Workshops

About the Speakers:

Principal & Health Interiors Leader at CannonDesign, Margi Kaminski is passionate about making the connection between design and well-being, creating spaces that inspire and uplift the human spirit. She has led a wide range of notable projects for many of the healthcare industry’s leading systems and senior living providers. She is an award-winning designer with a holistic approach to design that ensures all aspects of a project embody the character of her client's brand and mission, while achieving robust human & environmental health. In addition to her leadership role at CannonDesign, Margi’s voice is also heard on the ASID National Board of Directors.

Julia Calabrese is an associate director of strategy and design at Interior Architects, an award-winning global interior design and architecture firm. In this role, Julia is responsible for crafting immersive brand experiences that keep users' physical and psychological needs at the forefront. She has a high level of strategy and experience design expertise and has worked with notable clients including Lincoln, Cadillac, and Walt Disney, among others. Most recently, Julia was the Global Design Manager of Workplace and Retail at the Ford Motor Company. In February of 2023, NASA invited her to consult on their organizational systems and complex problem-solving initiatives. Interior Design Magazine has recognized her design work as a 2022 “Best of Year” project, and she was named a 40-under-40 Innovator in the category of retail design by Retail Touchpoints. She was also selected as an ASID “Ones-to-Watch” Scholar in 2022.

Marianne Starke was born & raised in Mexico City and is now living in Chicago. Eldest of 3. Cross-cultural education and professional experience. She has lived in 3 countries and 5 cities, speaks 3 languages, and is always looking to challenge herself and push boundaries which allows her to open doors and tailor her own unique journey. Marianne is an Architect and Interior Designer – a hybrid background that helps her develop a different array of skills that push her to cross over on projects and design phases. Loves to travel and explore new cultures, photographer, music lover, golfer, – always pushing herself so she knows enough to create her own story. Passionate about creating new ways to challenge design. Thankful for all the places her life and work have taken her, the people she has gotten to meet, the ways in which she has pushed color, ideas, curiosity, and creativity to create new spaces.

Moderated by Khoi Vo.

Khoi Vo is the chief executive officer of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Since taking the helm at ASID, Vo has led the association to broaden inclusivity through expanded membership to the entire design community, and elevated visibility for the association as a thought leader through its prestigious research, which has been acclaimed in top national and international publications. Vo has over two decades of experience across interior design, architecture, and education. In 2002, he founded Studio Four Los Angeles. He later founded Khoi Vo Design and was the studio’s design director for 12 years. Vo began his career at California State University as an assistant professor for the interior design program. He later became a professor and chair at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)’s department of interior design before teaching at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Vo later returned to SCAD to head its former Hong Kong campus. Vo became CEO of ASID in 2022. He is also serving on the governance council of the International Well Building Institutes (IWBI). Vo’s awards include the 2015 Honorable Mention for the CIDA Award for Excellence in Teaching, the 2017-18 DesignIntelligence Top 25 Most Admired Educators, and a SCAD Presidential Fellowship. He has served on competition juries including VMark Interior Design Awards, Vietnam, Society of Interior Designers, Singapore 2020 Competition and 7th IIDA Annual Best of Asia Pacific Design Award. Vo earned a Bachelor of Arts with a design focus in architecture from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fl., and a Master of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. A first-generation American, Vo was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and immigrated to the U.S. with his family as a child. He currently lives in Savannah, Ga., with his wife, son, and two dogs.