b'NEWSPlease visit TileLetter.com for details on these stories.TheCeramicTileEducationBartBettiga,ExecutiveDirector Foundation(CTEF)welcomedoftheNationalTileContractors fournewmemberstoitsBoardAssociation(NTCA)andmember ofDirectors,lastmonth,effectiveoftheCTEFBoardofDirectors. immediately: These four additions bring valu- ErinAlbrecht,ableexperiencetotheconversa-Principalattions, ranging from working with J&RTileinSandealersanddistributors,general Antonio, Texas contractors and specifi ers, as wellTraskBergerson,as the CTI program. ActingOwner/ Albrecht Inadditiontowelcomingnew Partneratmembers,CTEFalsoannounc-BergersonTile&esthatMarkShannonhasbeen Stone,Astoria,appointedChairoftheCTEF Ore.Board, replacing Svend HovmandJosephMattice,who remains on the Board as Chair CertifiedTileEmeritus.Installer#1155 and Owner of OnBergerson SchnoxHPSNorthAmerica, theLevelLLC,Inc.partnerswithGalleher,LLCSimpsonville,Schnox S.C. HPSNorthMarkShannon,America,Inc. ExecutiveViceandGalleher, President of SalesLLC, announced a strategic partner-forCrossville,Mattice shiptoprovidesubfl oorproducts Inc. in Crossville,throughout a West Coast footprint Tenn. encompassing 15% of the fl ooring AsCTEFmarket.Withannualrevenuesin embarks on the nextexcessof$215million,Galleher,oor-phaseofgrowthLLCisoneofthelargestflwiththeCertifi eding distributors in the U.S. serving TileInstaller(CTI)Shannon California,Nevada,andArizona. andtheAdvancedCertifi cationsThe Galleher-Schnox partnership forInstallers(ACT)programs,itwill put Schnox technology in the becomesevenmoreimportanthands of West Coast fl pro- ooring fortheCTEFBoardofDirectorsfessionals allowing them to address toincludeadditionalperspec- subfl oorissuesrangingfromthe tivesfromthetileindustry,sayseveryday to the extreme.112 TileLetter | May 2020'