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Janie Hirsch, ASID, of J. Hirsch Interior Design, LLC, a Louisiana native and the daughter of an architect and watercolor artist, landed on her feet in Atlanta following a stint in New York City working for a lighting designer.

Janie has recently started her year as the 2015-16 President of the Georgia Chapter of ASID. She previously served as the director-at-large for programs, where she elevated the level of the events and increased attendance to the largest in the chapter’s history.

Janie’s Portfolio

While at LSU, Jennifer Harris Mitchell, BID 2006, interned at WHR Architects in Houston, Texas. After graduating, she returned to WHR Architects to practice healthcare interior deign. While there, she obtained LEED certification and sat for her NCIDQ exam. After a year and a half at WHR, missing Louisiana, she decided to move back home to New Orleans. She was originally hired by Sizeler Thompson Brown Architects in 2007. While there, she obtained her Louisiana interior design license, evidence-based design accreditation and certification, and healthcare interior designer certification. After six years with Sizeler Thompson Brown Architects, she left to work at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System as a facility interior designer. After three years at the VA, she was invited back to Sizeler Thompson Brown Architects as their director of interior design. In her new position, she enjoys expressing her creativity on their wide array of projects as well as growing the interior design department through marketing and business development. Jennifer was promoted to associate in August 2017.

Jennifer’s Portfolio

Mary Mowad Guiteau’s work in commercial interior design includes the furnishings, finishes, accessories, and space plans that add the final touches to a project. She prides herself on creating spaces and environments in which her clients—and, in turn, the people they serve—enjoy spending their time.

Mary devotes much of her free time to volunteer activities in wide-ranging areas, from raising funds for the Red Cross to helping children through the Junior League to channeling her passion for the performing arts into community dance programs. She was named Woman of the Year in 2004 by the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs and has been active in this nonprofit group’s executive leadership for many years.

Mary earned a degree in interior design from LSU in 1997 and has been a state-registered interior designer since 2001. She joined Holly & Smith Architects in 2007.

Mary’s Portfolio

Colleen Guste Waguespack, BID 1997, is an interior designer at Holden & Dupuy in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 2015, she and another LSU School of Interior Design graduate, Mollie Hill, launched a line of couture holiday decor at figanddove.com.

Ellen McDowell, BID 1991, is a contributing author to the best selling book Journey to the Stage, Volume 2, which came out in paperback November 2015. She is an email marketing and social media specialist and regularly speaks on those subjects.

Kriste C. Rigby, principal of GraceHebert Architects, received a Bachelor of Interior Design from LSU in 1987. Kriste is the vital link between the architectural and the interior, implementing the programming that documents the client’s goals/expectations and setting the project’s parameters. She is adept at coordinating the different aspects to create a cohesive effort and timely completion of her projects, which include churches, corporate offices, education, and athletics. Her expertise also includes art, furniture, custom-designed furnishings, and custom-designed lighting.

Kriste’s Portfolio