SEATTLE, July 26, 2024 — Award-winning contract furniture manufacturer Hightower is pleased to announce Jenna Geigerman’s promotion to President/COO. Geigerman, who joined Hightower in Spring 2023 as Chief Operating Officer, brings a wealth of industry experience and a commitment to excellence to her elevated leadership role.
As President/COO, Geigerman oversees multiple departments including Design, Production, Marketing, Sales, Support, and Finance. Since joining the company, she has been instrumental in strengthening partnerships and enhancing the respective areas of expertise of the teams she leads. Geigerman’s efforts have been focused on advancing innovative design, improving the delivery of quality products, and maintaining unparalleled customer service standards.
Geigerman’s new role illustrates the strides Hightower continues to make as a company as it matures. Celebrating 21 years of business, the organization is advancing in ways that require a new level of management and a focus on forward-facing sales support.
“With her exceptional leadership and strategic vision, in a short period of time Jenna has demonstrated an unwavering dedication to Hightower’s progressive mission and values,” said Natalie Hartkopf, Hightower CEO/co-owner. “Her promotion to President and COO reflects our confidence in her ability to drive continued growth and progress for our company as it relates to making sustainable products, developing our Considered Solutions for all users, providing a fair and inclusive working environment, and offering exceptional customer service. This is one change in a series of more to come that shows commitment to our customers through continued dedication to progress and operational improvements, including promoting from within the organization.”
As Natalie Hartkopf continues to focus on Hightower’s future and its ongoing impact on the design industry, Geigerman will take on more of the internal leadership responsibilities that provide guidance to the teams she leads.
“I’m very enthusiastic about this new era at Hightower,” Geigerman noted. “The company continues to make impactful changes that reflect the evolution of our industry as a whole; we are front and center as commercial design and furniture manufacturing take on new focuses and themes. I’m proud to be helping lead a company that not only has a finger on the pulse but is taking real action in making a difference.”
Geigerman’s role as president is effective immediately. For more information about Hightower’s team and company values, please visit hightower.design.
Now in its 21st year of business, the award-winning Hightower offers a curated house of brands as a family-founded furniture company. Hightower Studio, the largest brand, is primarily products designed and manufactured in High Point, N.C. Furniture from European partners +Halle, Ocee & Four Design, and Ondaretta are a mix of import, domestic assembly, and made in the U.S.A. Hightower is led by CEO/co-owner Natalie Hartkopf, honored with a HiP Furniture Leader award from the esteemed Interior Design magazine in 2024. Under her leadership, Hightower has become a certified Women Owned Business Enterprise and the Hightower Studio brand a certified B Corp.