SAVE THE DATE to spotlight leadership in the Dallas design community!

The IIDA Leaders Breakfast is an annual international event series that celebrates design’s importance in the global marketplace by honoring the people who are both the legacy and future of design. This is made possible through the support of IIDA Headquarters, International Benefactor MillerKnoll, and Media Partner Interior Design.

Each event features a renowned keynote speaker who enlightens, provokes, and encourages new ideas, and a celebration recognizing one local individual who is making significant contributions to the design industry with the Leadership Award of Excellence Presentation.

Leadership Award of Excellence Honoree

Kris Walsh
Interior Design Director, Principal
Page

Kris Walsh is a celebrated interior designer whose work has gained widespread attention and publication. Kris launched her career at Gensler NYC, followed by a dynamic stint at Gensler L.A. She later relocated to Austin, Texas, where she joined Page Southerland Page as a Senior Designer. Now Interior Design Director at Page, Kris has refined her collaborative design approach, discovering the joy in working with diverse design teams and clients. This passion for collaboration has led her teams to win numerous awards and garner significant recognition. Her career is defined by a commitment to nurturing and working alongside exceptional designers. Among her most recently acclaimed projects are the public spaces of Indeed Tower in Austin, Texas, and the PGA of America Headquarters in Frisco, Texas. With an eye on the future, Kris remains excited about continuing to work with talented teams and exceptional clients, confident that the best is yet to come.

Keynote Speaker

Sarah Williams Goldhagen, PhD
Author, Architecture Critic

Sarah Williams Goldhagen, PhD. and former Harvard professor, is a leading voice in the emerging movement in neuroaesthetics and architectural design. Her Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives, which won a Nautilus Book Award in 2017 for its contribution to social and environmental justice, has made her a sought-after speaker; she lectures frequently and publishes widely about the effects of architecture, landscape, and urban design on human health, cognition, and wellbeing. The New Republic’s architecture critic for nearly a decade, Goldhagen’s criticism has appeared in the New York Times, Art in America and dozens of other publications. She sits on the boards of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture, the Centre for Conscious Design, and on the Intentional Spaces Advisory Committee of the Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab. She recently released her first film, What Design Can Do (co-written and produced with Sarah Robinson), which has won five film festival awards

Location:
Renaissance Hotel Dallas, 2222 N Stemmons Fwy

Rise and Shine | $6,500

• Preferred Table Location for 12 guests
• Opportunity to welcome guests with a mimosa toast at the start of the program
• Promotional Logo Recognition at Event
• Promotional Company Logo in in Event Digital Itinerary

Champion I SOLD OUT

• Preferred Table Location for 12 guests
• Promotional Logo Recognition at Event
• Promotional Company Listing in Event Digital Itinerary

Patron I SOLD OUT

• Preferred Table Location for 10 guests
• Promotional Logo Recognition at Event
• Promotional Company Listing in Event Digital Itinerary
• Recognition During Event

Supporter I $2,250

• Table for 10 guests
• Promotional Logo Recognition at Event
• Promotional Company Listing in Event Digital Itinerary

Half Table I $1,125

• Half Table for 5 guests
• Recognition at Event
• Promotional Company Listing in Event Digital Itinerary

Individual Tickets $275