Board of Directors

Victoria Horobin, BAA, ARIDO, IDC, NCIDQ
Chair

Victoria Horobin, BAA, ARIDO, IDC, NCIDQ, Principal at KBH Interior Design Inc. Toronto, is a graduate of the School of Interior Design at Ryerson University in Toronto and has been in practice since 1987. She brings several years of experience in both private and public sector commercial interior design, with a focus on workplace and institutional projects. In addition to her interiors experience, she has worked extensively with architectural firms and brings a good understanding of complete project scope.  

Victoria has volunteered for interior design advocacy and regulatory groups throughout her career and has served both on the board and as president for ARIDO and CIDQ.   She was the 2018 recipient of the IIDA/IDC Design Leadership Award and has been honored with the Louis Tregre award by CIDQ.  She is also a Fellow of both ARIDO and IDC. 

Alana Pulay, PhD, Ncidq, WELL & LEED AP

Alana Pulay is an Assistant Professor in the School of Design + Construction at Washington State University.  Her research, teaching, and professional practice is centered around occupant behavior in public school facilities. She completed a PhD in Design and the Human Environment at Oregon State University where her focused research was on elementary school classroom lighting and the influence on student behavior. As an NCIDQ credentialed, WELL AP and LEED AP interior designer, her professional experience includes over sixteen years’ working with architecture and engineering firms across the nation with a specialization in the design of sustainable PreK-12 public school facilities.

Dr. Pulay has over eleven years of interior design teaching experience in various higher educational institutions across the United States. Her teaching philosophy incorporates the integration of her research with her professional experience to help students better understand the relationship between the built environment and human behavior.  She strives to prepare students for successful careers in the industry.

Dr. Pulay volunteers as an NCIDQ Exam writer and is an active member of the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC). She serves as a member on the K-12 Education committee as well as the Student Design Competition Coordination and Proceedings Coordinator for the Pacific West Region. She received the IDEC special projects grant two times for research on the behaviors of students and teachers in learning environments. In addition, she has presented at numerous national and international conferences, published several journal articles and a book chapter focusing on her research area.   

Amanda Gale, Ph.D., NCIDQ, WELL AP, LEED AP (BD+C)
Secretary-Treasurer

Amanda Gale, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Interior Architecture at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.  She is a WELL AP, LEED AP (BD+C), and NCIDQ certificate holder. Amanda teaches upper-level studios and coursework in lighting design, research methods, and sustainable design. She has mentored over 125 students to earn their LEED Green Associate credential. Amanda has received numerous teaching awards from the academy (James Y. Joyner Award for Teaching Excellence from UNCG, College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award from UNCG) and from the design profession (DesignIntelligence Most Admired Educator, Educator of the Year award from the Carolinas Chapter of IIDA).

Amanda’s research is focused on wellbeing in higher education and career preparedness. In addition to numerous publications and presentations, she has received grants and recognitions for her scholarship including the IDEC Special Projects Grant, the Edison Price Fellowship from the Nuckolls Fund, Bernard Glickman Dean's Professorship and Best Scholarship of Design Research Presentation from IDEC.

Amanda serves on the Board of Directors for the Journal of Interior Design and has volunteered in many capacities throughout the Scholarship collaborative of IDEC. She has also served within several other organizations including ASID, IIDA, USGBC, and CIDQ. 

Patty Dominguez

Patty Dominguez is the Vice President of Business Development for Cosentino Americas, responsible for generating business development in all commercial channels and playing a pivotal role in Cosentino’s growth strategy for the coming years. She also spearheads the brand’s entry into new revenue streams, including residential and commercial furnishings.

Throughout her nearly 17-year tenure with the manufacturer – most recently serving as the VP of A&D Sales – Dominguez has played a pivotal role in elevating the brand by strategically cultivating deep relationships and new business opportunities with architects and designers, as well as kitchen & bath dealers that have led to the company’s exponential growth in the United States. Currently, the market represents more than 60 percent of the company’s global sales.

Dominguez believes that at its core, successful business lies in building authentic relationships and connections, which she has implemented throughout her tenure at Cosentino from her role as Director of Public Relations and Kitchen & Bath Sales Manager to Director of Field Marketing, and beyond. An example of this is Dominguez’s brainchild, CNEXT Designers, which brings together top interior designers with best-in-class brands and media partners. The exclusive summit made waves in the industry after its inaugural edition in 2022 and is now underway for its third edition.

Dominguez also spearheaded the development and strategy of invaluable relationships with leading industry organizations, including the American Society of Interior Designers, where she currently served on the Board of Directors, as well as the National Kitchen & Bath Association and the American Institute of Architects, among others.

Dominguez's leadership at Cosentino and commitment to the industry have earned her numerous accolades, including the 2015 ASID Industry Partner Merit Award and the 2010 ASID Presidential Award. In 2022, she was chosen as an Outstanding Business Leader in Manufacturing/Distribution by the Houston Business Journal. Her passion for people and relationships is reflected in her commitment to service and philanthropy. Among these include serving as the President of the Latin Women’s Initiative for three years, serving on the Board of Trustees for the ASID Foundation, Prepared 4 Life, Lemonade Day, and the Neighborhood Centers, and participating in different organizations such as Easter Seals YAF program and Junior League of Houston.

Dominguez is a graduate of the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management. She has also studied languages abroad in Switzerland and France. Originally from Mexico City, Dominguez now calls Houston home where she has been for the last 35 years with her husband and son.

