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HOTEL VAN ZANDT, AUSTINOCT 20-21, 2025

Kristen Conry

Kristen Conry

Kristen Conry serves as Marriott International’s Senior Vice President of Global Design for the United States and Canada. In this role, she leads a team of 100+ architects, designers and project managers who oversee all projects across the region for Marriott’s 30...
James Cull

James Cull

James Cull is the Design Director at Rottet Studio in New York. He leads a talented team of creatives, designing innovative luxury interiors for leading hospitality, residential, and retail clients around the world. He is passionate about establishing a compelling...
Pallavi Dean

Pallavi Dean

Pallavi is the founder and creative director at Roar, she’s won multiple awards for work across a range of sectors including commercial, hospitality and residential. Recent work includes The Accor House of Original in Dubai, Sensasia spa at Kempinski Dubai and...
Damon Lawrence

Damon Lawrence

Damon’s experience in hospitality stretches among some of the best brands in the world. A graduate of Howard University, Damon first began his hospitality journey in the nations capital as a front desk agent for the Thompson Hotel Group’s Donovan House Hotel in...
Susan Nugraha

Susan Nugraha

Susan Nugraha is Vice President of Design & Development at Tao Group Hospitality. Since joining in April 2017, she has overseen more than 19 venues opening in New York, LA, Chicago and Singapore. Prior to Tao Group, Susan was an associate at Rockwell Group in New...
Jacu Strauss

Jacu Strauss

Jacu Strauss is the Creative Director of Lore Group. Throughout the design process Jacu places emphasis on exploration and experimentation as a means to showcase the beauty and characteristics of each project and its context, uncovering the stories that bring to life...