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NEW YORK • NOVEMBER 7th, 2025

Laurie Miller

Laurie Miller

Laurie Miller is principal of Anderson/Miller along with Pamela Anderson. The firm was founded in 1982, with 20 employees.
Peter Morton

Peter Morton

Peter Morton founded the Hard Rock International restaurants in London in 1971 with his partner Isaac Tigrett. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain.
Susan Nagle

Susan Nagle

Susan B. Nagle received her BFA from NYSID in 1997. She is a partner in the architecture and design firm of Bentel & Bentel. She and her partners at Bentel & Bentel were inducted into the Hospitality Design Platinum Circle in 2007.

Leonard Parker

Leonard Parker worked for the Maxwell Company for 11 years furnishing hotels throughout the US and Caribbean. In 1969, he founded the Leonard Parker Company and created the agent only system of purchasing used today by nearly every purchasing company in the U.S. In...
Andi Pepper

Andi Pepper

Andi Pepper received her bachelor’s of fine arts in sculpture and painting from Moore College of the Arts in Philadelphia, and a master’s degree in interior design from Drexel University. Pepper designed the Claridge Hotel while also contributing to...

Walter Rutes

Rutes is Chairman of 9 Tek Ltd. Development Consultants and was vice president and director of architecture of such hotel companies as InterContinental Hotels Group, Sheraton, Ramada, and Holiday Corporation.