December 23, 2021

The National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA), the authority on the residential kitchen and bath marketplace and owners of the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS), has announced the members of its 2022 Leadership Recruitment Committee and its 2022 Chapter Leadership Committee. The volunteer members of each committee will assume their roles Jan. 1, 2022.

New members for the Leadership Recruitment Committee are Kevin Dexter, president and chief operating officer, North America, Fisher & Paykel Appliances Inc., Cosa Mesa, Calif., and Jason McGraw, group vice president of CEDIA Expo and KBIS, Emerald Holding Inc., San Juan Capistrano, Calif. They replace Bryant Haas, OEM sales manager, Rev-A-Shelf LLC, Louisville, Ky., and Amy Hornby, director of key accounts for KBIS and CEDIA Expo, Emerald Holdings Inc., who will be leaving the committee at the end of 2021.

In addition, Kerrie Kelly, founder of Kerrie Kelly Design Lab (KKDL), Sacramento, Calif., was named the new chair of the Leadership Recruitment Committee.  

New members for the Chapter Leadership Committee are Nichole Cooper, showroom director, Middleby Residential, Irvine, Calif., and Sandee Mann, sales executive — Western Canada Showroom, Kohler Canada, Woodbridge, Ontario. They replace Antonette Copeland, design director, Constructions Resources LLC, Decatur, Ga., and Molly Switzer, AKBD, owner of Molly N Switzer Designs LLC., Portland, Ore., who are leaving the committee at the end of this year.

Below is a complete list of both committees.  

2022 Leadership Recruitment Committee 

Kerrie Kelly, Chair
Founder, Kerrie Kelly Design Lab, Sacramento, Calif.

Steve Petock
Retired Senior Vice President, Business Development, Ferguson Enterprises, Newport News, Va.

Katie Brockman
Founder and CEO, Katie Brockman & Co., New York, N.Y.

Kevin Dexter
President and Chief Operating Officer, Fisher & Paykel Appliances Inc. North America, Costa Mesa, Calif.

Jason McGraw, CTS, CAE
Group Vice President, CEDIA Expo and Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS), Atlanta

Bill Darcy, Ex-Officio
CEO, National Kitchen & Bath Association, Hackettstown, N.J.

2022 Chapter Leadership Committee

Toni Sabatino, AKBD
Owner and Principal Designer, Toni Sabatino Style, Northport, N.Y.

Ellen Lopez, CMKBD
Founder and Creative Director, EL Design Studio, Hicksville, N.Y.  

Nancy Young, CKBD
Owner and Principal Designer, Nancy Young Designs, Montgomery, Ala.

Nichole Cooper
Showroom Director, Middleby Residential, Irvine, Calif.

Sandee Mann
Sales Executive, Western Canada Showroom, Kohler Canada, Woodbridge, Ontario