Jorden Adams director of design Design Poole Inc Anisah Ahmed associate + senior designer Wimberly Interiors Christopher Alvarado director, design & planning lifestyle Hyatt Janet Van Arsdale founder and president JVA Art Group David Ashen president and chief executive officer dash design Katie Astuto senior interior design manager Marriott globaldesignamericas Brooks Atwood design director R&A Architecture and Design Greg Basalla director, culinary development, global operations Marriott International Dave Beran chef Dialogue David Berkowitz executive vice president manufacturing & product development Maya Romanoff Kangana Bhatnagar senior project manager Studio 11 Design Greg Bleier founding principal Studio Unltd Jennifer Block vice president of business development Maya Romanoff Roger Bloss founder Coachillinn Anna Bogler director of interior design RLH Corporation Karen Bowery duchess of mischief, studio director The Society Sarah Broughton principal Rowland+Broughton Architecture / Urban Design / Interior Design Michael L. Brown brand manager and project designer Studio 11 Design David Shove Brown partner //3877 Alexandra Bruemmer director, West Coast DesignAgency Abby Bullard associate Stonehill Taylor Interiors Gabrielle Bullock principal and director of global diversity Perkins + Will Tim Caffin project manager Wilson Associates Aileen Canta founder AF Canta Marcus Carey cofounder Homage Hospitality Bill Chait cofounder Tartine JV Amy Cheeks director, interior design NELSON Ann Chipouras president Purchasing Dimensions Lauren Christel director of design Studio Partnership Lisa Cini principal Mosaic Design Studio Jon Cochran vice president, business development Kalisher Cory Creath cofounder and principal architect AXIS/GFA Architecture + Design Ken Cruse cofounder and chief executive officer Soul Community Planet, LLC and Alpha Wave Investors, LLC Brittany Cutler project designer Duncan Miller Ullmann Katy Daly vice president sales – hospitality Valley Forge Fabrics, Inc. Vipul Dayal president VNR Management, AAHOA past board member, CHCA Board Member Victoria Denny interior designer Studio 11 Design Andrea DeRosa cofounder and principal Avenue Interior Design Douglas Detiveaux senior interior designer, associate Gensler Nick Domitrovich studio director Puccini Group David Dunphy principal Studio HBA Kelli Ellis lead designer and president Kelli Ellis Interiors, Inc. Stacy V. Elliston principal Studio 11 Design Ashley Ewing-Parrott director of brand strategy Boutique and Lifestyle Hotels, Vision Hospitality Group Inc. Cara Federici founder The Madison Melle Agency Michelle Finn vice president Boutique Design Sue Firestone founder SFA Design Marisol Fisher director of design and planning services Hyatt Hotels Corp. Molly Forman interior designer //3877 Deborah Lloyd Forrest president ForrestPerkins Lorraine Francis design principal CADIZ Collaboration Kelly Gaddes vice president of hospitality CR architecture + design Jacqueline Garner interior designer Studio 11Design Alessia Genova studio director and senior designer Tihany Design Natasha Gomez project manager Alagem Capital Group Gary Gruver senior beverage manager, global operations Marriott International Hellen M. Hale interior designer Studio 11 Design Karin Harrington principal Studio Partnership Erin Heckert director The Gettys Group Brittney Weiss Hepler senior design manager Marriott International Nadezhda Hobbs junior Interior Design BFA of the School of Art & Design, Fashion Institute of Technology Amy Hulbert vice president, boutique and upscale brands Best Western Hotels and Resorts Daniel Hyde chief executive officer Artist Guild Hotels Kavitha Iyer senior design manager globaldesign, Marriott Intl. Amy Jakubowski client relationship director, Americas & design director Wilson Associates Jennifer Johanson chief executive officer EDG Interior Architecture + Design Karen Johnson president Pinnacle Advisory Group, Inc. Katie Kelchner design manager Embassy Suites and HGV, Hilton Robin Kennedy executive vice president, acquisitions and development Montage International Diane Kliebenstein window covering specialist, senior associate ForrestPerkins Adrianne Korczynski vice president & creative director NELSON George Kotsiopoulos Style Expert Brenda Kuhn interior design manager Marriott globaldesign americas Supernita Kalra Kumar senior designer Krause Sawyer Nasim Lahbichi junior Interior Design BFA of the School of Art & Design, Fashion Institute of Technology Angela Landgraf senior vice president, commercial development RLabs, RLH Corp. Linda Laucirica senior