Lauren West has a long list of accomplishments over a three-decade career with leading home furnishings brands. She most recently was director of marketing for the DesignHouse division of Sherwin-Williams Industrial Wood business. She handled relations with designers and created strategies and programs to increase business in the residential, contract and hospitality sectors. Prior to this role, she spent 15 years at Natuzzi America as director of communications and public relations. She also had responsibilities for education and development, and merchandising and design during her time with the company. Earlier in her career, she was marketing manager for the Spring Air licensee in North Carolina.

She is a graduate from Radford University in VA. She has held a number of board positions as well, including be an Advisory Board Member of the Department of Interior Architecture at her alma mater, a board member of the well regarded American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD), and executive board member and vice president of the International Society of Furniture Designers (ISFD) and received the WOW Education Award from WithIt, the women’s leadership development network.