturers, 17 years as a commercial flooring contractor, seven years with DuPont and eight years with Starnet Worldwide.
In announcing the award CARE Board Chair Brendan McSheehy stated, “Fred brings the discipline and dedication of a great Marine to everything he does. He serves quietly and efficiently those organizations in which he chooses to invest his time and talent, and CARE is a better organization today as a result.”
Recycler of the Year
Tandus Centiva, a Tarkett Company, has been named CARE’s 2014 Recycler of the Year. A CARE partner, the company employs the industry’s first closed-loop recycling program through its Dalton-based environmental center.
The program, called ReStart, is designed to reclaim and recycle postconsumer flooring, installation waste, product samples and portfolios. To date, Tandus Centiva has reclaimed and recycled more than 268 million pounds of carpet, LVT and waste.
“As an organization, CARE has been able to propel carpet recycling initiatives forward because of the work of individuals and companies like Fred Williamson and Tandus Centiva,” said Dr. Bob Peoples, executive director of CARE. “This year’s winners have helped us approach historical challenges with tangible solutions for our industry.”
