GALAX, VA — Doug Bassett has been promoted to president of Vaughan-Bassett Furniture, a manufacturer of wood bedroom furniture. He most recently held the position of executive vice president and COO.
Doug Bassett, succeeds his brother Wyatt,, who remains CEO of the company, according to Furniture Today. Wyatt Bassett was a featured interviewee at Woodworking Network's Innvoation Soundstage, during the International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta last month.
The brothers' father, John Bassett, a former chairman of IWF, remains chairman of the board of the company.
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