The winners of the 34th annual Best of NeoCon Awards were unveiled at a design luminary-studded ceremony Monday morning of NeoCon at THE MART. Widely regarded as the leading awards program for the commercial interior design industry, Best of NeoCon honors trailblazing solutions that exhibit unparalleled innovation and exceptional design.
Awards and Honors
This year, a total of 126 awards were bestowed upon products in 50 categories for Gold, Silver, Sustainability, Innovation, Business Impact, and the coveted Best of Competition. The winners were selected by a distinguished group of 53 architects, designers, specifiers, enterprise clients, facility managers, and top business media who judged the products on-site at THE MART.
2024 Best of NeoCon Jury
| Aga Artka | Owner | Design Director | Aga Artka Interior Design | Milwaukee, WI |
| Madhubala Ayyamperumal | Board Director | AIA Silicon Valley | San Francisco, CA |
| Keo Ballerstein | Director | Design Leader | NELSON Worldwide | St. Petersburg, FL |
| Sherry Banaei | Partner + Creative Director | Studio Alliance | Washington, DC |
| Sonja Bochart | Director | Shepley Bulfinch | Phoenix, AZ |
| Deborah Carruth | Project Manager FF&E | UT Health Science Center San Antonio | San Antonio, TX |
| Amy Chavez | Interior Designer/Technical Project Manager | Los Alamos National Labs | Los Alamos, NM |
| Jason Diaz | Design Director | Vickers Design Group | Sandy Springs, GA |
| Julie Ekstrom | Sr. Interior Designer | AbbVie | Chicago, IL |
| Leigh Fayich | Senior Associate, Senior Design Manager | Stantec Architecture | Washington, DC |
| Bill Fedun | Director, Facilities | TruStage | Madison, WI |
| Lauren Foerster | Senior Interior Designer | Consultant | Chicago, IL |
| Alana Gavrilis | Sr. Project Manager, Facilities | NeighborWorks America | Washington, DC |
| Jennifer Gilbert | Principal | Marmon Mok | San Antonio, TX |
| Angel Gonzales | Resource Director | Gensler | Dallas, TX |
| Greg Guerra | Creative Director | TPG Architecture | New York, NY |
| Nicole Habbe | Manager, Facilities Planning | Nestle Purina PetCare | St. Louis, MO |
| Leah Hofferkamp | Sr. Associate | Sr. Project Designer | HOK | St. Louis, MO |
| Joel Kalmin | Partner/Design Guru | The Creative Design Partners | Houston, TX |
| Michelle Kollmann | Associate Principal | Ayers Saint Gross | Tempe, AZ |
| Michelle Kool | Senior Interior Designer | Northwestern Mutual | Milwaukee, WI |
| Jeehee Lee | Senior Space Planner | UL Solutions | Chicago, IL |
| Suzanne Lefebvre | Interior Design Practice Leader | CannonDesign | Buffalo, NY |
| Eleana Lynch | Associate Principal, Interior Designer | SLAM | Glastonbury, CT |
| Tina Macica | AVP Design and Construction | Montefiore Medical Center | Bronx, NY |
| Jessica Maples | Design Director | Gensler | Washington, DC |
| Deborah McClard | Technical Project Manager | Los Alamos National Labs | Los Alamos, NM |
| Samantha McCormack | Managing Executive | TPG Architecture | New York, NY |
| Mackenzie McCulloch | Senior Interior Designer | Lamar Johnson Collaborative | Saint Louis, MO |
| Caroline McNulty | Director, Interior Architecture and Design | Ware Malcomb | Chicago, IL |
| John Muckler | Director Facilities and Operations | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Dianne Murata | Founding Principal | Kimiko Designs | Houston, TX |
| Janeallison Ng | Interior Designer | Solomon Cordwell Buenz | Chicago, IL |
| Alaina Penn | Interior Designer | Praxis3 | Atlanta, GA |
| Fabian Perez | Associate Designer | NetJets | Columbus, OH |
| Emily Perrotta | Senior Project Interior Designer, Associate | Ballinger | Philadelphia, PA |
| Stephanie Peters | Director, Guest & Team Member Services | Walgreens | Deerfield, IL |
| Linnea Rehnke | Manager Capital Projects | Advocate Aurora Health | Chicago, IL |
| Stephanie Restrepo | Design and Construction Project Manager | Block Inc | Oakland, CA |
| Chen Hui Spicer | Regional Design Director | NELSON | Atlanta, GA |
| Wendy Takahashi | Director, Project Management | Sony Pictures | Culver City, CA |
| Athi Toufexis | Principal | StudioGC | Chicago, IL |
| Don Turley | Interiors Architect | National Science Foundation | Alexandria, VA |
| Taren Vella | Senior Interior Designer | Ware Malcomb | New York, NY |
| Sandra Wasik | Senior Designer | MCF Architecture | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Greg Weber | Partner and Studio Director | Studio Alliance | Washington, DC |
| Lelitha Williams | Sr. Space Planner | Aflac | Columbus, GA |