LORNA GROSS, MBA, ASID, NCIDQ

President & Principal Designer, Lorna Gross believes great design is highly individualized, unique and yet is also comfortable and livable. Considered the consummate client advocate, Lorna has a talent for unearthing statement pieces that embody the essence of her clients. “I love the challenge of sourcing rare and unique items that give a space individuality. If the project feels cookie-cutter, I haven’t done my job well.”

Her clients say they are most impressed with how well she listens to them and that the process and end result surpassed their expectations.

Hailing from Louisiana and New York and currently living in the DC Metro area, Lorna is as comfortable with the formal bone china dinner as she is with the raucous crawfish boil or crab feast. From sugarcane fields to corporate America, Lorna infuses a lifetime of dynamic influences and world travel into her design and her firm’s values and business practices. Her father was a contractor and her mother was a teacher and seamstress who emphasized hard work and education. Fittingly, Lorna holds a Bachelor’s degree and MBA from University of Maryland’s Smith School and a B.A. in Interior Design from Marymount University. She is a board member of the International Women’s Forum and the Design Trust.

She received the prestigious Designer of Distinction Award from the American Society of Interior Designers and has been recognized as one of the top designers in the region by Home and Design, Amara Home, Expertise and LUX Life Magazine, among others. Lorna resides in the Washington DC region with her husband and 2 children.

WHO WE SUPPORT

A Wider Circle – www.awidercircle.org
A Wider Circle’s mission is to end poverty through the provision of housing, household furnishings, career counseling and multiple other support vehicles.

Feeding America – www.feedingamerica.org
For more than 40 years, Feeding America has responded to the needs of individuals struggling with food insecurity in the US in their mission to end the fight against hunger.