Environments for Aging announced the 2023 winners of its annual Design Champions awards program.
Design Champions is designed to celebrate the individual contributions of professionals working within the senior living design sector who are advocating for important change in the lives of residents, staff, and the greater community.
Winners are specifically recognized for contributions within the past two years.
The 2023 EFA Design Champions are:
- Amy Carpenter, principal, SFCS (Philadelphia)
- Siobhan Farvardin, global practice director senior living, principal, HKS Inc. (Dallas)
- Kaitlin Veenstra, associate director of architecture—sustainability, Ryan A+E Inc. (Naperville, Ill.)
- Nicole Bergquist and Tina Ruiz-Ellen, senior design directors, Sunrise Senior Living (McLean, Va. and Washington, D.C./Baltimore)
Profiles of the winners will be published in Environments for Aging’s Winter 2023 issue. The group also will be recognized during the magazine’s annual awards luncheon at the 2024 Environments for Aging Conference + Expo, taking place April 13-16, 2024, at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta.
