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Janneke Leenaars

Interface

Interface, Inc. is a global commercial flooring company with an integrated collection of carpet tiles and resilient flooring, including luxury vinyl tile (LVT) and nora® rubber flooring. Our modular system helps customers create beautiful interior…

Mandy Leeming

A skilled designer with over 25 years’ industry experience, Mandy heads up a team of five designers that develop new products for Interface EMEA. Mandy has been part of the Interface design team since the late 1980s, when the first UK design…

Becky Gordon

Becky is the Sustainability Manager UK & Ireland for Interface. As a key advocate for Interface’s Climate Take Back mission, and member of the Interface global sustainability team, Becky focuses on the commercialisation of sustainability in the…

Steve Colling

Steve is Head of Insights in EMEA at Interface. As a psychology graduate, Steve has spent his career researching human behaviour. For over 10 years he studied commercial office markets around the world, bringing together the analytics of…

Jon Khoo

Jon Khoo is a Regional Sustainability Manager at Interface with a focus on sustainability, inclusive business and intrapreneurship. Jon specialises in the commercialisation of Interface’s sustainability initiatives and response to the current…

Paula Meason

Paula is currently the Marketing Strategy Lead for Healthcare and Education for Interface Americas. In her 20+ year career, Paula has proved a resourceful and versatile marketing professional with a demonstrated track record of achievement in…

Mindy O'Gara

With a passion for design and learning, Mindy O’Gara blends both of these talents into her daily role as Director of Product and Learning Experience at Interface. After achieving a Bachelor of Interior Design and working as a commercial interior…

Dan Hendrix

Daniel is the President and CEO of Interface, