INTERIOR TABLE DESIGN DISCUSSANTS TEXTRON AVIATION A Manager, Aircraft Interiors/Exteriors After graduating from Kansas State University in 1973, Jo went to work for a Wichita, Kansas, furniture store as a buyer and floor designer. In 1981 she was hired by Beech Aircraft Corporation, and her passion for aviation interior design was born. Since 1981 she has directed the interior and exterior design for all Beechcraft products and special edition aircraft produced in Wichita. Over the last 37 years, she has observed a number of trends in aircraft design. The most prominent is the liberal use of a variety of materials, leathers, silks, plating, custom JO KIMBELL carpets, rich wood finishes and recent “green initiatives.” The only limitations are those imposed by federal aviation regulations. KALI BUCHANAN INTERIOR DESIGN A Owner Kali founded Kali Buchanan Interior Design in 2016, after working with many talented firms and serving industry organizations over the last decade. This experience allowed her to learn from a wide variety of designers, architects, engineers, and contractors, as well as clients. Kali Buchanan is a registered Interior Designer with a passion for human interaction in the built environment. She’s designed client-specific solutions with a modern and holistic approach. This allows for a diverse range of project types such as residential, retail, hospitality, workplace, KALI BUCHANAN wellness, higher education, and government spaces. For Kali, design is a way of life, permeating and influencing all facets of her perspective. SPACES INCORPORATED A Client Solutions Lead, Manufactured Construction Division With experience designing multi-million dollar senior living, entertainment, and hospitality properties, Rachel has enjoyed using a wide breadth of her design education. She also has spent over 4 years in business development, advocating for design that enhances the human experience and creates excitement for the client. Currently, she drives the interior construction team at Spaces, a leading Knoll and DIRTT dealership in Kansas City, encouraging corporate, education and healthcare clients to build more sustainably. RACHEL HEWITT HOLLIS + MILLER ARCHITECTS B Design Partner Scott has worked with numerous clients across a variety of industries including: mixed-use, hospitality, retail, office during a ten-year period in New York City, and education, collegiate, municipal and faith-based in his current position with Hollis + Miller. He currently teaches at the University of Central Missouri and has served as a minor thesis advisor for Kansas State University. Scott has served as a guest lecturer and adjunct design professor at The University of Kansas and other area schools in his dedication to mentor others and elevate design thinking. He SCOTT BARTON graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Architecture from Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS. INTERIOR TABLE DESIGN DISCUSSANTS DAVIS PARTNERSHIP ARCHITECTS B Interior Designer Gwen is a creative, detail-oriented, licensed interior designer that believes each design tells a unique story and should be a direct reflection of the client, their goals and aspirations. After graduating from Kansas State University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design she worked for a firm doing construction documents, but it was her passion for healthcare design that brought her to Huelat Davis. She has always loved the idea of being able to help people and feels that this can be achieved by designing spaces that have a direct impact on patient recovery, efficiency for clinicians and a positive experience for the patient’s family. Prior to getting an interior design degree Gwen received a degree in Advertising from the University of Idaho in 1994. She has spent over 27 years moving around the world due to military relocations. It is all these moves and traveling that contributes to Gwen’s GWEN BONNICHSEN passion for designing spaces that are not only functional but also inspiring. BG CONSULTANTS B Project Manager A May 2010 graduate, he began his career working in Emporia for Evergreen Design-Build. He then moved in 2017 to Timber & Stone Architecture+Design in Manhattan, KS. In 2019 Ian moved to BG Consultants in Manhattan, KS as a Project Manager. BG is a unique medium-sized firm that provides architecture; civil engineering; structural engineering; mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering; planning; and surveying. As a Project Manager he guides projects through all phases of design. Ian has experience with residential, commercial, and historic preservation projects both large and small. He also has his Construction Specification Institute - Construction Document Technologist Certification. He loves figuring out how