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Ms. Boyd is a National Color & Design Manager for the commercial architectural & design industry. She is a subject matter expert on color theory, relationships of design & human behavior as it relates to color applied to the built environment; in addition to studying cultural trends as they inform the design industry. Ms. Boyd is a certified CEU & keynote presenter with hundreds of hours presenting to architectural & design industry professionals. In addition to working with PPG, she has been an adjunct professor at local colleges in their interior design programs for almost a decade now. She holds an Interior Design degree from the University of Missouri, a Masters of Architecture from the University of Kansas and an Art’s Certificate from the Kansas City Art Institute’s Graphic Program with a focus on environmental graphics.

Mr. Dupra has been in the wood flooring business his entire life. Growing up, his summer job was helping his father who was a flooring contractor. After college, he traveled the country as a sales engineer for Saint-Gobain, a company that made products for flooring contractors. His father started a wholesale distribution company and he decided to move home and join the family business. It was there that the idea for Revel Woods was born – the industry’s first virtual distribution business. Mr. Dupra has held several leadership positions within the National Wood Flooring Association, and has been featured in a number of publications and podcasts, including being recognized in Hardwood Floors Magazine’s first ever 40 under 40. He is a highly sought after speaker and presenter on the topic of flooring and the flooring industry.

Ms. Enaharo  is the Global Sustainability Director at Milliken & Company and is responsible for advancing their global sustainability strategy. She has a decade of experience shaping strategies, activating change to embed sustainability into operations across industrial, manufacturing, NGO, and government sectors. Ms. Enaharo  secures opportunities to mitigate risk, aligns cross-functional teams, and builds strategic relationships with senior leadership and partners to drive ESG performance. Recognized as a Greenbiz 30 under 30, she serves in leadership roles on the Ohio Advisory Board for Trust for Public Lands and ASID DEI Committee. Ms. Enaharo  previously served on USGBC LEED Steering Committee, IWBI Health Equity Advisory Board, and National Center of Healthy Housing board. Ms. Enaharo has spoken at over 25 roundtables and industry events on circular economy, material health, and indoor air quality including Greenbiz, WELL Summit, FUSE, USGBC Greenbuild and Refocus. She earned a Master of Science in Engineering & Technology Management from The George Washington University in Washington, DC and a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Syracuse University. Ms. Enaharo enjoys gardening and spending time outdoors with her family.

Ms. Friederichs started her career as a Designer in 2017 when she founded Third Chapter Designs. Her role as Owner and Lead Designer encompassed all aspects of design and business management. Ms. Friederichs quickly grew the business and enjoyed helping clients build, renovate, and decorate their homes. Her clients included both homeowners and contractors. By 2019, Third Chapter Designs was a consistent subcontractor for Ashley Construction. In the subcontractor role, Ms. Friederichs provided a subset of design services that provided a structured and documented approach to completing all new home selections. After completing over 40 new custom homes together, She and Adam identified an opportunity to combine their efforts, create a true design-build company, and subsequently elevate the customer experience. In 2022, Jessica joined Ashley Construction full-time. Since then, design services have expanded and fully integrated into the custom home-building process. Ms. Friederichs design work won first in the category for three parade homes and Volume One’s Best in the Chippewa Valley for interior design twice. Her design work was also featured by Atmosphere Commercial Interiors. Since being with Ashley Construction, she has shared the “Best of the Chippewa Valley” award for New Home Construction. In addition to her experience, She holds a certificate in Kitchen and Bath Design from Century College and is a nationally accredited kitchen and bath designer. Ms. Friederichs diverse educational background also includes a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UW-Eau Claire, and certificates in Management Information Systems and Advanced Business Communication. She is also a member of the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) and the Polka Dot Powerhouse.

Ms. Jones, was born and raised in Europe. Her intuitive sense of style started at a young age. European architecture and fashion are rooted in her design style. She studied studio arts in her home country of Montenegro where she learned principles of art and design. Ms. Jones, continued her design journey in Chicago, where she obtained a degree in Interior Design. Home has a special meaning to her. As she moved from Bosnia to Montenegro to the United States, home became more than the place where you live. She believes that home is a space where you feel safe, where all the visual appeal tells a story and where you love to be.

Ms. Ryan Pluer expertise is in business development, marketing, and advertising. Over her 20-year professional career, she has used her skills to promote and grow business across several industries including interior design, finance, electronics, and pharmaceuticals. She has bought and successfully sold several businesses including (4) uBreakiFix stores and Sign Gypsies MKE. Ms. Ryan Pluer has had the honor and privilege of serving on development committee for Nia Imani, the Board of Woman for MACC and as the Co-Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Council at Lueder Financial Group of Northwestern Mutual. She has a passion for service and a love for Milwaukee. Ms. Ryan Pluer was raised in a culture of caring for those in need, and volunteering as a way to make an impact on the community. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of WI-Madison.

