Richard Goodman is the grandson of Murray Nizen, co-founder of Associated. Graduating from prestigious Stuyvesant High School in NYC and later Boston university in 1981 with a BS Degree in exercise physiology and cardio-pulmonary technology in 1981.
After several successful years in medical sales, he joined Associated in 1985 as Vice-President. During his 25 year tenure, he has overseen over 75,000 projects in the retail, hospitality and corporate markets. Richard was also responsible for expanding the products offering from carpet (which resulted in the name change from Associated Carpet Corp.) to all flooring categories in the mid 90’s. He has been President since 1997.
He has two sons which he is very proud of. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking.