Randi is an NCIDQ certified interior designer with more than 25 years of professional experience. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Interior Design from New York Institute of Technology and studied Lighting Design at Parsons School of Design. Prior to starting her own interior design practice in 2006, Randi was the director of interior design with Bogdanow Partners Architects from 1990 to 2005.
Robert is a visual artist. He received his BA in Philosophy from Rutgers University and an MFA in Painting and Sculpture from Southern Illinois University. He has taught at NYSID for more than 40 years; teaching Visual Concepts, Applied Ethics, and Conceptual Sketching.
Associate Dean Daniel Harper has primary oversight of the undergraduate programs. His responsibilities will extend into aspects of every degree program. Harper brings a wealth of experience as a designer, an academic administrator, a researcher, a professor, and an expert in evidence-based design. He has a Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education Administration from Ohio University, and a Master of Interior Design from Harrington College of Design. A design educator since 2006, he served as assistant dean for the College of Fine Arts at Ohio University, and most recently, was the professor who chaired the interior architecture programs there. He has published extensive research, including a co-authored book on makerspaces in academic libraries called Academic Library Makerspaces: A Practical Guide to Planning, Collaborating, and Supporting Campus Innovation. His current research is focused on interior designers as leaders. He has presented his research at conferences all over the world. He began his career as a design practitioner for 14 years in commercial and healthcare design. He’s also an award-winning textile artist who creates art quilts. “I believe in leadership as service,” says Harper. “I’m here to support our students and the faculty through the rollout of a new curriculum, initiatives to increase and strengthen diversity and inclusion, program accreditation/reaccreditation, new program development, expanding study abroad…just to name a few priorities.”
After obtaining a Masters of Interior Design degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany, Harry arrived in the United States in 1995. He gained extensive experience working for some of the city’s most respected firms and spent nine years in the offices of Albert Hadley, who dubbed his desk ‘the magic shop’ before opening his own eponymous firm.
Published in various magazines and books, Harry loves to contribute to charities and has participated in several show houses.
AC has over 30 years’ experience in lighting design and project management in both performing arts and architectural lighting design. Since the merger of ACH/LD with DGA in 1999, AC’s focus has been on large-scale, fast-track and/or complex efforts in transportation, security, exterior and theatre facility projects. She has served on the faculties of Teachers College-Columbia, University of Illinois at Urbana and the New York School of Interior Design, lectured at CCNY and is an authorized instructor of AGi32.
MS, Philadelphia University
BFA, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
