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NTA Directors

Class of 2014

  1. Charles Adams, Victor Group, elected March 30, 2011.
  2. Martin Sohn, Safer Textile Processing, elected March 30, 2011.
  3. Steve Trastelis, Microfibres, Inc., elected March 26, 2009.
  4. Don Vavala, W. L. Gore, elected March 26, 2009.

Class of 2013

  1. Justin Barnett, Highland Industries Inc., elected April 8, 2010.
  2. John P. Bishop, Pendleton Woolen Mills, elected April 8, 2010.
  3. Frederick Osborne, Woolrich, Inc., elected April 8, 2010.
  4. VACANT,
    formerly Edward Ricci II Duro Textiles LLC., elected October 22, 2007 (resigned January 1, 2011).
  5. VACANT (no one elected)

Class of 2012

  1. James B. Carson, Jr., Sullivan Carson, Inc., elected March 26, 2009.
  2. Katherine Dutilh, Milliken and Company, elected April 8, 2010 to replace
    Gerald Cauthen, Contempora Fabrics, elected March 26, 2009 (resigned January 1, 2010).
  3. Pier Luigi Loro Piana, Warren Corporation, elected March 26, 2009.
  4. Gerald J. Mauretti, Engineered Yarn Company, elected March 26, 2009.
  5. Michael Shelton, Valdese Weavers, LLC., elected March 30, 2011 to replace
    Steve Perry, Darlington Fabric, elected April 8, 2010 (resigned January 1, 2011) to replace
    Peter Moore, George C. Moore Company, elected March 26, 2009 (resigned April 7, 2010).

Class of 2011

Two-year term due to change in meeting date
  1. Charles Adams, Victor Group, elected April 8, 2010, to replace
    Gregoire Giraud, Narrow Fabric Industries Corporation, elected March 26, 2009 (resigned January 1, 2010).
  2. Frank C. Montie, Brookwood Laminating, Inc., elected March 26, 2009.
  3. Michael Shelton, Valdese Weavers, LLC., elected March 26, 2009.
  4. Steve Trastelis, Microfibres, Inc., elected March 26, 2009.
  5. Nick Pence, TenCate, elected March 26, 2009.

Class of 2010

  1. Justin Barnett, Highland Industries Inc., elected October 22, 2007.
  2. John P. Bishop, Pendleton Woolen Mills, elected October 22, 2007.
  3. Peter Moore, George C. Moore Company, elected October 20, 2008 to serve until next Annual Meeting to replace
    Goran B. Elovsson, George C. Moore Company
    , elected October 22, 2007 (resigned August 11, 2008).
  4. Frederick Osborne, Woolrich, Inc, elected March 26, 2009 to replace
    Steve Trastelis, Microfibres, Inc., elected March 18, 2008, to fill vacation until the next Annual Meeting to replace James R. Fulks, Microfibres, Inc., elected October 22, 2007 (died January 24, 2008)
  5. Jock Nash, Milliken and Company, elected October 22, 2007 (resigned October 15, 2009).
  6. Edward Ricci II Duro Textiles LLC., elected October 22, 2007.

Class of 2009

  1. James B. Carson, Jr., Sullivan Carson, Inc. (Elected September 18, 2006)
  2. Gerald Cauthen, Contempora Fabrics (Elected September 18, 2006)
  3. Richard Duval, Victor Forstmann Company (Elected September 18, 2006)
  4. Frank C. Montie, Brookwood Laminating, Inc. (Elected September 18, 2006)
  5. Albert Safer, Safer Textile Processing (Elected September 18, 2006)

Class of 2008

  1. Merritt Loring, Victor Forstmann Company (Elected November 7, 2005; vacated August 30, 2006)
    Larry Himes, Duro Textiles LLC. (Elected September 18, 2006; vacated February 2007)
    Edward Ricci II Duro Textiles LLC. (Elected March 8, 2007 to fill vacation until the next Annual Meeting)
    Position currently vacant
  2. Phillip Harrison, Springs Industries (Elected November 7, 2005; vacated January 2007)
    Henry Surratt Springs Industries (Elected March 8, 2007 to fill vacation until the next Annual Meeting; Elected October 22, 2007.)
  3. Martin Sohn, Safer Textile Processing (Elected November 7, 2005)
  4. John M. Sullivan, American Silk Mills Corp. (Elected November 7, 2005)
  5. Hank Truslow, Jr., Sunbury Textile Mills, Inc. (Elected November 7, 2005)