Ms. Taylor is the magic behind Alisha Taylor Interiors, a luxury residential design studio in Arizona. She has been recognized for her award-winning designs locally and nationally. With a B.A. in Interior Design and extensive CAD training, Ms. Taylor enjoys combining the technical aspect of construction with the creative side of interior design to create stunning homes incorporating everything from tile designs to gorgeous furniture. She and her team work with each client through a personalized design process to create homes that are unique, timeless, and reflective of the people who live in them. After 25 years in the design industry, Ms. Taylor loves to teach and mentor younger designers to share her knowledge of the industry from technical aspects to creative processes and the psychology of working with luxury clients. She is excited to share her knowledge and love for tile and natural stone with the Halfmoon Education audience.

Mr. Bumbalov joined the California Housing and Community Development’s State Housing Law (SHL) Program in 2010 and was part of the team responsible for the development and adoption of the California building codes related to residential buildings and structures. He acted as a subject matter expert in projects associated with the California Building Standards Code development and other rulemaking activities, and was the SHL Program manager for two years.

Mr. Bumbalov has 16 years of experience in developing, interpreting, and enforcing building standards in California and in Europe. For more than nine years he has spent a substantial amount of time with the development and modification of the California Residential Code, California Building Code (CBC), CALGreen, California Electrical Code, California Plumbing Code (CPC), California Mechanical Code, and many emergency regulations. His specialty and favorite topic for discussion for many years is housing accessibility. Since 2010, Mr. Bumbalov has spent a substantial amount of time with the modifications of Chapter 11A; he was the “go to” person for all interpretations pertaining to issues with housing accessibility. His daily duties also included technical expertise and interpretations on issues related to housing construction. Prior to his state service, Mr. Bumbalov was a building inspector and plans examiner for a local jurisdiction. His private sector experience includes five years as a building inspector, plans examiner, internal control engineer, and a third-party consultant in a company based in Europe.

Mr. Bumbalov is a certified access specialist (CASp), and since leaving HCD in August 2019, he has run his own consulting business. He consults with design professionals and developers on accessibility issues for new developments and existing facilities. Mr. Bumbalov is also involved with code development and the development of CASp exams as a subject matter expert. He possesses seven International Code Council certificates including accessibility plans examiner. He has a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.

As a best-selling author, speaker, educator and accessibility strategist, Ms. Sawchuk is committed to forming positive, strong, and responsive relationships that help you create accessible spaces. After sustaining a spinal cord injury in 2015, she became aware of the everyday challenges of living in a world not built with accessibility in mind, and so began her journey as an accessibility strategist. Ms. Sawchuk earned the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification and launched Sawchuk Accessible Solutions, where she consults, completes accessibility ratings, and educates folks in the design and construction industry across Canada. In 2022, she was chosen by the Minister of Seniors and Accessibility to chair the review of the design of public spaces for the province of Ontario. Ms. Sawchuk was also a key member of the Canadian Standards Association’s Accessible Dwellings Technical Committee and is the vice chair of the Huron County Accessibility Advisory Committee. Whether it’s retrofitting an existing building or starting from scratch, she speaks to audiences of architects, facilities managers, engineers, and builders to achieve meaningful levels of accessibility for private homes, international airports, and everything in between.

has been the owner of ARS – Accessibility Resource Specialists, PLLC, since 1995. Mr. Cawyer has coordinated over ten thousand accessibility-related plan reviews through the oversight of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Architectural Barriers Division (TDLR-AB). As a registered accessibility specialist, he performs state-required accessibility plan reviews and on-site inspections. Licensed as an architect and interior designer in Texas, Mr. Cawyer also provides nationwide Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title III accessibility consulting, Fair Housing Act (FHA) consulting, lawsuit remediation, and expert witness services. He is a graduate of Abilene Christian University and Texas A&M University, holding a Master of Architecture degree in Building Design with a specialty in Healthcare Planning and Design. He is a graduate of the TDLR-AB Accessibility Academy and serves the citizens of Texas as a Registered Accessibility Specialist. Mr. Cawyer is also an active charter member and a past president of the nation-wide Accessibility Professionals Association (APA).

is a partner at Mahlum Architects Inc. and an industry leader in the planning and design of student housing facilities with over 27 years of professional practice. He has completed residential projects for over a dozen college and university campuses across the west coast. He is a frequent presenter about student housing, equity and inclusion, sustainability and campus planning for organizations such as SCUP, ACUHO-i, NWACUHO, NACAS, APPA and AASHE. He served as the 2011 President of the Portland Chapter of the AIA, and was the 2010 & 2011 Delegate to the AIA Oregon and AIA Northwest & Pacific Regional Board of Directors.

