Mark your calendars! Our virtual Kimberbell Summit for Certified Shops is coming September 23rd and 24th. Join us for virtual classes, keynote speakers, and more! Watch for more information coming in July. We can’t wait to see you! Virtually, of course.

Meet our Keynote Speakers!

Mark Hyland is a seasoned marketing, sales, and corporate executive with 30+ years of experience building brands and successful organizations. During his career, Mark’s hands-on leadership style found him in various leadership positions implementing strategic direction and execution guidance at multi-million to billion dollar brands and companies including: Wal-Mart, Weider Nutrition, Schiff Nutrition, Fruit of the Loom, EAS, VMI, Handi Quilter, Food Insurance.com, and Premier Needle Arts. Mark joined Handi Quilter as CEO in 2005.

Brenda Groelz, a 40 year veteran of the quilting industry, knows quilters well, partly because she is one herself. The former VP of Marketing/Education for Handi Quilter and former editor-in-chief of Quiltmaker Magazine, Brenda once taught on the circuit as a quilt pattern designer and book author, visiting guilds and quilt shops in most of the 50 states.