Board Leadership

FCIF Board Members 2024

The Foundation’s Board Members wanted to share why they are passionate about FCIF's work.

Executive Committee:

Charlie Dilks, CCA Global Partners, Chairman of the Board of FCIF, Grant Distribution, Finance & Investment, Nominating, and Gala Committees

“The FCIF provides grants to recipients exclusively within the floor covering industry and is funded almost entirely from donations made from within the industry. Knowing that your donation, large or small, will be used to benefit someone in your industry who is suffering as a result of a catastrophic illness or life altering event, is a differentiation unique to very few charities”.

Scott Humphrey, World Floor Covering Association, Vice-Chairman of FCIF, Finance & Investment, and Grant Distribution Committees

“FCIF is my chance to give back to the people and industry that has supported me and my family for multiple generations. My support is one way of saying “thank you” to those who have worked in the industry I have called home for almost my entire life.”

Kennedy Frierson, Dixie Group, Treasurer of FCIF, Finance Committee Chair
Piet Dossche, Dossche Holdings, Corporate Secretary of FCIF, Nominating Committee
Roger S. Marcus, American Biltrite Inc, Grant Distribution Committee Chair 
Will Young, Engineered Floors, Fund Development Committee Chair, Gala Committee

2025 Board of Directors

Ralph Boe, ArrowStar, LLC

Lisa Browning, National Floorcovering Alliance, Fund Development Committee

Brian Caress, Industry Volunteer, Fund Development Committee

Jonathan Cohen, Stanton Carpet

Ted Dlugokienski, Abbey Carpet Co., Inc.

Carrie Edwards Isaac, Shaw Industries Group, Fund Development Committee

Steve Feldman, Floor Covering News, Gala Committee Chair

Emily Finkell, EF Floors & Design, Fund Development Committee  

Amie Gilmore, The International Surface Event, Gala Committee

Jeff Golden, JG Media Group/ ProInstaller

Philip Gutierrez, Abbey Carpet Company

Kemp Harr, Floor Focus Magazine

Max Holland, FEI Group, President of Home Solutions

Kevin Jablon, Spartan Surfaces

Doug Jackson, Cali Floors, Gala Committee

Tanja Kern, Floor Trends and Installation

Raymond Mancini, Jr., The Belknap Haines Group

Paul Murfin, Taylor Adhesives, Fund Development Committee

Sam O’Krent, O’Krent Floors, Marketing Committee Chair, Nominating Committee

Bryan Peeples, Textile Management Associates

Ed Perrin, Karndean Designflooring

Amy Rush-Imber, Floor Covering Weekly

Patrick Warren, Daltile

Bob Weiss, Strategic Advisor of All Surfaces, Finance Committee

Zack Zehner, President  of Mannington Residential Business, Mannington Mills, Grant Distribution Committee

Board Member Emeritus 

Howard Brodsky, CCA Global Partners, Inc.

Keith Campbell, Mannington Mills

Larry Nagle, N.L. Nagle, Inc.

Ex- Officios

Ex-Officio Member of BOD and all Committees - Andrea Blackbourn, Executive Director