Class of 2007

  1. Roger L. Berkley, Weave Corporation (Elected September 20, 2004; moved to Vice President, 2005)
    Position not filled.
  2. John P. Bishop, Pendleton Woolen Mills (Elected September 20, 2004)
  3. Goran B. Elovsson, George C. Moore Company (Elected September 20, 2004)
  4. James R. Fulks, Microfibres, Inc. (Elected September 20, 2004)
  5. Earl Kramer, Concord Fabrics Inc. (Elected September 20, 2004; vacated December 31, 2005)
    Katherine Dutilh, Milliken and Company (Elected September 18, 2006)
  6. Gerald J. Mauretti, Engineered Yarn Company (Elected September 20, 2004)

Class of 2006

  1. Keith Crisco, Asheboro Elastics Corp. (Elected November 10, 2003)
  2. George "Skip" Gehring, Gehring Textiles Inc. (Elected November 10, 2003; vacated April 25, 2006)
  3. Gregoire Giraud, Narrow Fabric Industries Corp. (Elected November 10, 2003)
  4. Pier Luigi Loro Piana, Warren Corporation (Elected November 10, 2003)
  5. John F. Nash, Milliken and Company (Elected November 10, 2003)
  6. Albert Safer, Safer Textile Processing (Elected November 10, 2003)

Class of 2005

  1. Regina Conroy-Keller, Lee Fashion Fabrics (Elected September 23, 2002; vacated March 31, 2005)
  2. John Emrich, Guilford Mills, Inc. (Elected September 23, 2002; vacated 2004)
    John M. Sullivan, Jr., American Silk Mills Corp. (Elected September 20, 2004 for balance of term)
  3. Edward Moskowitz, Fabrictex, Inc. (Elected September 23, 2002; vacated June 21, 2005)
  4. George Shuster, Cranston Print Works Company (Elected September 23, 2002)
  5. Martin Sohn, Safer Textile Processing (Elected September 23, 2002)
  6. Duncan Whitehead, Quaker Fabric Corp. (Elected September 23, 2002; vacated January 1, 2005)

Class of 2004

  1. Peter M. Hadley, Claremont Flock Corporation (Elected October 1, 2001)
  2. Mark Kent, Kent Manufacturing Company (Elected October 1, 2001)
  3. David Locker, Burlington Performance Wear (Elected October 1, 2001; vacated 2002)
    Earl Kramer, Concord Fabrics, Inc. (Elected September 23, 2002)
  4. Merritt Loring, Victor Forstmann Company (Elected October 1, 2001; vacated 2002)
    John P. Bishop, Pendleton Woolen Mills (Enrolled as Director prior to 2002 Annual Meeting)
  5. Gerald J. Mauretti, Engineered Yarn Company (Elected October 1, 2001)
  6. Neil R. Tilmont, Darlington Fabrics Corporation (Elected October 1, 2001)

Class of 2003

  1. Samuel Brickle, Hyman Brickle and Son, Inc. (Elected September 18, 2000; vacated 2001)
    John F. Nash, Milliken and Company (Elected October 1, 2001 for balance of term)
  2. Gregoire Giraud, Narrow Fabric Industries Corp. (Elected September 18, 2000)
  3. Neal Grover, The Forstmann Company (Elected September 18, 2000; vacated 2002)
    Richard Duval, The Forstmann Company served until next Annual Meeting
    George "Skip" Gehring, Gehring Textiles Inc. (Elected September 23, 2002 for balance of term)
  4. Pier Luigi Loro Piana, Warren Corporation (Elected September 18, 2000)
  5. Stephen C. Sharpe, Mt. Jefferson Woolens (Elected September 18, 2000; vacated 2001)
    Hank Truslow, IV., Sunbury Textile Mills, Inc. (Elected October 1, 2001)
  6. Jonathan A. Stevens, Ames Textile Corp. (Elected September 18, 2000; moved to Vice Chairman 2002)
    Albert Safer, Safer Textile Processing (Elected September 23, 2002 for balance of term)

