Our staff is truly "At your service". We love what we do and who we do it for!
Nancy
Vince
President
Nancy’s true life passion is entrepreneurship
and service. A former owner of a direct marketing &
advertising firm for 15 years, Nancy dove head-on into
dot com mania in 1998 with a visionary new concept for
the craft community – an online wholesale art
marketplace. Wholesalecrafts.com is Nancy’s resulting
labor of love, merging her technical skill with the
creative innovation needed for craft buyers to do business
more efficiently.
Says Nancy on her business vision, “I love my
work and am never bored! I know Wholesalecrafts.com
is making a huge impact on the arts community because
we’re meeting a need that was previously ignored.
As our company grows, I will continue to place the feedback
and recommendations of our artists and retailers at
the top of my agenda.”
Mary Strope
Vice President
Mary Strope’s career spans writing, consulting,
and event management, all circling back to the art field
she holds dear to her heart.
In 2006, Mary was promoted from Director of Marketing
to Vice President of Wholesalecrafts.com, Inc., acknowledging
her dedication to the wholesale craft community and
her vision for the Wholesalecrafts.com approach.
Mary is consistently sought for her craft industry
knowledge. Most notably she is a former Manager of Craft
Marketing for New York based George Little Management
LLC, was a member of the Craft Organization Development
Association (CODA) Steering Committee, and is a former
Executive Director for the Michigan Guild of Artists
and Artisans, planners of the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair.
Mary was a former contributor/writer to Crafts
Business Magazine and The Crafts Report.
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Morgaine
Wooden
Customer Service Manager
Morgaine has been with Wholesalecrafts.com since its
inception. As the Customer Service Manager, she enjoys
assisting customers with technical, billing, and general
questions. She also focuses a lot of her time on implementing
improvements and updates on the website.
"It has been such an exciting venture to be a part
of Wholesalecrafts.com and watching it grow from 20
artists to over a thousand. All of the additions and
improvements over the years have created the ideal source
for US and Canadian artists to connect with buyers from
all over the world. We are also lucky to have such a
creative, visionary, and hard-working team of professionals.
And our artists are absolutely the best!"
Amory
Williams
Marketing Manager
With a Bachelor of Arts degree and 10 years of solid
experience in client relations, market research, advertising,
and sales, Amory is well-equipped to serve Wholesalecrafts.com
as Marketing Coordinator. And, with over 2 decades studying
and practicing art, she is poised to understand the
unique needs of her artist clients!
“The thing I love about working for Wholesalecrafts.com
is when I see success in the making. Seeing someone
in the beginning stages of business, taking a risk, and
then being able to make a living doing what they love…
That excites me!”, says Amory.
Terrie
Floyd
Exhibit Sales Coordinator
Terrie has been making her living as a crafts artist
in California for over 30 years.
She received her fine arts degree from Mount St
Mary's College in Los Angeles , CA .
Terrie was a founding member of the Crafts Guild Counsel
for the original Renaissance Faire. She and her
husband Richard have continuously run their own craft
business (Laughing Moon) est. in 1967.
Terrie worked as a craft show coordinator and director
for several shows in Santa Monica and Malibu CA. from
1989 to 1993. She also has written for Crafts
Business magazine and has worked for the past year with
Wholesalecrafts.com as a marketing associate.
Terrie says “As a member of Wholesalecrafts.com for
the past six years I have first hand knowledge of what
great opportunities and tools Wholesalecrafts.com offers
to the crafts community. I know of no better way
for artists and retailers to connect on a daily basis.”
Janet
Link
Customer Support Specialist
Janet says "Being a part of Wholesalecrafts.com
has been a wonderfully experience. I have been involved
with art in various ways almost all of my life,through
studying, teaching, creating and promoting. I have concentrated
on my craft as a painter for 10 years now and have had
several shows and have sold my work in several galleries
in my area. In the past seven years I have owned and
worked at Galleries that show and sell artists work.
I truly understand from many vantage points how Wholesalecrafts.com
can and does help artist expand their business and how
it creates a terrific tool for the retailer. What an
awesome thing it is to be part of a company that promotes
and assists the creative soul to thrive and to make
a living doing it. "
Karen
Purvis
Buyer Services Manager
Karen Purvis has
a background in retail management, management training,
and juggling the very busy extracurricular lives of
her two children. Having spent much of her 13-year professional
career with a major retail chain in the training field,
her technical skills and practical knowledge allow her
to manage Wholesalecrafts.com and ACRE web-based educational
seminars. The consummate juggler, Karen also handles
all administrative and service functions of ACRE buyer
registration and incentives.
In her spare time,
Karen enjoys reading, leading her daughter's Girl Scout
troop, and spending time on the lake near her home.
Jorn Mork
Marketing Consultant
I'm very happy
to be working with Wholesalecrafts.com and having the
opportunity to speak with artisans across the country.
I am a printmaker/painter and have shown my work for
the past 20 years at outdoor art festivals and at galleries.
Recently I spent two months at Penland School of Crafts
and am working now with metals and jewelry. I also worked
at Tamarack, The Best of West Virginia, as the gallery
director/curator installing exhibitions and working
with West Virginia artists.
My teenage daughter
is my greatest joy and my two dogs and cat drive me
crazy. I love trees, stars and being outdoors.
Lisa Krause
Marketing Consultant
Lisa comes to Wholesalecrafts.com
with a diverse work history. She has owned retail
stores, a service business, and her own manufacturing
representative group. Most recently, she and her husband,
Jim, began to realize their dreams when they moved from
downtown Denver to rural Arkansas. They built a wonderful
art studio and, with the help of their feathered and
four-legged friends, and are developing their art business.
Lisa has a degree in Psychology and is a life coach.
She understands the dreams of being an artist as well
as the dilemmas facing artists-- and is thrilled to
work with them as a part of the team.
Amy Bouck
Programmer
Amy joined the
team in 2006 after taking a break to have a baby. Amy
started programming in 2000 when she decided she wanted
to teach herself a trade that would enable her to make
a good living. Since then she has worked for a few technology
companies and also started her own web design business.
In her spare time,
Amy likes to spend time with her husband and 4 children.
She also loves the outdoors, dancing, boating, traveling, movies, and
reading. Amy hopes to get a teaching degree someday
and teach Math or English in middle school..
Jim Krause
Customer Support Specialist
Jim comes to the team after a long career in
the IT field where he was a Programmer and a Sr. Technical
Trainer. He met his wife, Lisa, and together they began
to create their line of artwork. Jim began to fine tune
his woodworking and customer service skills while managing
a large woodworking store in Denver, Co. They both began
to realize their dreams of living an artful life when
they moved to a very rural section of Arkansas in January
of 2006. Jim is now enjoying a life of whiskers and
plaid.
He has been a member of Wholesalecrafts.com on the artist
side since 2002 and is very excited about being a part
of the team.
