Experience & Education

• Bachelor of Interior Design (B.I.D.) 2006

  Toronto Metropolitan University (Formally Ryerson University)

• Recognized Educational Facility Planner (R.E.F.P.) 2014

  Post Graduate Advanced Certificate, Educational Leadership.

  San Diego State University

• NCIDQ Certificate No 27599 (2010)

  Council for Interior Design Qualification

• LEED AP (CI) 2007

  Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

  CAGBC Canada Green Building Council

• Campbell Collegiate High School 2000

  partial IB (International Baccalaureate)

• Wilfrid Walker Elementary 1996

• Functional Planner, Capital Planning Saskatchewan Health Authority.

  October 2021- Current

  I develop space needs analyses and business cases for capital infrastructure projects. We then prioritize and submit our recommendations to the Ministry of Health.

• Registered Interior Designer & Business Owner.

  Bespoke Interior Design

  July 2014- Current

  Full-time from 2014 to 2021. Select projects only since 2021.

• Interior Designer

  P3A, 2009-2014 (Senior)

  CKDA, 2009 (Intermediate)

  HFKS Architects, 2006-2009 (Junior/Intermediate)

• Management Consultant

  Democratic Party of America, 2008

City of Regina Advisory Committees

• Accessibility Advisory Committee 2022

• Environment Advisory Committee (2011- 2013)

Co-founder ART (At Risk Together) , Co-operative school for immunocompromised and higher health-risk families. (2020-21)

Associations

• Interior Designers Association of Saskatchewan (IDAS) former roles include VP Legal

• Founder of SFW x IDAS contest, 2016 & 2017

Past Involvement

• Saskatchewan Fashion Week, 2015, 2016, 2017. Decor & SFW x IDAS

• Association for Learning Environments (A4LE) , 40 under 40 in 2018

• Kinsmen/ Kinettes

Awards

• ThreeBestRated Interior Design, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,2022, 2023, 2024

• Premier’s Award 2019

  Award of Merit Interior Design (Bespoke)

• SFW x IDAS 2017

  Award of Excellence (Bespoke)

• Best of Canada- Institutional Interior Design 2014 (w/ P3A)

• Premier’s Awards 2014

  Excellence in Interior Design (w/P3A)

  Award of Merit in Architecture (w/P3A)

  Students Choice

• CEFPI Pacific Northwest 2013- Peoples Choice (w/P3A)

Frequent featured family, spokesperson and fundraiser for many organizations we love.

• Hopes Home (Swinging with the Stars 2021, 2022, 2024)

• First Steps Wellness Regina Children’s Therapy

• Ronald McDonald House Saskatchewan (Blake’s Flamingo Fundraiser)

• Variety Children’s Charities (Billboard campaign)

• Z99 Radiothon, Hospitals of Regina Association NICU

• ART (at risk together) School

• Saskatchewan Wheelchair sports

• QCM, etc

Advocacy

• Regina Accessibility Plan

• Accessible and Inclusive Playgrounds

• Wascana Pool Elevator

• Airplane travel for mobility devices

• Healthcare Services: Pediatric Gastroenterologist shortage

• Healthcare Services: Covid, loss of Child Therapy, and Triage Protocol

On Nov 28, 2018, my life changed forever. I was 21 weeks pregnant and received a Spina Bifida diagnosis for my baby. I had 5 minutes to decide if I wanted to

1. Terminate

2. Carry on to the unknown

3. Jump immediately on a plane to Toronto and hope to be a successful candidate for open fetal surgery.

I jumped on the plane, left my life as I knew it. On Dec 13 2018, Blake and I become the 15th duo in Canada to have open fetal surgery for repair.

I suddenly became a medical parent, an advocate, and a complexity.

Blake is a paraplegic and I now lived in a world that was closed to me. We couldn’t go to businesses, or events, all because of physical barriers. This extended past physical disability as I became immersed in the community, to see inclusion and participation for all people as a priority.

Since 2019, my family has faced multiple adversities including, 10+ surgeries, a pandemic, healthcare roadblocks and accessibility roadblocks. I don’t believe everything happens for a reason, but I do believe something good can sprout from hardship.

My professional background gives me a unique skillset that has aided me in finding solutions, most of those solutions are in the way we do things, Policy, Procedure and Procurement.

I am level headed in my approach and I come to the table prepared with ideas, comparables, opportunities, risks and real budget ideas.

I am not naïve to budget concerns, and have been working and creating multi-million dollar infrastructure budgets for over 15 years.

It is important we are not wasteful with money as it effects what we have available to create community well being, its important to be both socially and fiscally responisble.

The things that we create need to be to the best possible level of inclusivity and the things that aren’t need to be prioritized and find partnerships to be solved.

This is how I have been successful in creating change.