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Who's Who From awards to promotions, see what your fellow NEWH members are up to They will wed on September 28th. And Arteriors’ Ryan Schweizer and his wife Courtney had Aiden last year. Project Development Services, Inc. (PDSI) announces new hires and promotions: Don Leonard as vice president of the company’s new office in Phoenix; Mark D. Sheldon, senior project manager, and Laurie Lee, project manager, will lead the operations in the new Denver office; Monica Meade as director of sales and marketing; and Vickie Smith as project director in its corporate headquarters in Atlanta. The owners of IHMRS and BDNY shows donated $35,000 to the American Red Cross for Sandy Relief Efforts. Patricia Gentry is Maya Romanoff’s new sales representative for Atlanta and the Southeast. Florida International University’s interior architecture program is completing the third year of its certificate in cruise ship and super yacht design program facilitated by Marisol Creed and Janine King. Minneapolis-based Kamarron Design, Inc. (KDI) is rolling out a new concept for all Weber Grill restaurants. Lance Keziah has been promoted to president of Crypton. Stephanie Bellissimo graduated from the interior design program at Humber College in April. With more than 30 crew members, ISG combined forces with HI Connect to implement and install the vignette-style tradeshow in Nashville. In addition to having beer in the fridge (4:30 is known as beer-thirty at Kalisher) and dogs roaming the office, Kalisher has adopted 10 Percent Time for the creative department—one person each week devotes 10 percent of his/her time to create art for themselves, without a client request or deadline. The Orlando office of VOA Associates promoted Antonio Layco, Michael Gove, Robert Terry, and Veronica Zurita to vice president; Michelle O’Shaughnessy, Jeanette Gurtis, and Stephanie Moss to senior associate; and Kenneth Flynn and Alonso Rodriguez to associate. Eric Worthington has joined Rosenbaum Hospitality as director of national sales. Gary Inman of Glavé & Holmes Architecture wrote the introduction chapter to Bespoke, Furniture from 101 International Artists and is a newly appointed national spokesperson for the ASID. In other company news: Vanessa (Vinsant) Smith married Michael Smith in October in Nellysford, Virginia (shown), and Jessica (Sargent) Ritter married Chad Ritter in April in a backyard ceremony in Varina, Virginia. Susan Burnside of BURNSIDE and ASSOCIATES will be celebrating 20 years in business this coming May. Heather Scott joined Dallasbased Emily Owens Design Group as a senior associate. Continental Contractors has appointed Rob Belli as vice president of operations. Sandra Brumbaugh has added B Carpet to her product offerings. Sylvia Limm has relocated to Boston to be Brintons’ accounts executive for New England, and recently gave birth to Simon Sydney Brown on February 26th. Tanya Patnode is celebrating her 20th year with Alison & Co. Brittney Crain of Arteriors is engaged to John Paul Wheat. 6 www.newh.org Jerick Stockton of Furniture Design Studios, Inc and Sanj Patel of Sanj Hotels are working on the renovation of the Moment Hotel in Hollywood, California opening in May. Jillanne Donaldson of Furniture Design Studios, Inc. provided the seating for Paiche in Marina del Rey, California, for chef Ricardo Zarate and business partner Stephane Bombet. For the second year in a row, Interior Image Group created the Concierge Lounge at HI Connect Design. The company also hired Raegan Porter to handle business development, and was a panelist at the NEWH Regional Tradeshow in Chicago April 18th. Continued on p. 8 〉〉〉 http://www.newh.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NEWH - Summer 2013

NEWH - Summer 2013
Table of Contents
News
Who’s Who
Sustainability: Point of View
Conference Roundup
Q&A: Lynn Fisher
Q&A: Mary Ann Thornam
Have You Seen?
Product Know How
On the Scene
NYLO Dallas South Side
Renaissance Baton Rouge Hotel
Save the Date
New Members
Partner Pro
Ad Index

NEWH - Summer 2013