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President Julie is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a BFA in Interior Design. She has been a practicing commercial interior designer for over 12 years. She currently works as a Senior Designer for the facilities group at Brigham Young University, where she has worked for the past 8 years. She has served in the past on the chapter board as the VP Communications and the VP of City Centers. |
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President-Elect Marc is an interior designer with RNL and a graduate of James Madison University. He has over ten years experience in the commercial interior design industry, and has worked with a large number of local and nationally recognized clients including the University of Colorado, The World Bank, Army Corps of Engineers, and Prudential Financial. Prior to moving to Denver in 2005, he was an interior designer with OPX in Washington, D.C. He has served the IIDA Rocky Mountain Chapter as the Vice-President of Government and Regulatory Affairs, and has been a Board member for the Colorado Interior Design Coalition (CIDC) since 2006. |
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Past-president Jennifer graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design from the prestigious Harrington College of Design in Chicago. Having lived in Denver for the last ten years, she has worked as a research specialist and interior designer for some of the most notable firms in Denver. Jennifer currently works as an interior designer for the Fentress Architects Denver office specializing in public projects. She has been involved with IIDA on many event committees over the past years and has served as the Denver City Center Director. She continues her support of the Rocky Mountain Chapter as Past President. |
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V.P. of Communications Sarah is a graduate of Miami University (Ohio) with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Interior Design and a minor in Art & Architectural History. Prior to moving to Denver in 2007, she worked for Hixson, an architecture firm in Cincinnati, OH. Sarah is currently an interior designer at RNL, as well as a LEED AP. She has been an active professional member of IIDA since 2004 serving on committees, and then joined the board as the Denver City Center Director in 2008. |
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V.P. of Membership Marnie is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. She is also a graduate from The Art Institute of Colorado with an Associate's Degree in Interior Design. Marnie brings over 12 successful years of experience and knowledge as an interior designer, contract furniture account manager and an industry representative. She has also served as an adjunct interior design faculty member for Arapahoe Community College. Currently she is the Architect and Design liaison for Mountain Trade Supply, a distributor of Johnsonite products. Marnie is excited to rejuvenate and expand as a great resource for designers and the industry through her position as VP of Membership. She has been a member of IIDA since 2006.
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V.P. of Professional Development Donna brings over 10 successful years of experience and knowledge from an extensive background in the contract furniture industry and has recently become an accredited professional in LEED. Donna began her career with a dealership in Memphis, Tennessee, managing large accounts within the hospital/medical industry. Moving to Salt Lake City, Utah, Donna continued in the furniture arena with a local dealership gaining experience in Business Development, as well as serving as the Architect and Design Liaison. She currently works for a national furniture manufacturer, Teknion. Donna received a BA in Accounting at Delta State University. |
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V.P. Government & Regulatory Affairs Katie is a graduate from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design and has been working in the field of interior design for nearly 7 years. She was an intern during her schooling with an architecture firm and joined full time upon graduation. During this time, Katie was involved in all aspects of design for commercial and high-end residential projects. Katie continued her career with design firms 4240 and Design Lines to work on hospitality projects. Currently she is a Project Manager for Naka Designs, LLC. Katie has been actively involved with the design community with events like Design After Dark, Prêt- a-Porter, and the Mod Livin' "Best in Show" auction, in addition, she has been a Board Member with the Colorado Interior Design Coalition since 2007. |
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V.P. of City Centers Nancy Busby graduated from Brigham Young University with a BFA in interior design in 1993. She currently works as an architectural designer with BYU and has been with them for the last 7 years. Prior to her joining BYU, she worked with Edward Daniels Architects and Commercial Contract Group as an interior designer. She has also been adjunct faculty with both LDS Business College and BYU. Nancy has many years experience in different leadership positions with IIDA. Some of these positions include Salt Lake City Center Director as well as Salt Lake Treasurer for 4 years. Nancy is excited to serve as the new VP of City Centers and lend her support and experience to all the city centers in the Rocky Mountain Chapter. |
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V.P. of Student Affairs - Colorado studentliaison@iidarmc.org Holly graduated from Utah State University with a B.S. in Interior Design with Honors in 2007. While in school she received Honorable Mention in IIDA's 2006 Student Sustainable Design Competition and went on to found the school's first IIDA Campus Center. After graduation she moved to Denver to join Gensler where she spends her time on a variety of workplace and professional service projects. During her first year as Student Liaison for the Rocky Mountain Chapter the number of Campus Centers doubled and student membership continues to increase. She looks forward to continuing the support and growth of future IIDA professional members. |
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V.P. of Student Affairs - Utah studentliaison@iidarmc.org Tami graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor's degree in Interior Design and has been with MWCI since 1997 as a commercial interior designer. She loves the gratification and challenges of her job, because of the unique and the talented team she works with. Tami has 12 years experience space planning and I has been fortunate to has worked with some amazing companies, Neways, Hunter Douglas, IHC Select Health, Salt Lake Tribune, RX America, Comcast and Moran Eye just to name a few. Tami is a proud member and participant of IIDA, and has coordinated the Student portfolio review in the Salt Lake City Center every year. Students are the future of the industry, and she believes in committing her professional experience to help advise their education. |
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Denver City Center Co-Director Crystal does design and marketing with Source Four, a manufacturer's rep group in Denver. She came from the interior design program at North Dakota State University and now enjoys helping designers with furniture layouts and textile specifications in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico |
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Denver City Center Co-Director Emily graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Interior Design from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln in 2006. Her studies in Architecture, Engineering and Interior Design have leveraged her ability to work on diverse projects such as commercial, lab, medical, hospitality and retail. She began and continues her career at Burkett Design where her passion for design and her dedicated interest for the environment have helped her become active in the Denver design community. |
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Salt Lake City Center Co-Director Tiffany Nelson has been in the contract interiors industry for 18 years and has been with Milliken Carpet since 2004 as Senior Territory Manager for Utah and Montana. She has been involved with the A&D community while employed by Kimball International, Interior Solutions, and GGG Howells. She looks forward to her continued involvement with IIDA and the community. |
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Salt Lake City Center Co-Director Amelia graduated from Utah State University with a BS in Interior Design. She has been practicing Interior Design in the Salt Lake area for 10 years and is currently employed at EDA Architects, where she designs commercial office spaces. Previously, she had spent 4 years as a designer for a contract furniture dealer. Amelia has enjoyed participating in the planning and organizing of IIDA events and looks forward to further involvement with IIDA and the Design community. |
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Colorado Springs City Center Co-Director April Fullman has worked in the hard surface industry for 8 years. She began her career in sales and estimating with a large tile installation firm in Portland, Oregon. Upon relocating to Colorado Springs in 2007 she joined the Design Materials Tile and Stone team as the Colorado Springs showroom manager. April has always enjoyed being a part of the design community and looks forward to being more involved with the IIDA RMC and its members. |
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Colorado Springs City Center Co-Director Originally from California, Christine graduated with a BA of Liberal Arts specializing in Communications from California State University of Long Beach. She moved to Colorado Springs in 2005 where she began working for Pottery Barn's Design Studio. Christine has over 6 years of customer service and sales experience and currently works for Pace Products which is a multi flooring line agency. Actively involved in her community, Christine is looking forward to further her involvement with IIDA. |