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The Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA) honored the following members during the PPFA Member Meeting and Luncheon held January 19 at the PPFA 2014 Annual Conference, Bally’s Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev. PPFA President John Pruitt, CPF, presented the following award winners with their respective accolades:
• Paul Frederick Distinction for Leadership Award: Mark Klostermeyer, MCPF
Mark Klostermeyer, MCPF, Design Frames, Falls Church, Va., has spent an entire career in service to PPFA. He has served for many years on the chapter level, and continues to be a dedicated and active National Capital chapter member.
Mark has spent many years on a variety of national PPFA committees and boards, including Certification, Chapter leaders and relations, Board of Directors and PPFA President. He also served as a judge in chapter and International competitions. He was one of the first Certified Picture Framers and Master Certified Picture Framers and is an MCPF examiner.
Mark also serves on the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) Board, which benefits from his exceptional skills of organization as well as his ability to relate on a personal level to members.
•PPFA Service Award: Susan Gittlen, MCPF
Susan Gittlen, MCPF, Whispering Woods Gallery, Holland, Pa.,has been a PPFA member for 27 years, holding a leadership position since 2005; and is a Master Certified Picture Framer.
Sue served as president of the New Jersey/Delaware Valley chapter for two years and for the past year served as treasurer of the Metro-Atlantic chapter. For the past eight years, she has been chapter librarian and webmaster, and is a chapter competition judge. She launched the Chapter Facebook page, and a regular Constant Contact newsletter and had Chapter business cards made for suppliers and members to distribute.
She has led visits to museums, organized innovative meetings involving suppliers, and works with suppliers to bring in new members. Under her direction, the Chapter has held tile framing competitions and dessert challenges to involve and inspire members.
Last year, Sue chaired the chapter relations committee and spearheaded a very successful Chapter Leaders conference. She currently serves on the chapter relations committee and the Membership committee.
•Vivian Kistler Recognition for Innovation Award: Paul Hickman, Urban Ashes
Paul Hickman, owner of Urban Ashes in Ann Arbor, Mich., proposed turning trees blighted by the Emerald Ash Borer into something useful and beautiful -- picture frames -- and to use a work force of transitional and disabled labor. The Work Skills crew went from one full time person to five over the past year.
Using bootstrap funding, Paul brought together partners to see his vision through. From a humble start in his studio, Urban Ashes is now in over 114 retail partners and stores, in 24 states and one Canadian province. He is now utilizing a wide variety of downed urban trees, and has partnered with a Detroit organization that is teaching construction skills to a displaced transitional work force by de-constructing abandoned housing and keeping wood out of landfills. The result is his Detroit De-Nailed line of frames.
Paul took a leap of faith, kept his vision big, created jobs, kept a viable resource from ending up in the land-fill, and created a beautiful product.
• Chapter Volunteer of the Year Award: Bob Warshawer, MCPF
Bob Warshawer, MCPF, has been in the framing business for over 50 years in Lexington, Mass. In 1992, he was one of the founding members of the New England chapter. He became chapter president in 1994 and served for 6 years, then remained on the chapter board. He also established the Chapter’s vendor sponsorship program that he still manages today.
Bob earned his CPF in 1994 and MCPF in 200, the first Master Certified Picture Framer in the New England chapter. He took a lead role in educating competition judges, and has judged at the international and local chapter competitions. Bob has worked tirelessly on behalf of PPFA on the local and national level.
The PPFA Awards and Recognition Committee was chaired by Linda Wassell, MCPF; with Adela Davis, MCPF; Harry Gaston, CPF; Tony Tremonto; Meghan MacMillan, MCPF; and Board liaison Mike Drury, MCPF.
PPFA also honored outgoing Board members: Director Cliff Wilson, MCPF; Vice President Stuart Altschuler, CPF; and Immediate Past President Ron Mason, CPF.
