Susan Dario, ASID – Principle

Susan earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Florida State University in 1981. She started her namesake business in 2005. Her firm has developed a reputation for mixing styles creating award winning hospitality properties. To her credit, the Mansion on Delaware Avenue, was published in Architectural Digest and has been featured on the Travel Channel.

Qualifications:

• Professional Member of ASID, (American Society of Interior Designers) 1990.
• Professional Member of NEWH ( National Executive Women in Hospitality) 1994
• Adjunct Professor, American InterContinental University, 2004.

Emilio Etchegoyen - Interior Architecture

Emilio earned a Master of Architecture, from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1986. He was selected for the prestigious Study Abroad Program - Ecole des Beaux Arts, UPA 7, Paris, France.

Qualifications:

• Hispanic Business Enterprise (HBE)
• City of Atlanta Equal Business Opportunity program #2005-382
• Registered Interior Designer, 2002
• State of Georgia, License #ID000446
• National Council for Interior Design Qualification, 1994
• Certificate # 011835

Kim Carter - Purchasing & Accounting

Kim earned a Bachelors and Masters of Business Administration degrees from Georgia State University. She has a broad base of business experience across a 25-year career spanning corporate finance, marketing, and sales positions for Fortune 100 companies including:

• Siemens Energy & Automation – Corporate Finance
• Thorn EMI – Sales & Consulting
• Bausch & Lomb – Corporate Finance, Marketing, and Sales
• KitchenAid – Sales
• Snapple Beverage Corp – Sales

In November of 2007, Kim was elected the Mayor of Covington, Georgia.