BETHLEHEM, PA — Ken Williams, President & CEO of Caesarstone The Americas, has been elected Chair of the National Kitchen & Bath Association’s 2024 Board of Directors, succeeding Jan Heck, President & CEO of Miele USA, the NKBA announced.
Heck, as well as Kristen Elder, v.p./residential builder & showrooms at Ferguson Enterprises, completed their four-year terms and left the NKBA Board of Directors at the end of 2023. Willaims assumed his new role effective Jan. 1.
In other posts, NKBA CEO Bill Darcy was named Global President & CEO of NKBA | KBIS. In addition to Williams, the NKBA also elected returning board member Louis Rohl, of The House of ROHL, as vice chair, and returning board member Kerrie Kelly, founder and CEO + Creative Director of Kerrie Kelly Studio, as secretary/treasurer. Rohl will be in his fourth and final year on the board; Kelly will be serving her second year.
New 2024 board members include John Barkhouse, CEO of Cabinetworks Group, and Nicola Bertazzoni, COO of Bertazzoni Group, Italy & CEO Bertazzoni North America Inc. Both will serve four-year terms.
Other 2024 board members include Randy Warner, v.p./sales, LG Electronics; Mikael Akerberg, CEO, nobilia North America; Ken Roberts, president, Atlas Roofing Corp.; Eduardo Cosentino, executive v.p. Cosentino Group & CEO, Cosentino Americas; John Barkhouse, CEO, Cabinetworks Group, and Nicola Bertazzoni, COO, Bertazzoni Group, Italy & CEO, Bertazzoni North America Inc.