Jeff is the founder or co-founder of numerous closet & storage industry groups and associations
With Philadelpha Eagles Superstar Vince Papali at ACSP Conference Austin 2012

With Pioneer Award at
ACSP Conference Edison, NJ 2013
With Property Bros at
$10,000 Dream Closet Makeover Contest Savannah 2015

Exhausted at the end of the Closet Summit
Greenville 2018
Jeff Klein Bio
1962 ~ Employed by his cabinet maker father, Jerry, at Creative Closets by Jay in NYC
1970 ~ Received degree in Industrial Engineering from Northeastern University
1984 ~ Created Closet Specialist in Savannah, GA
1994 ~ Awarded Small Business of the Year by Savannah Chamber of Commerce
2000 ~ Assisted Mike Carson to create NCG, National Closet Group
2000 ~ Elected to the NCG Board of Directors for 7 years
2003 ~ Hosted the annual NCG conference in Savannah, GA, which was attended
by a rep from Vance Publishing
2003 ~ Vance published first issue of CLOSETS Magazine.
Closet Specialist appeared on the cover and a six page feature article
2005 ~ NCG Board created ACSP, Association of Closet & Storage Professionals
2005 ~ Elected to the ACSP Board of Directors for 9 years
2007 ~ Chairman of the ACSP Standards Committee for 6 years
2007 ~ Published ACSP Closet Design & Construction Guide
2010 ~ Elected as ACSP President from 2010 to 2012
2011 ~ Became VP Sales/Design at son Josh's Closet & Cabinet Experts, Savannah
2012 ~ Published ACSP Planning Guide for Architects and Builders
2013 ~ Presented with Pioneer Award, awarded only 6 times in the history of the
entire closet industry
2014 ~ Created the Closet & Storage Summit annual industry-wide conference for independent closet businesses
2016 ~ Created the CIA, Closet Institute of America
2019 ~ Created the CIA Basic Training Course for Closet Sales & Design
2020 ~ Created Closet University
2020 ~ Created the CIA Private Facebook page