Industry Leaders Join Forces to Represent the Society across All Sectors of Design
The American Society of Interior Designers ( ASID ) has announced the members of its National Board of Directors for FY2020. Comprised of 11 volunteer members with three officers (chair, chair-elect, past-chair), seven at-large directors, and an industry partner representative, the board acts as a crucial steering agency and sounding board for Society members and staff. The 2020 board boasts a diverse range of design professionals who exemplify the Society’s place as the association for all sectors of design, from commercial to residential.
“ASID is thrilled to welcome this new round of leaders to our National Board of Directors,” comments Randy Fiser, Hon. FASID, ASID CEO. “The 2019 board has laid the groundwork for a bright future, and we’re thrilled to see what their successors accomplish by exemplifying and supporting the ‘Design Impacts Lives’ mission.”
The ASID National Board of Directors serves as the governing authority for the Society and is responsible for advising and assisting ASID leadership, setting policy, and acting as representatives of the Society’s 26,000+ membership. Board members lead the Society by living its mission, promoting design that betters the world and its inhabitants, and advocating for the power of the profession.
The FY2020 ASID National Board of Directors includes:
Jennifer Kolstad, ASID, Assoc. AIA | Chair
Jennifer Kolstad is the global design director of Ford Motor Company’s built environments. Her role seeks to unify Ford’s brand language across typologies through architecture and design, investigating opportunities for cultural and behavioral change, elevating design impact internal and external to the global Ford ecosystem. With a core belief in collaboration, her mission is to ideate future-state readiness for the physical infrastructure of a next-gen mobility company.
Dedicated to the longevity of the interior design profession holistically, Jennifer is the 2020 chair of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) National Board of Directors. Since joining the national board in 2016, her focus has been the broader application of the interior design professional’s human-centered expertise in every design equation.
She is a dedicated mentor to next-gen designers and a regular juror of national and international award competitions, including as keynote for the 2018 SCALE: The ASID National Student Summit, and as a 2019 guest lecturer and keynote concluding the “Communitas” Symposium at Utah State University. Jennifer was nominated to the 2019 Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum National Design Awards.
Jennifer achieved a Master of Architecture degree from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and was a recipient of the SOM Graduate Fellowship. She is a professional member of ASID, IIDA, and an associate member of AIA.
Jennifer has been published in Interior Design magazine, Architectural Digest, House and Garden, D Home, PaperCity, and Healthcare Design. Prior to Ford, Jennifer designed at HKS, SOM, Gensler, and ALDAR in the United Arab Emirates. Notable projects include SKYSpace at the US Bank Tower in Los Angeles, Kuwait Children’s Hospital, The YAS Hotel in Abu Dhabi, and Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
Kerrie Kelly, FASID, NKBA, CAPS | Chair-Elect
Kerrie Kelly founded Kerrie Kelly Design Lab, a Northern California residential interior design firm focusing on new construction and working with home builders, in 1995. Kerrie is an award-winning interior designer, author, contributor, product designer, and multi-media consultant, helping national brands reach the interior design market.
Kerrie is a fellow, board member, and foundation trustee of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID); Houzz Pro Advisory board member; and member of the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA). She is also an avid representative, speaker, and on-air talent for Outdoor Living and Livable Design initiatives, and a Certified Aging in Place specialist (CAPS). Kerrie has authored two books and is the interior design national spokesperson for Zillow Inc., writing monthly articles for their website and speaking to media outlets about interior design including the NY Times, Forbes, Globe and Mail, and Wall Street Journal. She also writes a monthly design column for Style Media Group and is on the editorial board of Furniture, Lighting & Décor Magazine.
Kelly’s ASID involvement includes serving as past president of the California Central/Nevada Chapter, as an ASID speaker at High Point Market and Dwell on the topic of thriving in place, as chair of the ASID Aging in Place Council, and as recipient of the Nancy Vincent McClelland Merit Award.
BJ Miller, FASID, CCIM | Past-Chair
BJ Miller founded The Vision Group in 1992 and has used the company as a platform for the delivery of projects and research on environments in healthcare and elder care settings. Working for over a decade in a real estate development group (URA) she founded in 2001 deepened her understanding of urban design and the development of mixed-use historic projects. Her understanding of the impact of the built environment on health and wellness was developed into an intercollegiate course elective for the University of Tennessee in 2008, and as a Seminar Series based in Nashville that began in 2009. Organizing leadership in both her public and private work, she assists multidisciplinary fields of expertise to identify and bring shared VISION into reality.
BJ’s ASID involvement includes past ASID National Board member, Past Chapter President of Tennessee, and she is also active with the Carolinas chapter. Recently, she represented ASID as a speaker at High Point Market and The Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS). She brings an interdisciplinary approach to leadership and a professional perspective that dovetails with the current ASID initiatives.
