CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tipperary Sales, a La-Z-Boy home furnishings dealer, appointed Heather Morin as the company’s CFO.

“The Tipperary CFO role is a high-level strategic partnership serving with the CEO and leadership team to further the mission of the company,” said Martha Brown, CEO of Tipperary Sales. “In this role, Ms. Morin will manage financial elements of the company while also collaborating with key executives on initiatives that better support business operations and growth for the next iteration of company success.”

Morin, a CPA, brings more than 20 years of public accounting and consulting expertise to Tipperary. Most recently with the accounting firm, Cherry Bekaert, Morin is a graduate of Augusta University with an MBA and a Bachelor of Business in Accounting. Morin will remain in Augusta, working from the company’s business services office.

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A local nonprofit has received a major donation.

The La-Z-Boy Home Furnishings store in Asheville donated 60 pieces of gently used furniture to Western Carolina Rescue Mission on Wednesday, Aug. 11.

La-Z-Boy collected that furniture during its biannual trade-in sale.

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NEOSHO, Mo. — Officials with La-Z-Boy Inc. plan on expanding the company’s Neosho plant and will request tax breaks to help pay for the new construction.

The Neosho Board of Education on Monday gave approval for Superintendent Jim Cummins to vote in favor of the tax breaks when the city’s Enhanced Enterprise Zone Committee meets and discusses the matter. That meeting has been set for July 20.

According to documentation from Grow Neosho provided to board members, La-Z-Boy has planned a $29.8 million construction project for its plant at 4301 Howard Bush Drive.

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• La-Z-Boy (LZB -0.5%) finalized a 10-year resource-backed virtual power purchase agreement extending through the end of 2030, with AEP Energy Partners, energy subsidiary of American Electric Power.
• The company’s VPPA will support ~70K MWh of renewable energy annually, from AEP’s principally owned Santa Rita East wind energy center in Irion County, Texas, throughout the agreement term.
• La-Z-Boy will receive renewable energy certificates equivalent to ~16 MW of wind power capacity representing more than 90% of its current total annual domestic energy consumption.

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MONROE, Mich., Feb. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE: LZB), a global leader in residential furniture, today announced that Raphael Richmond, Senior Director of Corporate Compliance and Employment Law, will succeed Stephen K. Krull as Vice President and General Counsel, effective April 25, 2021, concurrent with the company’s new fiscal year. She will also hold the role of Chief Compliance Officer. In a related move, Uzma Ahmad, Senior Director of Corporate Law and Assistant Secretary, has been appointed Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, also effective on April 25, 2021. Krull previously announced his retirement and will work with Richmond and Ahmad to ensure a smooth transition.

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