Keilhauer is pleased to announce the election of Meghan Sherwin, President, to Board of Directors Member at the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA). Sherwin joins Paul Cleary, CEO & President of Momentum Textiles and Wallcovering and Mike Wagner, CEO, President and Co-Chair of the Jasper Group as the three newly elected Members to the board. Meghan brings decades of marketing and technology experience to her role, and has a significant track record of crafting business strategy and advancing innovation.
Over seven years ago, Meghan joined Keilhauer as the VP of Marketing, and was quickly promoted into the CMO position. In 2023, she was appointed by Founder, CEO Mike Keilhauer to lead the company as President. âMy aim is to build on the very strong legacy of past boards. Like BIFMA and its members, I believe in the power of innovation and the distinct ability of commercial furniture to meaningfully enrich business and institutional environmentsâ, Sherwin states. âI am grateful for the opportunity to serve and support our industryâ.
Meghan is also a leading advocate for community civic engagement and in 2015 was honored by 8-80 Cities with the global Community Innovator Award. From 2020-2022, Sherwin was the co-chair of the Canadian Marketing Associationâs Customer Experience Council and holds the Chartered Marketer designation.
Meghan Sherwin graduated from Queenâs University, with a BAH degree and is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, Institute for Sustainability Leadershipâs Business Sustainability Management Programme (BSM). In an effort to capitalize on the pace of change in technology, she most recently completed the Said Business School Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme.
About BIFMA
Founded in 1973, BIFMA is a not-for-profit trade association supporting business and institutional furniture manufacturers.
The industryâs service to customers â providing healthy, comfortable, and productive spaces â rests on an infrastructure of engineering and materials standards. These standards, founded on centuries of craft and enhanced by ever-advancing science, embody the best of BIFMAs knowledge on safety, ergonomics, and sustainability.
BIFMA sponsors the development and refinement of standards, educates on their importance and application, and translates their necessary complexity into more easily understood and implemented formats. It promotes sustainability throughout the life cycle of furniture, offers statistical and educational resources to members and the public and reach out to regulators, consumers, and international partners to foster value and innovation.
About KEILHAUER
Founded in 1981, Keilhauer is a privately owned, design-focused contract furniture manufacturer. Keilhauer manufactures seating and tables that makes work more comfortable for all. Keilhauer products are thoughtfully made to support communication and engagement in spaces such as meeting rooms, collaboration areas, lobbies and lunchrooms. Working with world-renowned furniture designers, Keilhauer is internationally recognized for award-winning design, built with extreme craftsmanship, to the highest environmental standards.