If you were unable to join us in person in Greenville, S.C., November 3-5, or virtually November 9-12, you missed what attendees dubbed "mind blowing" knowledge sharing!
As always, IMPACT provided a unique blend of networking, education and excitement for textile care service professionals. Attendees were given the opportunity to learn new skills, exchange ideas and gain insight on topics related to the textile industry.
This year’s conference recognized high-level issues facing the industry, such as challenges in the labor market, automation and navigating an unpredictable supply chain. Each session aimed to support attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to work through these obstacles.
Living in America, most can relate to the fact that we have an opportunity to expand our thinking and create an inclusive culture. In the diversity session from Ricaye Harris, SHRM-SCP, senior director, talent, acquisition and diversity with Milliken & Co., Are You IN(clusive)?, attendees explored some of the biases we have that we didn't know existed and learned how to become consciously inclusive.
As a member benefit, ALM has decided to make Are You IN(clusive)? available in the Resource Library. To view, please sign into your member account on ALMnet.org, then click on Resources, Resource Library.
Many thanks to all our speakers, sponsors and attendees for helping us to provide and joining in all the fantastic education at IMPACT. And a special thank you to our premier sponsor, MIP Inc., who hosted the evening event with a fun photobooth!
Housing is open for those planning to attend The Clean Show 2022 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Connections Housing is the official housing company for The Clean Show 2022. We are excited to provide you with discounted rates for your hotel accommodations while attending and look forward to seeing you in Atlanta.
The ALM host hotel is the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. To ensure you are in our housing block and close to all ALM events, please use the ALM Room Reservation Link.
Rooms go fast! Book today!
BUYER BEWARE!
Connections Housing is the only approved, official housing vendor for The Clean Show 2022. Unauthorized housing companies may contact you and advertise cheaper rates, or may imply or claim an affiliation with The Clean Show. Unfortunately, some past attendees have fallen prey to these companies and were unable to recover the money spent on rooms that did not exist. If you are contacted by any company that is NOT Connections Housing, please notify The Clean Show 2022 Housing Management at cleanshow@connectionshousing.com before providing any information to a secondary housing vendor.
The Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC) has elected five new members to its board of directors for the 2022-2024 term: Karl Fillip II, CEO, Novo Health Services, LLC, Atlanta, GA; John Hopper, Director of Operations, ImageFirst Healthcare Laundry Specialists, King of Prussia, PA; Timothy A. Sulecki, President, Energenics Corporation, MaxAssure Inc, Naples, FL; Kelly Zabriskie, Enterprise Vice President of Infection Prevention, Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA; Christine Zirges, DNP, APRN-BC, CIC, FAPIC, Corporate Director Infection Prevention, SSM Health, St. Louis, MO.
The American Reusable Textile Association (ARTA) Board of Directors confirmed the results of this year’s election at its recent meeting. ARTA’s President Gabriel Boardman has shared that Shane Woodson (left) of SourceAmerica was elected and two incumbent directors have been re-elected — Bryan Bartsch (middle) of Ecotex and Dan Sanchez (right) of Medline. Their terms begin Jan. 1, 2022. ARTA director terms are for two years.
The complete roster for ARTA’s 2022-23 Board of Directors includes:
President Gabriel Boardman of MIP, Montreal, Quebec
1st Vice PresidentJerry Martin of Prudential Overall Supply, Irvine
2nd Vice PresidentDuane Houvener, America Dawn, Nashville
SecretarySteven Tinker of Gurtler Industries, Inc., South Holland, Illinois
TreasurerDave Balliet of HCSC, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Past PresidentBrendan O’Neill of London Hospital Linen Service, Inc., London, Ontario
DirectorJeff Courey of George Courey, Montreal Quebec
DirectorBryan Bartsch of Ecotex, Abbotsford, B.C.
DirectorNicole Grubich of WMSHL, Grand Rapids, Michigan
DirectorCecil Lee of Standard Textile, Cincinnati
DirectorDan Sanchez of Medline Industries, Inc., Mundelein, Illinois
DirectorShane Woodson, SourceAmerica, Jonesboro, Tennessee, and
Legislative DirectorScott Delin of Superior Uniform Group, Seminole, Florida
In addition, Nancy Jenkins of Jenkins Integrated Marketing, Mission, Kansas, serves as executive director and editor of ARTA. ARTA will hold its election for the 2023-24 Board in the spring, with results announced at Clean 2022 in Atlanta. If you are interested in serving on the ARTA Board or becoming more involved, please contact Jenkins at njenkins@ARTA1.com.
G.A. Braun recently annpunced multiple employee promotions. Dave Clark, vice president after market operations/customer service, has retired from Braun after 24 years of dedicated service and Sandro Bortoloni has been promoted as his successor; Ray Burke has been promoted to vice president of sales, U.S. and Canada; and David Welsh has been promoted to president of G. A. Braun, succeeding Rick Rudmann, who will remain on as a strategic advisor.
UNX is very excited to welcome Anthony Morgan to the team as the newest territory manager and will be serving customers in Central and Northern Indiana. Anthony brings with him many years of experience from multiple industries and has a high standard when it comes to serving his customers. Outside of work, you might find Anthony relaxing, preparing for a family pool party or watching a Reds baseball game. Welcome, Anthony!