Robert Gulf, CPF, from the PPFA Great Lakes Chapter and owner of Knollwood Art Frames in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., custom framed the awards. Larson Juhl donated the frames and Museum glass, and Bainbridge donated the mats.
• Paul Frederick Distinction for Leadership Award: Mark Klostermeyer, MCPF
Mark Klostermeyer, MCPF, Design Frames, Falls Church, Va., has spent an entire career in service to PPFA. He has served for many years on the chapter level, and continues to be a dedicated and active National Capital chapter member.
Mark has spent many years on a variety of national PPFA committees and boards, including Certification, Chapter leaders and relations, Board of Directors and PPFA President. He also served as a judge in chapter and International competitions. He was one of the first Certified Picture Framers and Master Certified Picture Framers and is an MCPF examiner.
Mark also serves on the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) Board, which benefits from his exceptional skills of organization as well as his ability to relate on a personal level to members.
•PPFA Service Award: Susan Gittlen, MCPF
Susan Gittlen, MCPF, Whispering Woods Gallery, Holland, Pa.,has been a PPFA member for 27 years, holding a leadership position since 2005; and is a Master Certified Picture Framer.
Sue served as president of the New Jersey/Delaware Valley chapter for two years and for the past year served as treasurer of the Metro-Atlantic chapter. For the past eight years, she has been chapter librarian and webmaster, and is a chapter competition judge. She launched the Chapter Facebook page, and a regular Constant Contact newsletter and had Chapter business cards made for suppliers and members to distribute.
She has led visits to museums, organized innovative meetings involving suppliers, and works with suppliers to bring in new members. Under her direction, the Chapter has held tile framing competitions and dessert challenges to involve and inspire members.
Last year, Sue chaired the chapter relations committee and spearheaded a very successful Chapter Leaders conference. She currently serves on the chapter relations committee and the Membership committee.
•Vivian Kistler Recognition for Innovation Award: Paul Hickman, Urban Ashes
Paul Hickman, owner of Urban Ashes in Ann Arbor, Mich., proposed turning trees blighted by the Emerald Ash Borer into something useful and beautiful -- picture frames -- and to use a work force of transitional and disabled labor. The Work Skills crew went from one full time person to five over the past year.
Using bootstrap funding, Paul brought together partners to see his vision through. From a humble start in his studio, Urban Ashes is now in over 114 retail partners and stores, in 24 states and one Canadian province. He is now utilizing a wide variety of downed urban trees, and has partnered with a Detroit organization that is teaching construction skills to a displaced transitional work force by de-constructing abandoned housing and keeping wood out of landfills. The result is his Detroit De-Nailed line of frames.
Paul took a leap of faith, kept his vision big, created jobs, kept a viable resource from ending up in the land-fill, and created a beautiful product.
• Chapter Volunteer of the Year Award: Bob Warshawer, MCPF
Bob Warshawer, MCPF, has been in the framing business for over 50 years in Lexington, Mass. In 1992, he was one of the founding members of the New England chapter. He became chapter president in 1994 and served for 6 years, then remained on the chapter board. He also established the Chapter’s vendor sponsorship program that he still manages today.
Bob earned his CPF in 1994 and MCPF in 200, the first Master Certified Picture Framer in the New England chapter. He took a lead role in educating competition judges, and has judged at the international and local chapter competitions. Bob has worked tirelessly on behalf of PPFA on the local and national level.
The PPFA Awards and Recognition Committee was chaired by Linda Wassell, MCPF; with Adela Davis, MCPF; Harry Gaston, CPF; Tony Tremonto; Meghan MacMillan, MCPF; and Board liaison Mike Drury, MCPF.
PPFA also honored outgoing Board members: Director Cliff Wilson, MCPF; Vice President Stuart Altschuler, CPF; and Immediate Past President Ron Mason, CPF.
Robert Gulf, CPF, from the PPFA Great Lakes Chapter and owner of Knollwood Art Frames in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., custom framed the awards. Larson Juhl donated the frames and Museum glass, and Bainbridge donated the mats.
