Jeffery Matthews Receives 2014 MIA Migliore Award for Lifetime Achievement
Jeffrey Matthews—owner of Trade International Inc. in Atlanta, and one of the natural stone industry’s most knowledgeable experts—has been awarded the 2014 Migliore Award for Lifetime Achievement by the MIA, the industry’s highest honor. It was presented at MIA’s annual awards luncheon at StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas in Las Vegas, Jan. 22, 2015.
Matthews, a native of Washington D.C., has been in the stone industry since the early 1970s, amassing more than four decades of experience in sales, marketing consulting and service to the industry and the MIA. He has visited over 30 countries, over 300 quarries, and inspected more than 400 factories worldwide.