John Cialone, FASID | Director-at-Large
John Cialone, a nationally recognized interior designer, leads a team of more than twenty professionals while managing operations at Chicago-based Tom Stringer Design Partners. As a partner and vice president of his firm, John’s enthusiasm for promoting the interior design industry is contagious. With over twenty-five years of experience, his work has been recognized with many awards and has been widely published. John credits his business sense and success to the training he received as a young professional through leadership roles in ASID, particularly in strategic planning, public speaking, and business development.
John is a member of the Guild Board for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago and is a member of the Leaders of Design Council. He has served as a public speaker to many organizations and has mentored students across the country. John has participated in the 1+ Program, donating his firm’s services and aligning his belief that Design Impacts Life with the firm’s work.
John’s ASID involvement started as a student with positions on the ASID National Student Council. He was a member of the ASID Board of Directors concurrently with his position as National Student Council president. He has held committee and board positions in both the ASID Florida South and ASID Illinois Chapters, and has been active in government affairs starting in Florida as a design student and continuing today as a Registered Interior Designer in Illinois. John was recognized as an ASID Medalist in 2017 and is currently the 2018-2019 ASID Illinois Chapter president. John is the chairperson of the ASID Foundation Fundraising Committee overseeing the Society’s efforts to grow the Foundation’s endowment through individual and corporate gifts and legacy planning.
Ellen Fisher, Ph.D., FASID | Director-at-Large
Ellen Fisher is vice president of Academic Affairs and dean of the New York School of Interior Design. She is a Certified Interior Designer in New York State, and earned a Ph. D. in Architectural Studies/Human Environmental Sciences from the University of Missouri, where her line of inquiry addressed how teachers use the physical classroom as a tool for teaching literacy.
Fisher is the author of the recent book, “HOME: Foundations of Enduring Spaces,” published in 2018 by Clarkson Potter/Random House. New York School of Interior Design is ranked as one of the top interior design programs in the U.S. by DesignIntelligence, which also named Ellen Fisher as one of 2018 and 2019’s Most Admired Design Educators. A member of the Interior Design Educators Council since 1985, she has presented numerous times at conference and has served on the Board of Directors.
Tamie Glass, ASID, IDEC | Director-at-Large
Tamie Glass is an associate professor and Fellow of the Gene Edward Mikeska Endowed Chair for Interior Design in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin where she also holds a courtesy appointment in the School of Design and Creative Technology. As an advocate for human-centered design education across campus, she contributes to university-wide initiatives focused on bridging disciplines through strategic design thinking.
Glass holds a Master of Interior Architecture from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Texas A&M University. Her intercontinental career launched in Germany where she worked with Daimler’s Corporate Identity Design team, followed by practice in London with internationally renowned design firms Virgile & Stone and Conran & Partners. In addition to teaching, she currently maintains an award-winning design consultancy in Austin, Texas.
Her recently released book, Prompt: Socially Engaging Objects and Environments, was published by Birkhäuser Switzerland in the summer of 2018. As a thought-starter for designers, it explores modes of psychosocial interaction and engagement within spaces. Glass continued to explore the relationship between design and human behavior as the Visiting Director for Environments and Spatial Design at the UT Dell Medical School’s Design Institute for Health in the fall of 2018 and as a visiting scholar at the University of California Berkeley’s Center for the Built Environment in the spring of 2019.
Glass is a current member of the ASIDF Research Committee, and a past member of both the national ASID Engagement Advisory Council (EAC) and the ASID Student Advisory Council (SAC). She has also served on the ASID Texas Chapter board and participated in shaping student events including ASID SCALE and the Texas Chapter Student Symposium. Most recently, Glass is the 2018 recipient of the ASID Nancy Vincent McClelland Award of Merit which recognizes lasting and significant contributions to the body of knowledge that supports the interior design profession.
Carolyn Ames Noble, ASID | Director-at-Large
Carolyn Ames Noble is the founder of Ames Design Studio, focusing on specialty interior design, product development, and color marketing services. Carolyn provides interior design direction, project management, trend development, and CMF (color, material, and finish) expertise for national corporate clients in the paint & coatings and flooring industries. She is also a contributing editor for Colour Hive’s international trend magazine, Mix. Carolyn has a passion for the role of products in interior design. She began her design journey at HWH Architects Engineers & Planners in Cleveland, Ohio, and subsequently joined the Sherwin-Williams Company where she held several positions of increased responsibility including hospitality & corporate interior designer, Southeast U.S. designer marketing manager, and U.S. color marketing & design manager for the Sherwin-Williams Consumer Brands Division.
An interior design graduate from the University of Akron, Carolyn is a champion for the design industry and an active member of ASID. Her career has been entrenched in both color marketing and design research, and she enjoys delivering dynamic and interactive presentations on these topics. Carolyn has served in several ASID national and chapter leadership roles with the Emerging Professionals Advisory Council (EPAC), Student Advisory Council, and as Student Representative to the Board. Carolyn is a member of CMG (Color Marketing Group) and a member of the CIDQ writing council.