Class of 2002

  1. Sanford L. Archibald, The Britex Group (Elected October 18, 1999)
  2. Roger L. Berkley, Weave Corporation (Elected October 18, 1999; vacated 2001)
    James F. Robbins, CMI Industries, Inc. (Elected October 1, 2001)
  3. Roswell Brayton, Jr., Woolrich, Inc. (Elected October 18, 1999)
  4. Brian L. DeMoura, Interface Interior Fabrics, Inc. (Elected October 18, 1999)
  5. George Shuster, Cranston Print Works Company (Elected October 18, 1999)
  6. Duncan Whitehead, Quaker Fabric Corp. (Elected October 18, 1999; moved to Vice President 2001)
    Walter R. Mercier, Hanora Spinning, Inc. (Elected October 1, 2001 for balance of term)

Class of 2001

  1. Merritt Loring, Dorr Woolen Company (Elected October 5, 1998)
  2. J. Marshall McDuffie, Carleton Woolen Mills, Inc. (Elected October 5, 1998; vacated 2000)
    Edwin Martin, Fifield, Inc. (Elected September 18, 2000)
  3. Roberto Modica, Warren Corporation (Elected October 5, 1998)
  4. Brian Moorstein, Forstmann and Company, Inc. (Elected October 5, 1998; vacated 1999)
    Gerald J. Mauretti, Engineered Yarn Company (Elected October 18, 1999 for balance of term)
  5. Lewis Morrison, Guilford Mills (Elected October 5, 1998)
  6. Neil R. Tilmont, Darlington Fabrics Corporation (Elected October 5, 1998)

Class of 2000

  1. Allan T. Britton, Homestead Industries, Inc. (Elected September 15, 1997; vacated 2000)
    Larry Himes, Duro Textiles LLC. (Elected February 25, 2000 to fill vacancy until next Annual Meeting)
  2. David R. Hillcoat, Liberty Fabrics, Inc. (Elected September 15, 1997)
  3. Mark Kent, Kent Manufacturing Company (Elected September 15, 1997)
  4. Edwin Martin, C. W. Fifield Company, Inc. (Elected September 15, 1997)
  5. Stephen C. Sharpe, Mt. Jefferson Woolen Mills (Elected September 15, 1997)
  6. Stewart Tait, Narrow Fabrics Industries, Inc. (Elected September 15, 1997)

Class of 1999

  1. Sandy Archibald, Britex, Ltd. (Elected September 17, 1996)
  2. Roswell Brayton, Jr., Woolrich, Inc. (Elected September 17, 1996)
  3. James Coleman, Forte Cashmere Company (Elected September 17, 1996)
  4. Brian DeMoura, Guilford of Maine, Inc. (Elected September 17, 1996)
  5. George Shuster, Cranston Print Works (Elected September 17, 1996)
  6. Duncan Whitehead, Quaker Fabric Corporation (Elected September 17, 1996)

Class of 1998

  1. Robert Dangremond, Forstmann & Company, Inc. (Elected October 2, 1995)
  2. Jonathan Hurstfield-Meyer, Cleyn & Tinker (Elected October 2, 1995)
  3. Scott Johnson, Eastland Woolen Corporation (Elected October 2, 1995)
  4. J. Marshall McDuffie, Carleton Woolen Mills, Inc. (Elected October 2, 1995)
  5. Robert Young, American Fiber & Finishing, Inc. (Elected October 2, 1995)
  6. John Pridmore, Liberty Fabrics (Elected October 2, 1995; vacated 1996)
    Ennio Vigliani, Warren Corporation (Enrolled as Director in August 1996; Elected September 17, 1996)

