Our Team
Our management teams in Los Angeles (headquarters) and China take tremendous pride in our craftsmanship when producing our customers' furniture. Owner Mandy Li and founders; Scott Vaughan and David Benz oversee a talented team of professionals that includes; architecture and design school graduates, highly skilled carpenters, and finishers. Our employees give each order the utmost attention and care to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction.
Mandy Li
OWNER and CEO
Mandy Li is the Founder and CEO of Mandy Li Collection - a trailblazing force in the Hospitality and Multi-Family Industries providing design and manufacturing of fine furniture and natural stone/quartz countertop products. Mandy started her company in 1997. Since then, she has expanded her product lines due to tremendous growth over the years. Today, her company has a network of sales professionals throughout the United States headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, with satellite offices in the United States, Shanghai (China), and Xiamen (China). She owns a factory in Ningbo, China, for manufactures furniture for Mandy Li Collection and Vaughan Benz customers. She is an active member of the WPO (Women Presidents’ Organization) and the NEWH (Network of Enterprising Women in Hospitality) as a Corporate Partner. In addition to her extensive education, where she received a degree in Performing Arts, Mandy received a certificate from the Executive MBA Program of the Harvard Business School in 2018. Mandy Li Collection is a certified Woman-Owned Enterprise and a certified Minority Business Enterprise.
David Benz
FOUNDER
Since co-founding Vaughan Benz in 1986, David has managed a large number of high-profile hotel guestroom and public space furniture projects and the worldwide expansion of Vaughan Benz. He's a native Californian and graduate of UCLA School of Motion Pictures and Television. David is also a commercial real estate investor in partnership with Scott Vaughan.
Scott Vaughan
FOUNDER
Scott formed Vaughan Benz with David Benz in 1986. He graduated from The School of Architecture and Environmental Design at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, in 1978. He has designed and managed the production of custom furniture since 1979. A third-generation Californian, Scott is also a commercial real estate investor in partnership with David Benz.