“Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do”.

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​​I am fortunate that every day, through Interior Design,

I do what I love….and love what I do.

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Every designer has a project that changes the way they think. For me, that project was Delilah at Wynn Las Vegas.

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As Director of Interior Design at TAL Studio, and later continuing in that role at Wynn Design & Development, I worked alongside Todd-Avery Lenahan as this extraordinary supper club came to life. At the same time, I directed teams and implementation efforts across an international portfolio that included Four Seasons Resorts, Auberge Resorts Collection and Wynn Resorts in Las Vegas and China as well as highly confidential private residences.

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Watching Todd transform a thoughtful concept narrative into an unforgettable experience reaffirmed something I had discovered throughout my career: remarkable environments are never accidental. They emerge through imagination, collaboration, craftsmanship, discipline and thousands of decisions that may go unnoticed individually, yet are deeply felt as a whole.

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That understanding has roots in my earliest creative work. A fascination with fashion first introduced me to fabric, texture, weave, craftsmanship and materiality. It led to photography, advertising and visual merchandising—and ultimately to interior design. At Suniland Interiors, a 200,000-square-foot luxury home furnishings design center in Houston, I designed room settings, advertising windows and television-commercial sets. Before digital visualization, each environment had to be conceived, constructed, furnished, lit, styled and photographed or filmed. It was my first education in environmental storytelling.

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After earning a Master's degree in Interior Design with High Honors from Pratt Institute, I developed my architectural and technical foundation in New York City. At Haverson Architecture, I entered the immersive world of thematic hospitality through destination restaurants and entertainment venues.  Years later at Brennan Beer Gorman Monk (BBGM), I gained the rigor required to translate ambitious ideas into built environments, including The Aladdin Hotel & Casino and Sheratons, Marriotts and Wyndham Hotels throughout the New York Metropolitan Area.

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MGM Resorts International expanded my perspective from individual interiors to entire destinations. Work involving CityCenter, ARIA, Bellagio, Mirage and Cirque du Soleil taught me to see hospitality as an ecosystem in which architecture, interiors, entertainment, branding, operations and guest experience must work together. It was also where my Owner’s Representative perspective began to take form—balancing creative ambition with the realities of building and operating complex properties.

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That perspective became fundamental during my tenure as Executive Director of Interior Design at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas. Representing ownership, I provided executive design leadership across a comprehensive reinvestment and rebranding program encompassing more than 7,000 guestrooms and suites across three hotel towers, together with restaurants, bars, gaming environments, VIP spaces, pools, convention facilities, offices and public areas throughout the resort. Working with both internal teams and outside design consultants, my role was to help guide the owner's vision through design development, construction and installation.

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My responsibility extended beyond overseeing design. It was to protect the brand's vision from concept through installation while coordinating architects, designers, engineers, contractors, artisans and manufacturers across North America, Europe and Asia. Every decision had to preserve the guest experience while respecting budgets, schedules, operations and long-term value.

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That experience also taught me that, at any scale, a strong creative point of view is only the beginning.  Successful design leadership depends on collaboration—giving talented people both clarity and room to contribute, drawing many disciplines toward a shared purpose and holding the essential idea steady through the thousands of decisions required to realize it. When that happens, the many voices involved do not dilute the vision; they deepen and strengthen it.

 

Those years refined my understanding of luxury. I believe it has less to do with extravagance than with authenticity, craftsmanship, permanence and the quiet confidence of knowing that every detail has been considered. People may not consciously remember the weave of a carpet, the texture of a wallcovering or the precision of a stone installation—but ultimately they remember how an environment made them feel.

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Residential design has always remained integral to my work. Through LC² Design Services, my former practice, and select private commissions maintained throughout my hospitality career, I have worked directly with homeowners and with artisans, cabinetmakers, furniture manufacturers, lighting studios and stone fabricators throughout Europe and the Americas. For one penthouse residence, I traveled to Colonnata, Italy, above Carrara to hand select a marble block, then worked with craftsmen in Forte dei Marmi to protect both the design and the client’s investment through fabrication and shipment of bookmatched marbled tiles and custom FFE elements designed for that project.

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Hospitality and residential design continually inform one another in my work: the warmth and intimacy of home can humanize hospitality, while the comfort, service and memorable experiences associated with hospitality can elevate daily life at home.

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Rather than imposing a signature style, I seek to understand the people, place and purpose behind each commission. That discovery gives the project its story—and the story guides decisions from planning and proportion through architecture, lighting, materials and custom furnishings.

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More than three decades into this profession, I remain inspired by the opportunity to create meaningful environments and passionately lead talented teams in realizing ambitious ideas. Whether the owner is a hospitality brand, a developer or a private residential client, I bring the trained eye of a Creative Director and an Owner’s Representative’s instinct to protect the vision, the experience and the investment.

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If you are seeking an experienced Interior Architectural Designer, Creative Director, Executive Design Leader or a seasoned and committed Owner’s Representative, I would welcome the opportunity to hear your story and explore what we might create together.

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Every memorable project begins with the right conversation. 

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Let's start ours...

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