Design Experience
Ms. Shanahan is an accomplished interior designer with more than twenty years of professional design experience. As Director of Design at HVS Design, she oversees and manages the design team as well as creates exceptional designs for the firms’ hospitality projects. In addition to hospitality, Ms. Shanahan has extensive experience with commercial, industrial, health care, assisted living, and residential projects.
Before joining the HVS Design team, Ms. Shanahan was a Project Director for an international hospitality interior design firm. Here she managed architectural and interior design projects from concept, programming, and space planning through construction documents, bidding, and construction administration. She also founded her own successful full-service interior design firm, Studio East Design, which she built on her solid reputation and repeat clients.
Ms. Shanahan received her Masters of Interior Design from Suffolk University and her Bachelor of Science degrees from Bentley College and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is NCIDQ, a member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), and Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH).
Affiliations
• International Interior Design Association (IIDA), Member
• American Society of Interior Designers, (ASID) Member
• Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH), Member
Education
• Masters of Interior Design, New England School of Art & Design, Suffolk University, Boston, MA
• B.S. International Trade & Marketing, Bentley College, Waltham, MA
• B.S. International Trade and Marketing, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
• NCIDQ Certificate #020904
Speaking Engagements
“Creating an Instagram Moment” BDWest, March 2016
“The Healthy, Well-thy Hotel” BDNY, November 2014
“Talk Tech to Me: Harness The Power Of Software, Cyberspace And Visual Imagery” BDWest, March 2014
Press Coverage
JN+A Founder to Retire, 2019
My Articles
- June 13, 2017 By Warren G Feldman , Scott P. Rosenberg , Christine Shanahan