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Whirlpool Director Named NCHI Member of Distinction

In recognition of his continuing service and outstanding contributions to the National Council of the Housing Industry — the Supplier 100 of NAHB, Omer “Butch” Gaudette, director of trade relations for the Whirlpool Corporation, has been named a Member of Distinction of NCHI.

The award, which is made during the International Builders’ Show at the discretion of the vice chairs and staff vice president of NCHI and the award’s previous winners, has only been presented four times during the council’s 40-year history.

The award noted that Gaudette’s work has been “a unique illustration of the NCHI philosophy of working with the NAHB community to fulfill the American Dream of safe and affordable housing for all the nation’s citizens.”

Over the past 18 years, Gaudette has held various positions in Whirlpool’s Contract Sales and Marketing Department.

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Gaudette was a nominee for the NAHB Associate of the Year in 2001-2002. He is a “Royal Spike,” with 212 Spike credits; was co-chair of NCHI in 2000; has been a member of the NAHB Executive, Conventions and Education Committees; and has served on the NAHB Virtual Association Task Force, Governance Task Force and Sales and Marketing Council Advisory Board.

For the Florida Home Builders Association, he has served as a chairman of the Southeast Building Conference Exhibitors Advisory Council, as a member of the SEBC Convention Committee and as a trustee of the association’s educational foundation.

Gaudettte was named the Builders Association of South Florida's Associate of the Year in 1991; he is a life director of that association and was elected into its Hall of Fame in 2001.

He is a board member of the National Foundation for Environmental Education and a charter member of the Consortium for the Advancement of Residential Building (Building America Program).
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