Orlando—The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), the world’s largest tile contractor association, recognized industry leaders at its third annual awards ceremony during Coverings 2015 at the Orange County Convention Center here.
The NTCA’S 2014 Tile Person of the Year Award was presented to Jan Hohn of Hohn & Hohn in St. Paul, Minn. Hohn is the third woman to receive this award during the six decades it has been presented. For more than 20 years, Hohn has worked as a one-person, high-end residential tile and stone installation company.
Eric Astrachan, executive director of the Tile Council of North America (TCNA), received the Joe A. Tarver Lifetime Achievement Award, offered to a leader in the tile and stone industry who dedicates his or her career to advancing the trade.