Akins, Hoffman Join Artisan Group Board

AUSTIN, Texas – Kellie Akins and Joe Hoffman Jr. are the two new board members of the Artisan Group™ fabricator network.

Akins, sales/marketing manager for Innovative Surfaces Inc. in Hastings, Minn., and Hoffman, president of Tulsa, Okla.-based Hoffman Fixtures Co., will serve two-year terms. The two succeed Evan Kruger of Solidtops in Eason, Md., and Jon Lancto of Surface Products in Cornelius, N.C. on the board.

Akins and Hoffman join current board members Brad Pearce, owner of Front Range Stone in Denver;  Layton Day, owner of Bangor Wholesale Laminates in Bangor, Maine;  Mitch Hires, president of Construction Resources in Atlanta; Gus Blume, president of Blume’s Solid Surface Products in Pittsburgh; and Chad Seiders, Artisan Group executive director.

The Artisan Group is a network of independent fabricators offering custom stonework through 65 locations in the United States and Canada.

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