Class of 1997

  1. Sam Brickle, H. Brickle & Son (Elected September 18, 1994)
  2. Bill Broughton, Westwood, Inc. (Elected September 18, 1994)
  3. James Carson, Sullivan Carson, Inc. (Elected September 18, 1994)
  4. John Glidden, L. W. Packard & Co., Inc. (Elected September 18, 1994; moved to Vice Chairman 1995)
    Thomas Witham, Synthon Industries (Elected October 2, 1995)
  5. Mark Kent. Kent Manufacturing Co. (Elected September 18, 1994)
  6. Stewart Tait, Narrow Fabric Industries, Inc. (Elected September 18, 1994)

Class of 1996

  1. John Bishop, Dorr Woolen Company (Elected September 20, 1993)
  2. Allan Britton, Homestead Industries (Elected September 20, 1993)
  3. William Giblin, Tweave, Inc. (Elected September 20, 1993)
  4. H. Varnell Moore, Woolrich, Inc. (Elected September 20, 1993)
  5. Neil Olken, Dyecraftsmen, Inc. (Elected September 20, 1993)
  6. Leslie Regenbogen, Darlington Fabrics Corporaton (Elected September 20, 1993)

Class of 1995

  1. Joseph L. Gorga, Elastic Fabrics of America (Elected September 21, 1992; vacated upon move to Vice President in 1994)
    Thomas Witham, Synthon Industries (Elected September 18, 1994)
  2. Michael Gottlieb, Liberty Fabrics (Elected September 21, 1992; vacated in 1993)
  3. Christopher Schaller, Forstmann & Co. (Elected September 21, 1992; vacated upon move to Vice Chairman in 1994)
    Jonathan Hurstfield-Meyer, Cleyn & Tinker (Elected September 18, 1994)
  4. Arthur Spiro, Carleton Woolen Mills (Elected September 21, 1992)
  5. Alan Striar, Eastland Woolen Corporation (Elected September 21, 1992)
  6. Robert Young, American Fiber & Finishing (Elected September 21, 1992)

Class of 1994

  1. William Broughton, Westwood, Inc. (Elected October 7, 1991)
  2. Richard J. Lacana, Veratec, Inc. (Elected October 7, 1991)
  3. Victor Pisinski, Boston Felt Company (Elected October 7, 1991)
  4. Charles R. Tracy, United Elastic Corporation (Elected October 7, 1991)
  5. Thomas Witham, Synthon Industries (Elected October 7, 1991)
  6. James F. Robbins, Milliken and Company (Elected October 7, 1991; vacated in 1992)
    Andrew Vecchione, Milliken and Company (Elected September 21, 1992)

Class of 1993

  1. William Giblin, Tweave, Inc. (Elected September 24, 1990)
  2. John L. Glidden, L. W. Packard & Co., Inc.
    (Elected September 24, 1990; Vacated 1992 to become Vice President)
    Neil Olken, Dyecraftsmen, Inc. (Elected September 21, 1992)
  3. Henry P. Johnson, Jr., Dorr Woolen Company (Elected September 24, 1990)
  4. Robert P. O'Brien, Bacon Felt Company (Elected September 24, 1990; vacated 1991)
    Leslie Regenbogen, Darlington Fabrics (Elected September 21, 1992)
  5. George B. Roorbach, Crown Worsted Mills, Inc. (Elected September 24, 1990; vacated 1991)
    Allan T. Britton, Homestead Industries, Inc.
  6. John Toomey, Arkwright Finishing Plant (Elected September 24, 1990)

Class of 1992

  1. Edward Shotwell, American Figer & Finishing Co.
  2. R. Garth Elder, H. Warshow & Sons, Inc.
  3. Michael Gottlieb, Liberty Fabrics, Inc.
  4. Norman Kominsky, Eastland Woolen Mill, Inc.
    Arthur Spiro, Carleton Woolen Mills (Elected October 7, 1991)
  5. (vacated)
    Alan Striar, Eastland Woolen Corporation (Elected October 7, 1991)
  6. (vacated)
    Samuel Brickle, H. Brickle & Son. Inc. (Elected September 24, 1990)