Tanya Paz, ASID, AIA | Director-at-Large
Passionate about design and wellness, Tanya Paz leverages her training in architecture and policy to create beautiful spaces that enhance society. In 2019, she launched TAP Studio in Southern California, marrying these interests with her East Coast partner CAMA’s mission to empower well-being through design. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University and a Masters in Architecture from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Her work has taken her from Rwanda to Latin America, notably as a Fulbright Scholar evaluating new processes for design and health access in resource-limited settings. She later spent several years building MASS Design Group’s U.S. practice, deploying human-centered design methodologies to support the development of care interiors domestically and abroad.
Tanya leveraged this process joining SOM and later Gensler in the Health & Wellness Practice Area. She is heavily involved in community engagement projects, including a Great Streets Project funded through Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Office. This initiative resulted in a series of temporary transformative infrastructure projects that addressed community health through play and neighborhood rejuvenation.
Elizabeth Von Lehe, Allied ASID | Director-at-Large
Elizabeth Von Lehe is the design & brand strategy principal at HDR. A seasoned design leader with professional experience across multiple industries, she leads the architecture firm’s efforts to advance a holistic approach to design, embracing not only the built form, but branding, curation and the development of user experience from every angle.
Von Lehe previously worked at ICRAVE Design, where she served as director of strategy, brand and architectural design for more than seven years. Before that, she worked for both Target and Lands’ End. Her experience includes developing product collections for both fashion and furniture industries as well as guiding master plans and interior design concepts.
Based in New York, New York, Von Lehe is well known throughout the design professions as a leader in the field of experience design. She is a regular keynote and workshop speaker at the national and chapter levels for the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), advocating for experience design to encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration and integration beyond what most designers usually practice.
Von Lehe is chair of the Executive Advisory Committee for ASID and is a regular graduate mentor and panelist for her alma mater, Columbia University. Her work has been featured in several industry publications and she has been interviewed by national outlets such as Bloomberg and NPR.
Ken Wilson, ASID, FAIA, LEED Fellow | Director-at-Large
Ken Wilson is a design principal and the design director for Interiors in the Washington, D.C. office of Perkins and Will. He is also one of two co-global design directors for interiors and serves on Perkins and Will’s Design Board and Sustainability Council.
Ken has been practicing for over 35 years and his portfolio includes architecture, interiors, graphics, and product design. He is the only architect in the world to hold fellowships in the AIA, IIDA, and the Green Building Certification Institute (LEED Fellow). His projects have been published in seven different countries and have received over 120 national and local design awards.
In 2005 Ken was named “Designer of the Year” by Contract magazine, and in 2018 he received the ASID Designer of Distinction Award which annually honors one professional who has established a body of superior work demonstrating creativity, excellence, and innovation. He serves on the Environmental Task Force for the city of Park City, Utah and is a member of the ASID Design Impacts Lives Steering Committee.
Patricia Dominguez | Industry Partner Representative
Patricia Dominguez, vice president of Architect and Design Sales for Cosentino North America, oversees commercial business development and the kitchen and bath studios business for the global surfacing leader. In her 12 years with Cosentino, the relationships she has cultivated with the country’s leading architects, designers, and kitchen and bath dealers have played an integral part in its exponential growth in the United States, which makes up more than 60 percent of its global sales.
In every role throughout her tenure with Cosentino – Kitchen & Bath sales manager, director of Public Relations, marketing manager, and director of Field Marketing – Dominguez has spearheaded the development and strategy of its invaluable relationships with leading industry organizations, including the American Society of Interior Designers, the National Kitchen & Bath Association, and the American Institute of Architects, among others.
Dominguez’s leadership at Cosentino and commitment to the industry have earned her numerous accolades, including the 2015 ASID Industry Partner Merit Award and the 2010 ASID Presidential Award. Her passion for people and relationships is reflected in her commitment to service and philanthropy. She previously sat on the Board of Trustees for the ASID Foundation, and has given her time to many Houston nonprofits, serving as the president of the Latin Women’s Initiative for three years, and working with Prepared 4 Life, Lemonade Day, the Junior League of Houston, and the Neighborhood Centers.
About ASID
The American Society of Interior Designers believes that design transforms lives. ASID serves the full range of the interior design profession and practice through the Society’s programs, networks, and advocacy. We thrive on the strength of cross-functional and interdisciplinary relationships among designers of all specialties, including workplace, healthcare, retail and hospitality, education, institutional, and residential. We lead interior designers in shared conversations around topics that matter: from evidence-based and human centric design to social responsibility, well-being, and sustainability. We showcase the impact of design on the human experience and the value interior designers provide.
ASID was founded over 40 years ago when two organizations became one, but its legacy dates back to the early 1930s. As we celebrate nearly 85 years of industry leadership, we are leading the future of interior design, continuing to integrate the advantages of local connections with national reach, of small firms with big, and of the places we live with the places we work, play, and heal. Learn more at asid.org .