SAVE THE DATE to spotlight leadership in the Los Angeles design community!

The IIDA SoCal 2024 Leaders Breakfast looks to connect the diverse group of professionals in our industry, celebrate design excellence through our 2024 honoree, and offer a motivational and thought-provoking keynote speaker. Leaders Breakfast is our opportunity to put our chapter’s core values, Connect, Community, Advocate, Cultivate and Aspire on center stage!

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. Please join us!

Leadership Award of Excellence Honoree

Vickie Kropenske
Director, Hope Street Margolis Family Center

Vickie Kropenske has served as the Director of Hope Street Margolis Family Center at Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center (CHMC) since its inception in 1992. Hope Street serves as an essential community resource and access point for early childhood, literacy, mental health, and social services for vulnerable children and families living in downtown and south Los Angeles. Hope Street has been internationally recognized for its innovative work in providing a comprehensive continuum of birth-to-college supports that advances health equity by improving long-term family outcomes. Kropenske received her BA in Sociology from Hunter College, her BS in Nursing from Cornell University, and her MSN in Community Health Nursing from California State University, Los Angeles. She serves as a faculty member with the UCLA Center for Healthier Children and Families.

Keynote Speaker

Vijay Gupta
Founder of Street Symphony
Co-Founder of the Skid Row Arts Alliance, MacArthur Genius

Vijay Gupta is the founder and Artistic Director of Street Symphony, a nationally recognized pioneer in creating musical experiences for people in reentry from homelessness, addiction and incarceration. Since 2011 Street Symphony’s communities of artists have presented thousands of musical workshops, performances and lessons in Los Angeles shelters, clinics, county jails, state hospitals and prisons – delivering the music of classical, choral, Jazz, Reggae, Mariachi and West African drumming traditions to communities beyond the concert hall. Gupta believes that the transformation brought on by music is a “two-way symphony”: a pathway to mutual healing. Gupta is a celebrated violinist, curator and music director, performing for over 20 years. A dynamic recording artist, Gupta’s critically acclaimed discography includes an array of chamber music and solo works. He was named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2024, and he is the author of a forthcoming memoir on the intersection of loss, hope, and music.

Location:
Sheraton Grand at THE BLOC, 711 S Hope Street

Tickets:

LOCAL BENEFACTOR | $6,000 (1 available)
• One table of 12 at Event

• VIP Table Placement at Event

• Company Logo on Event Materials, SoCal Chapter Website and on-screen presentation at Event.

• Blog post on IIDA SoCal Newsletter distributed to 4,000 local design professionals. (Sponsor to provide copy)

LOCAL SPONSOR | $4,500 (6 available)
• Table of 10 at Event

• Preferred Table Placement at Event

• Company Logo on Event Materials, SoCal Chapter Website and on-screen presentation at Event.

PATRON SPONSOR | $3,500
• Table of 10 at Event

• Company Logo on Event Materials, SoCal Chapter Website and on-screen presentation at Event.

HALF TABLE | $1,500
• Half Table of 5 at Event

• Strategic Seating Assignments with Other Half Table Groups

• Company Logo on screen presentation at Event.

Individual IIDA Member Tickets $250

Individual Non-Member Tickets $275