3.24.08 | Holland Landing, MI | Barbara Cooper was named Regional Manager for the greater Los Angeles market for Inscape Corporation. The 25-year industry veteran rejoins Inscape after working with Allsteel for the last four years. 

3.22.08 | New York, NY |  Metropolis Magazine will present a series of conversations with editor-in-chief, Susan S. Szenasy, Tuesday, March 25, 9:30 am, Parsons The New School for Design, 6 East 16th Street, Room 1009, NYC, on the importance of design history in our fast-forward world.  The program will include the traveling debut of Site Specific: The Legacy of Regional Modernism, a short film about the climate and place-sensitive architectural experiements of the Sarasota School.

3.22.08 | Los Angeles, CA | Brandi Mayo was named Business Development Manager for the Los Angeles office of IA Interior Architects. Ms. Mayo previously worked at Humanscale as an A&D Representative. In her new role, Ms. Mayo will work with the principals to develop sales and marketing practices. www.interiorarchitects.com

3.21.08 | Holland, MI | Erin Bennett and Ralph Pearsall were added to the staff of Great Lakes Contract Group, a Trendway sales representative firm, to cover Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. Erin Bennett will cover the Indianapolis/Louisville markets and will work out of an office in Indianapolis, IN.  Ralph Pearsall has been in the office furniture business for more than twenty-six years. He will be selling Trendway in the entire state of Ohio for GLCG, and will work from a office in Toledo.

3.22.08 | Omaha,NE | Jerry Smith, ASLA, LEED AP, was named Sustainable Sites Manager by HDR Architecture for its Cincinnati, OH, office. Previously he worked for HOK Planning Group in Chicago. Mr. Smith presented nationally at the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, the Healthcare Design.06 Conference, and he will be co-leading a workshop at the 2008 AIA National Convention on “Designing the Regenerative Hospital.” 

3.22.08 | Poulsbo, WA | Cia Mooney joined Watson Furniture Group as Vice President of Product Development.  Previously, Ms. Mooney was Vice President of Product Development and Launch at Brayton International. Ms. Mooney has had her furniture and lighting designs exhibited at the Salone del Mibili, Euroluce, and the Milan Triennale.

3.20.08 | Atlanta, GA | Robert E. Meaders will retire in early summer from the hospitality architecture and design firm, CMMI. Mr. Meaders will continue to serve as an advisor to the firm which he helped form in 1987, along with James F. Culpepper and James R. McAuliffe. His portfolio includes the interior design for the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, DC and the public area renovation of Resaissance Orlando at Sea World.

3.20.08 | Garden City, NY | Michael T. Hadank was named National Sales Manager for W.A.C. Lighting to oversee its sales agencies and in-house representatives. Previously, Mr Hadank  was employed by Leviton Manufacturing Company. www.waclighting.com

3.20.08 | Las Vegas, NV | Ed Feiner joined Las Vegas Sands Corp. as senior vice president and chief architect where he will oversee the planning, designing and development of projects worldwide.
Previously, Mr Feiner worked at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in the Washington DC. office.