Caroline Fortson joined OED in January 2023 with 8 years of experience in the Commercial Furniture industry.  She is a graduate of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama where she received a B.A. in Interior Design and a Minor in Art.  Caroline began her career in the commercial furnishings industry working as a Rep for Teknion in the Atlanta market, where she worked closely with the A+D community as well as with her local dealers.  Caroline relocated to Jacksonville in 2016, where she worked in sales at a contract dealer, and after that for 5 years as a designer specifying Steelcase and Herman Miller.  Caroline is coming directly from the dealership world where she worked in both design and sales, so she understands the challenges of the business and remains very much solution-driven in her role as a Rep for OED.