design director Marriott globaldesignamericas Damon Lawrence cofounder Homage Hospitality John Leonard community and legislative affairs managers City of West Hollywood Oriana Lerner special projects editor Boutique Design Tara Locke principal Neil Locke & Associates Neil Locke principal Neil Locke & Associates Brittany Locke director of FF&E procurement Neil Locke & Associates Jim Looney president Looney Associates Brian De Lowe President & Co-Founder Proper Hospitality Peter Mack founder and chief executive officer Collective Retreats Wendy Mancha director of purchasing Duncan Miller Ullmann Nodji Maouyo junior designer Studio Partnership Emily Marshall design interior design discipline leader/senior associate HBG David McCaslin executive vice president HHM Hospitality Margaret McMahon senior vice president and managing director Wimberly Interiors Kimberley Miller chief executive officer & design principal Duncan Miller Ullmann Jason Millhouse director of design and project management Marriott globaldesign americas Ricardo Moreno-Avina senior designer, project manager Clear on Black Brad Nelson vice president, global operations Marriott International Ginna Nguyen director of design Relativity Architects Brad Nichols principal Geolo Capital Stacey Olson southwest regional design resilience leader Gensler Mary Alice Palmer principal and design director of hospitality interiors HKS, Inc. Denise Pan Senior Project Designer Avenue Interior Design Pam Parsons principal Studio Elements Nimisha Patel executive vice president, Vue Hotels AAHOA female director, Western Division Hitesh Patel owner Capital City Hospitality Group, AAHOA chairman Neal Patel managing partner, Blue Chip Hotels AAHOA Young Professional Director, Western Division Jay Pecotte senior vice president of development Katmandu Group Erin Penny student, Interior Design BFA of the School of Art & Design Fashion Institute of Technology Meg Prendergast principal The Gettys Group Tom Prins principal TQP Capital Partners, LLC Melissa Pyell Associate Gensler  Alexis Readinger founder Preen Inc. Steve Rice president Rice Consulting Group LLC Nunturat Robbamrung associate design director Wilson Associates Ken Robertson vice president-development LeisureCare Chad Rogers vice president Duncan Miller Ullmann Kevin Rohani vice president of development Dream Hotel Group, LLC Matthew Rosenberg founder and chief executive officer M-RAD Margaux Rotter vice president development West BLVD Hospitality Lauren Rottet founding principal and president Rottet Studio Steve Rugo principal Rugo/Raff Architects Jyoti Sarolia chief operating officer Ellis Hospitality, AAHOA ambassador, South Pacific Region Christian Schnyder principal Beleco Deidre Schwartz director of design & sustainability American Hotel Register Company Mary Scoviak editor in chief Boutique Design Shirli Sensenbrenner senior vice president, design + development CoralTree Hospitality Leslie Shammas vice president, design & development Canyon Ranch Christine Shanahan principal HVS Design Alicia Sheber international editor Boutique Design Natalie Sheedy interiors principal Sheedy/DeLaRosa Interiors Andrea Dawson Sheehan principal Dawson Design Associate Louie Sison senior designer Wilson Associates Stephanie Smith executive director, interior design North & Central America – Luxury Division, AccorHotels Travis Soberg principal, director of sustainable design Goettsch Partners Phoebe Stein president Phoebe Stein Public Relations Sam Suleman executive vice president Equinox Hospitality Kevin Swanson senior interior designer Columbia Pacific Advisors Michaela Sweetin junior Interior Design BFA of the School of Art & Design, Fashion Institute of Technology John Terzian cofounder The h.wood Group Jackson Thilenius principal RDC Jeffrey Kurt Thompson principal Jeffrey Kurt Inc. Brian Toll cofounder The h.wood Group David Tracz partner //3877 Kevin Tyjer project designer Wilson Associates Joni Vanderslice president and founder J. Banks Design Group Zara Vardanyan intermediate designer Design 360 Unlimited Thomas Ventura design director, associate Gensler Immanuel Went junior Interior Design BFA of the School of Art & Design, Fashion Institute of Technology Dylan Wills managing director Los Angeles of Wilson Associates Ryan Wilner president, hospitality/principal Renwil Steve Wilson founder 21c Museum Hotels Laurie Woliung senior director interior design Marriott International Nicole Wood vice president Summa International Amber Woody director of interior design Upscale Brands, Choice Intl. Josh Wyatt chief executive officer NeueHouse