BETHLEHEM, PA — The Nationwide Kitchen & Tub Affiliation (NKBA) has revealed its Thirty Below 30 Class of 2023. The celebrated program acknowledges gifted kitchen and bathtub professionals below the age of 30. Annually’s class includes rising leaders throughout the trade and is extensively thought to be the go-to program for the brightest younger stars working in kitchen and bathtub design, gross sales, manufacturing and transforming. Nominees had been evaluated on their profession or academic achievements, dedication to excellence within the kitchen and bathtub trade and management inside their organizations.
“The NKBA Thirty Below 30 program offers unbelievable alternatives to assist nurture these rising stars, and assist them develop,” mentioned Invoice Darcy, CEO, NKBA. “It is past inspiring to see them accomplish a lot. These actually are the longer term leaders of our trade.”
The 2023 Class, together with their corporations and NKBA chapter affiliation, the place relevant, embody:
Justin Caballero President, Co-owner, JDCAB, LLC DBA Revive Kitchen and Tub, Tampa, FL, Central Florida Chapter
Rebekah Calcutt Lead Designer, Dave’s Cupboard,
Chesapeake, VA, Virginia State Chapter
Kendal Cavalieri Inside Designer, Kendal Cavalleri Design,
Lancaster, NY, Central New York Chapter
Ben Cookinham Gross sales, Moen, Charlotte, NC
Sydney Cooley Inside Designer, Easy Areas, Kirkland, WA, Puget Sound
Kendra Czuhajewski Senior Product Designer, Belwith Keeler Decor Options,
Grandville, MI, Grand Rapids Chapter
Mariana De La Garza Inside Designer, Coton Home, Houston, TX, Texas Golf Coast
Calli Dieglio Channel Advertising and marketing Supervisor, Moen Integrated, North Olmsted, OH
Shannon Embly Lead Designer, Slate Design & Rework, Chantilly, VA
Kayla Garbrecht, AKBD Proprietor & Lead Designer, Damaged Arrow Cabinetry and Design LLC, Watertown WI, Wisconsin/Higher Michigan Chapter
Anna Graham Proprietor & Lead Designer, Anna Graham Interiors, Odenton, MD
Loris Halasa Designer, Colmar Kitchen Studio, Margate, NJ
Makenna Harrington Director of Gross sales Administration, ZLINE Kitchen & Tub, Reno, NV
Felicia Hartson Regional Gross sales Supervisor, La Cornue,
Irvine, CA, Southern California Chapter
Danielle Heath Designer, Casey’s Artistic Kitchens, London, Ontario, Canada
Melisa Jahic Designer Account Govt, Sherwin-Williams,
Brooklyn, NY, Metro NY Chapter
Grace Juhala Senior Catalog Supervisor, inDesign and TEFL Seattle, WA
Deborah Martin Director of Operations, Inexperienced Forest Cabinetry,
Chesapeake, VA, Virginia State Chapter
Religion Martin Gross sales Improvement Specialist, Kitchen Cupboard Distributors,
Raleigh, NC, Japanese Carolinas Chapter
Jessica Medeiros Gross sales Consultant, Kurrent Kitchen & Tub, Brooklyn, NY
Kelsey Powell, CKBD Senior Designer, KSI Kitchen & Tub,
Birmingham, MI, Michigan State Chapter
Jamie Pulver Managing Director, The Vary Hood Retailer, Reno, NV
Christopher Ribeiro Chief Working Officer, Absolute Stone Design,
Glen Allen, VA, Virginia Chapter
Yana Rizhova Enterprise Improvement, Canmade {Hardware},
North York, Ontario, Canada, Ontario Chapter
Diana Rojas Designer/Undertaking Coordinator, EL Design Studio,
Hicksville, NY, NY Metro Chapter
Carly Seefeldt, CKBD Affiliate Inside Designer, Kohler Firm,
Kohler, WI, Wisconsin/Higher Michigan Chapter
Mickayla Sheets Kitchen Designer, The Dwelling Depot, Grand Island, NE
Allyssa Warden, CKBD Kitchen & Tub Designer, Kitchen Ideas Plus, Salisbury, MD
Alyssa Weardon Lead Inside Designer, Monarch Lane Interiors, Nashville, TN
Mandy Wozniak Inside Designer, Salix Studio, Bonnyville,
Alberta, Canada, Prairie Provinces Chapter
This 12 months’s class choice committee, comprising Thirty Below 30 alumni, included Jilliam Sarkis, Class of 2016; Michelle Timmerman, Class of 2017; Lou Salge, Class of 2018; and Sarah Nielsen, Class of 2020; and Hannah Guilford, Class of 2021.
“Being part of the Thirty below 30 helped me to make so many new connections and has opened the door to many alternatives for me, shared Hannah Guilford, Class of 2021. “I’ve made new mates, gained new distributors, created lengthy and lasting skilled relationships with different like-minded individuals, and have grown exponentially in my discipline.”
“Being chosen as a Thirty below 30 has meant the world to me,” Sarah Nielsen, Class of 2020. “This program gave me a community of people across the nation to lean on for help and recommendation. It helped increase my confidence in my career. I’ve made some nice mates within the course of and elevated my information base.”
The Incoming class shall be formally inducted on January 31, 2023, on the KBIS NeXT Stage, throughout KBIS 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.