What did we eat and drink?

200 gallons of coffee consumed (around 25 gallons per city, with New York taking the lead at 50!)

800 mimosas sipped

600 mini Tabasco bottles used, spicing up each morning

What about the people?

13,286.42 miles flown by our Leaders Breakfast manager extraordinaire, Emilee Lyons

Over 2,600 attendees nationwide, including 100 first-timers!

Each honoree with an average 30+ years of design experience!

What did this accomplish — and where?

Over $25,000 in educational scholarship funds raised

2 new venues: the Westin San Francisco Union Square and the Swissotel Chicago

7 host cities: New York, Atlanta, Houston, San Francisco, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Chicago

8 Honorees:

• Dale Alan Greenwald | Vice President, Interior Design Leader, CannonDesign (New York)
• Karen S. Freeman | HOK Principal, Pediatrics Practice Leader (Atlanta)
• Lauri Lampson, IIDA | President and CEO, PDR (Houston)
• Brian Graham, IIDA | Founder and Creative Director, Graham Design (San Francisco)
• Kris Walsh, IIDA | Interior Design Director, Principal, Page (Dallas)
• Vickie Kropensk | Director, Hope Street Margolis Family Center (Los Angeles)
• Jennifer Cusack, IIDA | CEO and Co-Founder, Corporate Concepts (Chicago)
• Jamie Cavalier, IIDA | Associate and Project Manager, Huntsman Architectural Group (Chicago)

6 Keynote Speakers:

• Cassi Chandler | Motivational Leadership Expert; FBI’s First African American Female Special Agent Assistant Director (New York)
• Austin Johnston | CEO, AKJOHNSTON Group; President, Experiential Guild of America (Chicago)
• Vijay Gupta | Founder, Street Symphony; Co-Founder, Skid Row Arts Alliance; MacArthur Genius (San Francisco, Los Angeles)
• Sarah Williams Goldhagen, Ph.D. I Author: Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives; Architecture Critic (Dallas)
• Kelli Harding | Assistant Clinical Professor Psychiatry, Columbia University; Author: The Rabbit Effect: Live Longer, Happier, and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness (Houston)
• Katie Peditto Ph.D. | Co-Director, Human Experience Lab, Perkins&Will (Atlanta)

13 Hosts:

• Lance Amato, IIDA, Canoa Supply, and Anne Drysdale, Ind. IIDA, MillerKnoll (New York)
• Lindsay Shockey, IIDA, President, IIDA Georgia and Bryce Walker, Ind. IIDA, Panolam Surface Systems (Atlanta)
• Jessy Fuller Longbotham, IIDA, J. Tyler Services and Joseph Kirkland, MillerKnoll (Houston)
• Melissa Pesci, IIDA, President, IIDA Northern California (San Francisco)
• Michael Francis, IIDA, AIA, MillerKnoll and Rachel Speakman, Ind. IIDA, Geiger (Dallas)
• Sarah Devine, IIDA, President, IIDA Southern California and Robert Norwood FIIDA, President-Elect, IIDA Southern California (Los Angeles)
• Kimberly Martin, IIDA, President, IIDA Illinois and Christine Gould, Ind. IIDA, President-Elect, IIDA Illinois (Chicago)