Meet the Experts

At Gardner White, we're not just calling ourselves experts just to sound cool. We really are the experts in furniture and mattresses! Below you can see all of our experts who inform you about our content, design, stock, and so on! We have hundreds of years of experience combined to help you with anything that you need to know about furniture or mattresses.

Kevin Aldred

Kevin Aldred


Associate Buyer/Mattress Expert

Kevin has been in the furniture industry for 23 years, and he spent 12 of those years as a furniture repair tech. For the last 11 years he has focused primarily on mattresses. This family man enjoys spending time with his wife and two kids as well as being an amateur home chef, focusing particularly on grilling and smoking meat.

Jordan Blackwell

Jordan Blackwell


Upholstery Merchandiser

Jordan has been in the furniture industry for five years, three of those with Gardner White. She's a graduate of Central Michigan University with a degree in Fashion Merchandising and she enjoys regular trips to the sand dunes in northern Michigan.

Will Daughtrey

Will Daughtrey


Vice President of Merchandising

Will has been in the furniture industry for 24 years and with GW for 2.5 years. He's a father to two boys and a girl, a husband, and a graduate of the University of South Florida and Clemson University. In his spare time, Will tries to be an avid golfer!

Mariam Elias

Mariam Elias


Traveling Manager/Furniture Expert

Mariam is a furniture expert with many years of experience.

Dave Higgins

Dave Higgins


SEO Analyst/Content Copywriter

Dave has been in the furniture industry in one capacity or another for the last decade and is a graduate of Colorado Technical University. When not writing about furniture he enjoys cooking for his family, guitar playing, oil painting, spoiling his calico kitty named Callie, and the Detroit Tigers. Dave also is learning to speak Norwegian.

Jackie Landry

Jackie Landry


Case Goods Merchandiser

Jackie is a graduate of Central Michigan University with a degree in Merchandising. She has five years of experience in the furniture industry, two of those with Gardner White. When she's not working with furniture, she enjoys playing with her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy, Tucker.

Julie Nagle

Julie Nagle


Home Decor and Furniture Merchandiser

Julie has been in the furniture and interior design industry for twenty years. For the last five years, she's been applying her expertise at Gardner White. A graduate of Central Michigan University with a degree in Fine Arts, Julie is a watercolor painter, interior designer, and a lifelong Michigander. She loves paddleboarding with her puppy, Daisy.

Aubrey Roskoskey

Aubrey Roskoskey


Advertising Coordinator/Content Writer

Aubrey is a graduate of the Kendall College of Art Design with a degree in Graphic Arts. She's been with Gardner White since 2021 in a couple of roles that have earned her the 'expert' label. She's an avid videogamer, and she enjoys spoiling her fat, orange tabby cat named Honey Bear.

Lynn Sebastian

Lynn Sebastian


President of Sales/Social Media Personality

Lynn has spent 23 years in the furniture industry and every second of those 23 years has been with Gardner White! A local Michigander who graduated from East Detroit High School, Lynn loves spending time with her family and her dog, Roxie, and her cat, Lars. Her favorite part of working for Gardner White is that each day brings something different.

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