b'WOMEN IN TILE 2020Michelle Chapmanbilling,aswellasadvertisingsales National Tileand billing.Contractors Association Eighteen months after Chapman If youve seen ANYTHING NTCAjoinedNTCA,BartBettigawas has produced, most likely MichellehiredtotakeoverforJoe Tarver. Chapman has had a hand in it. SheSince then, shes watched the staff isthelongest-employedmembergrow from four people to 16, and oftheNTCAstaffstillactivelyonthe magazine grow from 68 pages the payroll, and has a unique andto over 100 plus pages, including comprehensiveoverviewofhowspecial issuesat one point, pub-the association has grown in her 20lishing 17 issues a year.yearsatNTCAwhichshecele- When the workshop program got brates on November 7th of this year! arevamp,therewasaneedfor Whileworkingataninsurancemore direct mail pieces, and a new company,Chapmanhonedhertrailer design that sported sponsor skills when the company sought to produce its own marketing materi-als in house, and she learned Quark Xpress, a graphic design program. In 1995, a typesetter position opened upatHedermanBrothersPrinting Mississippislargestcommercial printerfor someone with graph-icdesignknowledge.ChapmanMichelle Chapman has worn many hats clinched the job, continuing to addwithin the association, including mem-to her knowledge. NTCAand itsbership recruitment and working the TileLetter magazinebecame onebooth at the Coverings tradeshow.of her projects, starting in 1996. InFebruary2000,then-NTCA Executive Director Joe Tarver asked Chapman to freelance several issues ofTileLetterduetoongoinghealth challenges of editor Myra Cardwell. In September of that year, Tarver asked Chapman to join NTCA full time as Production Manager/Assistant Editor and designer of TileLetter. It was the bestcareerdecisionIevermade, she said. Chapman wore many hats Eighteen months after Chapman joined NTCA, Bart Bettiga (r.) was hired. producing the magazine and collat- Staff has since grown from four to 16 eral material, handling membershipemployees.64TileLetter | October 2020'