ARTA at Clean 2022
The Highlights
The 2022 Nate Belkin Award for Excellence in Marketing Reusable Textiles Award was presented to George Courey Inc. during the Clean Show in Atlanta.
ARTA also honored outgoing Past President Ed McCauley for his 16 years of service on the board from 2006 to 2021. And we presented service awards to:
- Director Dan Sanchez — for his service as a director on the board from 2017 to 2022. Sanchez recently left the industry to manage sales for a national software firm.
- Director Nicole Grubich — for her service on the board from 2018 to 2022. Grubich has taken a U.S. sales position with MIP.
And Dr. Evan Griffing, PhD., of Environmental Clarity shared results-to-date of research on the economic impact of using reusable isolation gowns versus single-use disposable items.
The 2022 Nate Belkin Award for Excellence in Marketing Reusable Textiles was awarded to George Courey Inc. of Montreal. ARTA President Gabriel Boardman presented the award to GCI President Jeff Courey
The 2022 Nate Belkin Award
The 2022 Nate Belkin Award for Excellence in Marketing Reusable Textiles Award was presented to George Courey Inc. of Montreal.
George Courey Inc. (GCI) is a family-owned textile supplier to the healthcare, hospitality and fabric markets based in Montreal, Quebec. The company embodies ARTA’s spirit of “reusable first,” only offering reusable products and ensuring that its customers understand the trends in the textile markets and the value of reusables. During the pandemic GCI replaced 750,000 single-use products with reusables. GCI was called upon by the Canadian government to help with providing reusable surgical and isolation gowns, for both immediate needs and future-proofing. This is a great step for our industry since government buy-in is so important to ensure the displacement of single-use products. In addition, GCI has generously supported ARTA initiatives, participating in the life cycle assessment studies conducted by ARTA and through the service of its CEO Jeff Courey as Director on the ARTA Board for two terms.
ARTA Service Awards
ARTA honored outgoing Past President Ed McCauley for his 16 years of service on the board from 2006 to 2021. McCauley is the CEO of United Hospital Services in Indianapolis, IN.
In addition service awards were presented to:
- Director Dan Sanchez — for his service as a director on the board from 2017 to 2022. Sanchez recently left the industry to manage sales for a national software firm.
- Director Nicole Grubich — for her service on the board from 2018 to 2022. Grubich has taken a U.S. sales position with MIP.
Board of Directors
After Sanchez and Grubich left the board, ARTA President Gabriel Boardman appointed supplier Shelley Petrovskis of Lac Mac to fill Sanchez’ term through 2023 and operator Meredith Bowery of Virginia Hospital Laundry to fill Grubich’s role through 2024.
The results of this year’s election to fill two supplier seats on the ARTA Board from 2023-2024 saw incumbents re-elected: GCI”s Jeff Courey and Cecil Lee of Standard Textile
ARTA Education at Clean
Dr. Evan Griffing, PhD., of Environmental Clarity shared results-to-date of research on the economic impact of using reusable isolation gowns versus single-use disposable items. In addition to hearing about this new research, operators shared their successful isolation gown programs.