is an award winning author, an international lecturer, and a designer with over 30 years of experience. Her mission is to improve health, longevity and life quality through universal design. She is the principal/founder of EASY ACCESS TO HEALTH, LLC. The firm offers consulting services in patient centered design, planning for independent living, product analysis, and judiciary witness services. Prominent projects include The Betty Ford Center, the UCLA Medical Center, automotive interior design for Toyota, and a universal design exhibit for the Smithsonian (with Julia Child). In conjunction with Eva Maddox, she completed a showroom for the Kohler Company in which over a million consumers have learned about universal design, and a “living laboratory” in Fort Collins researching the environmental needs of older people. She offers keynote presentations and workshops internationally, including multiple lectures for many of the Fortune 500 companies. She has served as a lobbyist for people with mental disabilities, as a judiciary witness in code compliance and accessibility cost estimation, and as a research associate on the dean’s staff at Colorado State University. For the last 20 years she has taught courses in the architecture department at The Harvard University Graduate School of Design and has conducted healthcare design research in Scandinavia, Northern Europe and Japan. Numerous publications have resulted from her sponsored research including her books Design Details for Health, Beautiful Barrier Free: A Visual Guide to Accessibility, and Beautiful Universal Design, co-authored with James Evan Terry. Because of this work, she has twice been awarded the Polsky Prize for literature.

is an Architectural Design Research Associate at the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access with experience in design for accessibility, sustainable and universal design. She is engaged in diverse research projects intended to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse population. Her recent activities include designing home modifications, conducting accessibility and universal design assessments for industry partners, drafting literature reviews, and investigating the current state of climate resilience, home modifications and universal design in the U.S. She has co-authored several papers and publications including the design resources for the innovative solutions for Universal Design (isUD™).

is a certified interior designer and educator, national professional speaker, universal design specialist and president/owner of the firm Innovative Inclusive Design, LLC. As a residential and commercial interior design firm, Innovative Inclusive Design, LLC, designs interior environments that communicate their client’s personal style, are beautifully designed and universally accessible for all ages and stages of life. Innovative Inclusive Design’s most recent project was as the interior design firm for a development company building the first inclusive elevator townhome community with the standards of “Design for Life” in Montgomery County Maryland. Ms. Rozell is certified in Interior Design, Home Modification (ECHM) from UCLA, Aging in Place (CAPS) from the National Home Builders Association and holds a Special Education degree. She has received certificates from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in “Residential Design for Health and Longevity” and Harvard Graduate School of Education in “Learning Environments for Tomorrow” and Feng Shui. Ms. Rozell was a founding member and currently serves as an advisor to the Board of Directors for Little Falls Village and is an active volunteer with the DC chapter of Aging 2.0. and other National and local disability and aging organizations.

Specifier, TSP Smart Spaces
Captivated by the ever-evolving field of smart spaces, Mr. Rowe finds passion in exploring and analyzing the cutting-edge technology seen in smart homes, especially in the aural realm. He comes to TSP Smart Spaces with a diverse range of skills having worked as an audio engineer and technician for live concerts, social events, and corporate showcases.

Sr. Field Engineer, TSP Smart Spaces
Well-traveled with a wealth of experience, Mr. Gandini has worked everywhere from Manhattan skyrises to luxury yachts in Florida. Returning to his home state of Massachusetts, he brings with him a passion for smart technology that dates back to his first experience with his father’s Laser Disc player and never let up from there. Mr. Gandini specializes in AV solutions for home theaters and loves bringing cinematic experiences to life in residential homes. His interests are as diverse as his background from working on cars and playing ultimate frisbee, to his love of heavy metal music.

President, TSP Smart Spaces
The founder of TSP Smart Spaces, Mr. Oh strives to make the complex simple – whether it’s creating efficiency in your business or bringing smart home integration into your home. His expertise in understanding complex systems stems from both his MIT Aerospace Engineering degree and raising twin daughters. Mr. Oh believes our lives are infinitely improved through technology at work and home and finds passion in the topics of smart homes, cyber security, and drones!

Design Engineer, TSP Smart Spaces
With over 15 years of professional experience, Mr. Rowe comes to TSP with a passion for architecture and design-led thinking. “A house is a machine for living.” This quote from Le Corbusier embodies the spirit of his goal for every project, to make the objective of “living” easier. Outside of TSP, he is working on building a 1980 Yamaha motorcycle entirely from scratch.

Director of Smart Spaces, TSP Smart Spaces
Mr. Stallings describes his smart space design aesthetic as graceful and precise. Having studied interior design and architecture, he brings a comprehensive understanding of space and structure to his role as our director of Smart Spaces. At TSP, Mr. Stallings is using technology and home automation to make the most of light and space in residential and commercial properties to bring unique technology experiences to every project. He’d prefer to describe it as “The Jetsons, but for real and for now,” though.