About The Owners
Ed Vance
With 19 years of dry cleaning experience and more than three decades of business experience, Owner and General Manager Ed Vance is a man with a mission: to inspire the kind of excellence in his employees that results in world-class service for his customers.
Before launching Signature Cleaners in 1990 with his wife, Gayle, Ed spent six years as an Investment Broker. He also held sales management roles at Endata, Inc. and Data Service Corporation. He attended the University of Tennessee. Ed has been a Certified Environmental Dry Cleaner (CED) designation since 1997.
Active in professional and civic organizations, Ed serves on the Tennessee Fabricare Association Board of Directors and as a member of the Tennessee State Dry Cleaner Environmental Response Board. He is a member of the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce and a past member of the Hendersonville Chamber Board of Directors. He has served on the North Tennessee Workforce Board and has represented the Hendersonville Chamber as a member and Past President of the United Chambers of Commerce. Ed also serves as Chairman of the Sumner County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
In his spare time, Ed enjoys astronomy, model trains and boating. Ed and his wife, Gayle have three grown children and live in the Nashville area.
Gayle Vance
Co-owner Gayle Vance's 25 years of accounting experience have come in handy as she worked hand-in-hand with her husband, Ed, to build Signature Cleaners into the thriving business it is today.
In addition to serving as the company's Treasurer, Gayle manages the general ledger and oversees administrative support functions for the operation. "Handling the money is important," she says, but my most important job is reining in the President," she says with a smile.
Gayle had already built a successful career in accounting before entering the dry cleaning business 19 years ago. She spent eight years as an Account Manager with Endata, where she specialized in small business accounting. She also served HCA as an Account Manager for two years. Gayle received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sweet Briar College and completed graduate-level courses at Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee-Nashville.
When she's not working on the business, Gayle is active in many community and volunteer organizations. She enjoys reading and knitting. Gayle also spends time training and visiting with their therapy dog. Gayle and her husband, Ed, have three adult children and six grandchildren.