IDS Names National Board of Directors

December 23, 2015  by in Designer Weekly   

Jan Cregier, owner, Interior Expressions by Jan, will be president; Kimberly Joi McDonald, owner and CEO, Designing Joi LLC will be vice president; and Jason Clifton, principal of Bauer/Clifton Interiors will be secretary/treasurer.

They will be joined by four new at-large board members: Laurie Clark , senior designer account executive, Sherwin-Williams; Katya Waff Grisaffi, designer with C & R Design Build; Mikala Moller, brand and marketing strategist, Rowley Co.; and  Tina Polley, vice president of trade sales and business development, Lumens.com.

The term for the 2016 IDS National Board of Directors begins on Jan. 1. The current board will continue to serve through Dec. 31.

The 13-member volunteer board includes four officers (president, vice president, secretary/treasurer and immediate past president), along with eight at-large directors and one member at-large. For the 2016 board, the current president, Bruce Knott, will shift to immediate past president. In addition, the 2016 board will include five at-large board members who will serve the second year of their three-year board terms: Nancy Ganzekaufer, industry partner; Barbara Gilbert, IDS Associate; Alan Gravley, industry partner; Patricia Lockwood, IDS professional; and Kathy Schlabach, IDS professional - CQRID.

"Our board is comprised of 13 individuals who each bring something truly unique to the table,” said Snoa Garrigan, IDS executive director. "In addition to having designer members, we also have industry partners and representatives from our national sponsors serving on our board. It's important to us that we hear all of the voices within our industry in order to better serve them as an association."