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NEW YORK • NOVEMBER 6th, 2026

Brad Elias

Brad Elias has designed numerous award-winning hotel interiors for Sheraton, Westin, Hilton, Sofitel, and Novotel, as well as for prominent individual hotels, such as the Waldorf Astoria, the St. Regis, and the King Edward in Toronto. Elias, principal and all project...
Richard Melman

Richard Melman

Melman is founder and chairman of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, a Chicago-based corporation that owns over 80 restaurants nationwide. The restaurant business has been Melman’s life work, beginning with his early days in a family owned restaurant, and later...
Mary-Jean Eastman

Mary-Jean Eastman

Eastman, FAIA, MRAIC, IIDA, is a principal, director, and founding partner of Perkins Eastman. Her career has focused on using the potential of built environments to positively impact the quality of life of their users. Her design innovation has repeatedly redefined...
Gerry Jue

Gerry Jue

A founding principal of San Francisco-based interiors firm BAMO, Jue leads the design of 5-star hospitality and exceptional residential properties worldwide. Recognized for his urbane, quietly sophisticated style, Jue’s projects include Capella Bangkok; Four Seasons...
Kimberley Miller

Kimberley Miller

Co-founder of global Design Duncan Miller Ullmann (Dallas, Hong Kong, Shanghai), Miller has been commissioned to design for everything from an exclusive New York City penthouse, the intimate Beverly Hills Mosaic boutique hotel, Sandpearl Resort, and Hotel ZaZa (Dallas...
Sue Firestone

Sue Firestone

For over 30 years, Firestone has cultivated her personal passion for design, operating an international interior design firm and assembling a portfolio that includes the world’s premier 5-star hotel brands, boutique hotel proprietors, and luxury estate-homeowners. As...