ARIDO Emerging Professionals Committee 2023/24
The Emerging Professionals Committee is composed of Interns and Student members who are focused on enhancing our offerings and developing programs and initiatives which lay the groundwork for thriving careers for Interior Designers!
They work to enhance our career support programs and drive our work to address equity for underrepresented students.
The 2023/24 Emerging Professionals Committee also contains the Career Xpress Committee and is:



Emerging Professionals Committee
Lana Pihut, Intern, ARIDO (Co-chair)
Colleen Howlett, Intern, ARIDO (Co-chair)
Carley Berko, ARIDO
Emaa Abbood, Intern, ARIDO
Katie Tofigh, Intern, ARIDO
Linda Bischoff, Intern, ARIDO
Career Xpress Committee
Jude Kamal, ARIDO (Co-chair)
Jeremy Cheff, ARIDO (Co-chair)
Brooke Hebner, Student , ARIDO
Helga Bastiaan, Intern, ARIDO
Nicolas Burbano Diaz, Student, ARIDO
Karissa Lundie, Intern, ARIDO
Krupa Harsora, Student, ARIDO
Parastoo Hafez, Student, ARIDO
Rozlyn Mead, Student, ARIDO
Sandra Noble, Staff
Maya Vnukovsky, Staff
We’re thrilled to present the ARIDO committees for 2023/24. These individuals have stepped forward to advance ARIDO’s current Strategic Plan and build equity, diversity, and inclusion into all that we do.
We’d like to thank everyone who raised their hand to participate and we can’t wait to see how you advance ARIDO’s work this year!