Class of 1991

  1. Richard Lacana, Veratec, Inc. (Elected September 25, 1989)
  2. Henry A. Truslow III, Sunbury Textile Mills, Inc. (Elected September 25, 1989; vacated in 1990 upon move to Vice Chairman)
    Victor Pisinski, Boston Felt Company (Elected September 24, 1990)
  3. Charles R. Tracy, United Elastic Corporation (Elected September 25, 1989)
  4. Dornan Lucas, Carleton Woolen Mills, Inc. (Elected September 25, 1989)
  5. Leslie A. Regenbogen, Darlington Fabrics Corporation (Elected September 25, 1989; vacated in 1990 upon move to Vice President)
    James F. Robbins, Milliken and Co. (Elected September 24, 1990)
  6. Carl F. Steinfeld, Vertipile, Inc. (Elected September 25, 1989)

Class of 1990

  1. John L. Glidden, L.W. Packard Co., Inc.
  2. David M. Jagger, Jagger Brothers
  3. Thomas U. LeVeen, Upton Mills, Inc.
  4. Joseph Marshall, Arkwright Finishing Plant
  5. Frederick C. Witzel, Malden Mills Industries, Inc.

Class of 1989

  1. Ernest A. Atkins, Jr., Tex-Tech Industries (vacated by 1988)
  2. William W. Lucado, Forstmann & Company, Inc. (vacated by 1988)
    Robert P. Kirchner, Forstmann & Company, Inc.
  3. Richard S. Forte, Forte Cashmere Company
  4. Henry P. Johnson, Jr., Dorr Woolen Company
  5. Garth Elder, H. Warshow & Sons, Inc.
  6. Strickland Wheelock, Stanley Woolen Co.

Class of 1988

  1. Jonathan J. Adelman, Milliken Company
  2. Dourglas C. Brown, Dartmouth Woolen Mills, Inc.
  3. Norman Kominsky, Eastland Woolen Mill, Inc.
  4. J. Dornan Lucas, Carleton Woolen Mill, Inc.
  5. Edward J. Miller, The Kendall Company
  6. Carl Fl Steinfield, Vertipile, Inc.

Class of 1987

  1. Herbert A. Goldberg, National Felt Company
  2. David M. Jagger, Jagger Brothers
  3. Thomas U. LeVeen, Bates Fabrics, Inc.
  4. George B. Roorbach, Crown Worsted Mills, Inc.
  5. Frederick C. Witzel, Malden Mills
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Class of 1983

  1. Nils E. Benson, Penn Elastic Company
  2. Kenneth V. Chace, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
  3. Michael Gottlieb, Liberty Fabrics of New York
  4. Thomas U. LeVeen, Carleton Woolen Mills
  5. Gerald C. Tipper, Cascade Woolen Mill, Inc.
  6. Sewell T. Wilson, Jr., Boston Felt Company

Class of 1982

  1. Philip B. Merrill, West Point Peppperell, Inc. (vacated in 1980 to become Vice President)
    Robert I. Bowen, The Kendall Company
  2. R. Reed Grimwade, Charlton Woolen Company
  3. Robert B. Harris, Wyomissing Corporation
  4. Leonard J. Rautenberg, Darlington Fabrics Corp.
  5. Ames Stevens, Jr., Brooks Woolen Company, Inc.
  6. John R. White, Albany International

Class of 1981

  1. David B. Cave, Hayward-Schuster Woolen Mills, Inc.
  2. Ernest G. Stringer, Clemson Fabrics Corp.
  3. Robert T. Hickok, Bates Fabrics, Inc.
  4. H. Peter Pearson, Wyandotte Industries Corp.
  5. Andrew M. Sabo, American Thread Company
  6. Alan W. Warshow, H. Warshow & Sons, Inc.

Class of 1980

  1. Lazaro Diaz, Waumbec Mills, Inc.
  2. Herbert A. Goldberg, National Felt Company
  3. Michael Gottlieb, Liberty Fabrics of New York
  4. Thomas U. LeVeen, Carleton Woolen Mills
  5. Thomas F. Moore, Jr., George C. Moore Company
  6. Gerald C. Tipper, Cascade Woolen Mill, Inc.