Christopher M. Good, CID, NCIDQ, ASID, IIDA, LEED AP

Christopher M. Good is Chief Creative Officer at One Workplace, the West Coast leader in workplace design solutions, and founder of +One, a consultancy focused on transforming workplace culture through the power of design. A passionate advocate for using design to improve human experiences, Chris’s work is dedicated to reshaping how we think about and interact with the spaces around us.

Chris is a frequent speaker and workshop leader at events across the country, inspiring audiences to explore the influence of design on organizational behavior. His recent TEDx talk, The Power of Propinquity, highlights the connection between design and building meaningful interpersonal relationships.

An award-winning interior designer and artist, Chris has collaborated with organizations such as IDEO, Michelle Obama’s Better Make Room Campaign, and the Unreasonable Group’s Project Literacy Lab, empowering communities and entrepreneurs globally.

In addition to his professional practice, Chris has contributed extensively to interior design education and accreditation. He served as a Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) Site Visitor from 2007 to 2018 and as a CIDA Accreditation Commissioner from 2019 to 2021. Chris’s dedication to design education includes a decade of service on the Radford University Department of Interior Design Advisory Board (2006–2017) and teaching as an Adjunct Faculty Member at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts, where he helped guide students toward professional excellence.

Jennifer Graham D.F.A. (Hon), FIIDA, LEED AP

Jennifer Graham is currently Principal, Workplace at Perkins&Will (New York) and has delivered multiple award-winning, high-profile projects for over 35 years. Her professional experience with corporate interiors projects is in a range of industries and for fortune 500 Companies, including financial, legal, media, tech, and not-for profit organizations. She oversees project teams from small scale to large complex assignments.

Jennifer has superior management and leadership skills that help clients during each phase of the project balancing the client’s business objectives and organizational goals with the project and design aspiration. She devotes energy to building high performance teams by focusing on professional development, coaching and mentoring as part of the design and delivery process while upholding a supportive and empathetic environment for her project teams. This collaborative approach leads to a built environment which support and enhance her client’s culture, brand and people.

As a bold champion for DEI, social purpose and sustainability, Jennifer brings these issues to the forefront in her client work and community service. She currently serves as IIDA NY’s Vice President of Action and IIDA NY Catalyst Co-chair. In 2024, she was recognized as a community champion honoree by Kingsbridge Heights Community Center and District 11 in the Bronx. She was accepted to the AIA NY Board of Directors as Public Director in 2024 and joins the CIDA Board in 2025.

Jennifer has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the New York School of Interior Design (NYSID), a Master of Business Administration from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from NYSID. Her character and record demonstrate her advocacy and commitment to both the design and broader NY community.

Margaret Portillo, PhD, FIDEC, ISCC

Margaret Portillo, PhD, FIDEC holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Interior Design in the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida and has a research and teaching focus on design thinking, creativity, and environmental color. She recently completed two terms as the Associate Dean for Research + Strategic Initiatives. In this role, she worked closely with programs across the college, including architecture, building construction, landscape architecture, urban & regional planning, sustainability & built environment, historic preservation, and, of course, interior design.

Meg also had the privilege of chairing the department of interior design, which offers undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. programs. She has found working with graduate students particularly rewarding and was honored to be one of a cadre of outstanding Ph.D. advisors by the Florida Education Foundation for mentorship of African American McKnight doctoral fellows.

As a researcher, she is fascinated by creative processes, applied color, and the interaction between people and environments. In 2024, she received an EDRA commendation for research excellence as part of an interdisciplinary team investigating the evolving campus research library, which has been broadly disseminated by the Association of Research Libraries. Another study, given an EDRA merit citation for translational significance and practice impact, sponsored by ASID, led to an innovative typology of mixed-use learning zones redefining the university campus. Through books, articles, essays, and presentations, her scholarship consistently bridges academia and practice and has been shared nationally and internationally.

As a leader in service to the field, Meg has been highly involved in the Council for Interior Design Accreditation and the Interior Design Educators Council. Most notably, she was at the forefront of a multi-year CIDA standards development project, and earlier headed up the organization’s research council. Other ongoing work supported the Journal of Interior Design, which is the academic journal of record for the field, published under the auspices of IDEC. During her tenure as JID Editor-in-Chief, she helped expand the journal’s readership, reach, and ranking. For contributions to JID both as editor and editorial review board director, she received IDEC Presidential Awards.  Another avenue of service Margaret Portillo has welcomed is engaging on design juries locally and in larger contexts such as jurying in two recent IDEC student video competitions and jurying for the IIDA MidAmerica and IIDA InWards competitions that celebrated design excellence across the Midwest and in select North Pacific states and Canadian provinces.

Susan Wiggins, CAE, Hon. IDC

Susan Wiggins is currently the Executive Director of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) in Toronto, Ontario. OPPI is an organization of over 4,000 planning professionals (RPPs) who work to improve the quality, livability, and sustainability of communities today and in the future.

Susan has over 25 years of experience leading non-profit organizations. Prior to her current role, Susan spent twenty years leading interior design organizations across North America. From 2015-2020 she was COO for the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), from 2010-2015 she was the CEO for Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) and she was the Executive Director of the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) from 2000-2010.

With significant experience and an extensive network in the built environment, both in Canada and the USA, Susan has become known for her passion, presence, and commitment to advancing future focused conversations in meaningful and impactful ways. Susan is a sought after thought leader in non-profit organizations, strategic planning, relationship building, professional regulation and public affairs.

Susan earned her CAE designation in 1995. In 2011, she was the recipient of the IIDA/IDC Design Leadership Award and the Ryerson University Leadership Award. She was awarded an Honorary membership in Interior Designers of Canada in 2014.