Tom Reardon, Executive Director of BIFMA, Retires
Within the contract furnishings community, we have many great leaders. One of them – Tom Reardon, Executive Director of BIFMA (Business + Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association) – recently announced his forthcoming retirement. Reardon has served as Executive Director of BIFMA for the past 22 years, and it is difficult to imagine someone other than him in the role. We spoke to Reardon about his career, his work at BIFMA, and how he’s seen the industry change throughout his tenure. Long before his BIFMA days, Reardon spent his first years out of college working for an automotive supplier near Detroit, where he grew up. “A good friend of mine there went to work at Haworth, and pretty soon after, he called me saying, ‘You should come check out this furniture industry – it’s pretty great over here.’” Off to Haworth he went, in 1985. “I loved it. I loved the product, …
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