Artemide North America has appointed Joseph Belfer as area sales manager for New York and New Jersey. Belfer currently serves on the Board of Managers for the Illuminating Engineering Society’s New York City Section and is a member of Designers Lighting Forum of New York and the Retail Design Institute. Belfer comes from a lighting family with longstanding industry ties.
The Artemide North America team is based in New York and is led by Vice President of Sales, Dan Buckley, who has been with Artemide for more than 25 years. Lisa Foley, who has been with the company for 14 years, oversees the New York and the New England regions. Stephen Cannato, who joined the company in 2015, manages clients in Pennsylvania and the dealer and design network in New York. Artemide plans to open a new architectural showroom and learning center in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood in early 2017.