October 2024
Message from the Chapters Team
Dear Chapter Officers,
Welcome to the best and busiest month in our industry – Kitchen & Bath Month! NKBA will celebrate this month with special events in-person and online every week. We look forward to hearing what our Chapters have planned and to helping you promote your events as well.
Your KBIS VIP invitation and travel information will be emailed to you soon. Currently, we are finalizing all hotel details and want to have everything set before sending the links to register. We also want to hear your thoughts as we plan. Please answer this one question for us: Leader2Leader Afternoon
All of you are true superstars – and we want to recognize and celebrate you! Please nominate your Chapter Officers and Chapter Events for the annual NKBA Chapter Star Awards. Nominations will be accepted October 1-31, 2024.
It’s also time to submit nominations for NKBA Innovative Showroom Awards, open now through November 3, 2024. Do you own a showroom or have a favorite one? Please enter the awards here!
We’re excited to announce our NKBA Thirty Under 30 Class of 2025! Please help us congratulate the following young professionals: Bryce Agulto (Sierra Nevada); Nuran Aliakbar (Rocky Mountain); Kacie Atkinson (California Capital); Courtney Auten (Carolina); Caitlin Boland (Virginia State); Bethany Broussard (Columbia River); Eric Dillman (Pittsburgh Tri State); Heath Fesenmeyer, CKBD (Rocky Mountain); Conor Firkins (Central New York); Carol Fung (British Columbia); Seth Hunt (Texas North Plains); Sara Krupa (Ohio State); Mansi Makadia (Ontario/Canada); Scott Massey (Indiana State); Ashley Mock (Minnesota State); Payton Patterson (Prairie Provinces); MacKenzie Rediger (Georgia); Zoe Roberson (Eastern Carolinas); Lucas Rosa (Chicago Mid West); Russell Sang (Manhattan); Elijah Schochet (South Florida); Megan Schoenwetter (Wisconsin/Upper Michigan); Michaela Sedlak (Baltimore/Washington); Mickayla Smith (Ohio Valley); Victoria Thayer (Puget Sound); Kay Trulaske (Manhattan); Taylor Walker (Carolina); Nick Weaver (Tennessee); Emma Winn (Columbia River). We look forward to celebrating our Thirty Under 30 Class of 2025 at KBIS!
Many special events are taking place this month – from NKBA’s Women2Women in San Antonio; to Tennessee Chapter’s inaugural Design Awards held in conjunction with Design Edge Nashville; to Manhattan Chapter’s 3rd Annual EDU Day; to NKBA’s first-ever pop-up activation at High Point Fall Market – and so many others in between. Speaking of High Point, we are excited to see the Central Florida Chapter in their cool caravan to North Carolina, plus several of our Chapter Officers who’ve told us you’ll be at High Point. If you’re going, let us know!
Here’s to a happy and healthy Kitchen & Bath Month – we look forward to celebrating your successes!
Best,
Kelly
Kelly Buchsbaum
Sr. Manager, Chapter Relations
kbuchsbaum@nkba.org