President
CurrentThea M. Sand, CRS Thea Sand, a Restoration Industry Association Certified Rug Specialist, is President of Emmanuel’s Rug and Upholstery Cleaners, and a fourth-generation expert in cleaning, repair, and restoration. Emmanuel’s, which was founded by Thea’s great-grandfather in 1907, has been continuously family-owned and operated in Seattle, WA for over 106 years. An IICRC Senior Practicing Floor Covering Inspector, expert witness, appraiser and floor covering consultant since 1995, Thea is currently past Vice President od the Association of Rug Care Specialists, Past President of the Carpet Cleaners Institute of the Northwest, a member of the Oriental Rug Retailers Assn. and a member of the Seattle Textile and Rug Society. She has facilitated technical writing in inspector certification classes at the Academy of Textiles and Flooring in Whittier CA and teaches Oriental Rug repair.