In 1984, I enjoyed 60 hours of flight training in a Cessna 156. While I decided not to pursue a license, I took some valuable lessons with me to the position of CEO for a dynamic, growing design firm.
One of the challenges in Stibler Associates’ (SA) first five years, 1982-1987, was the lack of competition. There were some residential interior designers but no one appeared to practice in the commercial field with qualifications from our two national, interior design professional organizations.
That quote was from a letter to me in 1979 when I wrote to several architects in NH, asking for an interior designer position. Hmmm thought I, how can this be? After a few years as a commercial designer in the Washington DC area, I was accompanying my then husband to NH as he joined the UNH faculty. I could work in Boston but after experiencing the DC commute, that option was not high on my list.