FREE 2008
Annual Report

Advisory Committee

All voting members of the Advisory Committee own fabricare businesses. Current Advisory Committee Members are:

front row (left to right):  

• GARY DAWSON, Belleair Bluffs Cleaners--Belleair Bluffs, FL
  Gary joined the Advisory Committee in 2007. He is a past President of DLI and the Fabricare Foundation. He has been insured by the Exchange since 1986.
   
• JOHN PARKER, Tower Cleaners--Astoria, NY
  see www.arbelsoft.com
  John joined the Advisory Committee in 2004. He manages 10 Tower Cleaners locations in Astoria and Manhattan and is the CEO of Arbelsoft Inc., a computer business which amongst its other products creates Cleanmax, a specialized dry cleaning software. His dry Cleaning business has been insured by NIE since 1998 and he has been a Certified Professional Drycleaner and Certified Environmental Drycleaner since 1999 by DLI
   
• RICK MILLER, Barton & Miller, Inc.--Ft. Lauderdale, FL
  see www.BartonandMillerCleaners.com
  Rick joined the Advisory Committee in 1995. He has been president of Barton & Miller Cleaners since 1983. He is a past president of South Eastern Fabricare Association and has been a subscriber of the Exchange since 1993.
  
  
• JACK BARRON, Coronado Cleaners & Laundry Inc.--El Paso, TX
  Jack joined our Advisory Committee in 2001. He is the 1999 IDC Dry Cleaner of the Year. Jack has owned Coronado Cleaners since 1992 and has been a subscriber of the Exchange since 1996.
   
• JEANNE MORGENTHALER WOLF, CHAIRPERSON, Morgenthaler's Cleaners, Inc.--St. Louis, MO
  see www.Morgenthalers.com
  Jeanne is the fourth generation of Morgenthalers to manage the family business. Her great-grandfather was one of the first subscribers of NIE in 1915.
   
• BOB AIKIN, John L. Corley, Inc.--St. Louis, MO
  Bob joined as the attorney-in-fact in 1991. As president of the attorney-in-fact, he only votes when there is a tie.
   

back row (left to right):


• RUSS PETROZZI, Capitol Cleaners & Feldman Furs--Niagara Falls, NY
  Russ joined the Advisory Committee in 2001. Capitol Cleaners has been in the Petrozzi family for 54 years and has been insured by the Exchange since 1986.
   
• LEO SOUKUP, JR., C. D. Hoff, Inc.--Hastings, NE
  Leo has served on the Advisory Committee since 1977. The Soukups' business has been insured by NIE since 1923.
   

From our scrapbook

NIE has a wonderful collection of dry cleaner, coin-operated, and fabricare industry ads with memorabilia throughout the years.

Please visit our scrapbook to view more glimpses of our history devoted to insuring dry cleaners and coin laundries since 1915.

More information

All voting members of the Advisory Committee own fabricare businesses.

Each year our subscribers elect seven members of the Exchange's Advisory Committee.

The eighth member of the Advisory Committee is from the attorney-in-fact, John L. Corley, Inc. That member only votes as a tie breaker.