MARCH 13-14, 2019  LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER
BDwest
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  • CONFERENCE
    • 2019 Agenda
    • Meet the 2019 Speakers
    • 2019 Ticketed Workshops
    • Overview
    • SPEC-WRITING SESSIONS

BDwest Speaker Lineup

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
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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
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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
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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
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