Kimberly Brown Knopf

Kimberly Brown Knopf is the founder, president and CEO of Innovative Mattress Solutions, a Winfield, West Virginia. based mattress retailer doing business as Mattress Warehouse and Sleep Outfitters. The company has more than 100 stores in four states: West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.

A native of Louisville, Ky., and a 1982 graduate of the University of Kentucky, she opened her first store in South Charleston, West Virginia, in 1983. As a successful entrepreneur and businesswoman, she has won several awards for professional achievements. She and her husband, Ken, have two daughters and live in Charleston, West Virginia.

Knopf is a leader in the Young Presidents Organization and has been an officer in the Putnam County Rotary and on the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce board of directors. She also serves on the Charleston Area Alliance board of directors and the West Virginia Economic Development Authority board of directors.

Knopf is a board of governors member of Withit, a professional organization for women in the home furnishings industry. She supports Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the YWCA, the Heart Association, Extreme Home Makeover, the Alzheimer's Association and Community Youth Sports.