Gale Singer Is Appointed to NYSID’s Board of Trustees

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The New York School of Interior Design is pleased to announce the appointment of Gale Singer to its Board of Trustees. Singer is the founder of the direct division of Visual Comfort & Co., formerly known as Circa Lighting. 

Since 1998, when Singer opened her first 375 sq. ft. lighting showroom in Savannah, GA, her business acumen has afforded the company broad renown among the design community and extraordinary sustained growth. Each season, Visual Comfort & Co. product collaborations with design luminaries such as Chapman and Myers, Thomas O’Brien, Alexa Hampton, Suzanne Kasler, and Kelly Wearstler earn praise in the pages of Elle Decor, Architectural Digest, Luxe, Veranda and other publications. By the end of 2024, the direct division of Visual Comfort & Co. will have expanded its showroom and e-commerce business to more than 60 locations across the US, an international hub in London, and digital platforms that serve US, UK, and EU markets. Singer, along with her brother Andy Singer—founder of the company’s namesake manufacturing arm, Visual Comfort—was honored with the coveted Larry Kravet Design Industry Innovation Award from NYSID in 2020.

Singer’s connections and knowledge will be a resource to all of NYSID’s interior design degree programs, and especially to its Master of Professional Studies Program in Lighting Design. 

“I am thrilled to have Gale Singer join the NYSID Board of Trustees,” says NYSID President David Sprouls. “Having founded and run an incredibly successful lighting company, she brings years of experience and tremendous business acumen to our board table. And she has great insight into the design community. It’s one of the reasons why she was a recipient of the Larry Kravet Design Industry Innovation Award from NYSID in 2020!” 

The New York School of Interior Design proudly congratulates Singer on her appointment and looks forward to the innovation she will bring to the board.