Todd R. Wanek is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.

Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.

Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. is a furniture manufacturing company headquartered in Arcadia, Wisconsin. The company is owned by father and son team Ron and Todd Wanek...

  He is the son of Ronald G. Wanek

Ronald G. Wanek

Ronald G. Wanek is the founder and chairman of the board of Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.-Further reading:* at RTO Online....

, Chairman of the Board of Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.

Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.

Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. is a furniture manufacturing company headquartered in Arcadia, Wisconsin. The company is owned by father and son team Ron and Todd Wanek...

He was named CEO in 2002. Later that year, minority shareholders in the company claimed that the Waneks were conspiring to force them out of the company.

Both he and his father have made financial contributions to political candidates and the political action committee

Political action committee

In the United States, a political action committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group, regardless of size, organized to elect political candidates or to advance the outcome of a political issue or legislation. Legally, what constitutes a "PAC" for purposes of regulation is a...

 associated with the American Furniture Manufacturers Association.

In 2006, he received the Spirit of Life award from the City of Hope

City of Hope National Medical Center

City of Hope National Medical Center, is a private, not-for-profit clinical research center, hospital and graduate medical school located in Duarte, California, United States...

cancer research center for his fundraising efforts.