buildings are built and designing all those crazy construction details. IAN HARTSOOK HOEFER WYSOCKI C Interior Designer/Initial Outfitter Megan Patchen is a 2012 Kansas State University graduate and is currently an Interior Designer/Initial Outfitter at Hoefer Wysocki in Leawood, KS. Her focus is healthcare design. She has been involved in interior finish, construction and detailing as well as FFE coordination and procurement for a variety of healthcare clinic projects. She is drawn to healthcare design for the unique challenge each project presents. MEGAN PATCHEN TREANORHL C Principal Interior Designer Audrie is an experienced interior designer that guides the interiors studio with an integrated approach to human-centered design. With 35+ years of experience, she has served as the studio design leader for a diverse range of civic, commercial, mixed-use, healthcare, higher education, preservation and justice projects. Her successful approach to interior design is focused on carefully listening to clients’ goals and objectives, and she believes that each project is unique and requires the applications of well thought-out interior design practices and solutions. AUDRIE WENGER INTERIOR TABLE DESIGN DISCUSSANTS STINSON C Textile Consultant Kate Frevert is a Textile Consultant at Stinson working with architects, designers, furniture dealers, manufacturers, upholsterers, refurbishers, and end user customers in Kansas, Missouri and Southern Illinois. Stinson is a company of designers, thinkers and makers, dedicated to creating high performance textile solutions. Kate began her career as an Interior Designer at RMTA in Kansas City in 2004 and later accepted a position as the Director of Interiors at ACI Boland in 2014. She made the switch to becoming a Sales Rep in the fall of 2014 and spent a few years as the Knoll Office Account Executive working directly with the dealer and end user customers in the Kansas City area before joining Interface in 2016 as an A+D Sales Rep for Western Missouri and Kansas. Kate has a passion for design and loves to work with so many great people, helping them to find textile solutions every day! KATIE FREVERT HOLLIS + MILLER ARCHITECTS D Interior Designer After working in the intricacies of the furniture world at encompas, Hillary made the jump to education design, joining Hollis + Miller Architects in 2018. Since then, she has helped establish FF&E standards for the firm while working on K-12 public education projects, merging her passions for life-long learning, mission-fit furniture and supportive design. Hillary has held an NCIDQ certificate since 2017 and is currently serving on the College of Human Ecology Alumni Advisory Board and the Executive Board of the IIDA Mid-America Chapter as President-Elect. HILLARY L’ECUYER BELL/KNOTT & ASSOCIATES D Director of Interiors Debra Ryan has 33 years of general interior design experience in the Kansas City area, and has been the Director of Interiors at Bell/Knott & Associates for the past 28 years. Debra has acted as a project manager on a variety of projects with responsibilities including development and coordination of programming, space planning, finish/furnishing selections and specification, furniture design and construction documents, move management and construction administration on interior projects. As Director of Interiors, Debra oversees all aspects of the interior design services for the firm in addition to management of the interior design staff. She is also responsible for coordination of Interiors Services with Architectural drawings and specifications. DEBRA RYAN SSM D Marketing Director With 20+ years of experience in Architecture & Design, coupled with over a dozen years of experience in architectural metal, Roger is able to understand the design intent - offer solutions that respond to design, schedule & budget - and then, as Marketing Director for SSM, he is able to effectively communicate that information to the fabrication & field operations such that the Designer’s vision can be successfully executed. ROGER REED INTERIOR TABLE DESIGN DISCUSSANTS TEXTRON AVIATION E Interior Designer Shelby graduated from the KSU Interior Design program in 2015. Since that time, she has been designing private aircraft at Textron Aviation. The company is located in Wichita, Kansas, her hometown. At the beginning of Shelby’s career, she worked on the Beechcraft product line alongside another KSU alumni. Today, she is working on the Cessna products. In both roles, Shelby has been exposed to new product development, production aircraft, and aftermarket refurbishments. SHELBY PAGE JOHN A MARSHALL CO E Interior Designer Em graduated from K-State in 2013 and joined the design team at the John A Marshall Co in Lenexa, KS. There, she worked on a variety of corporate projects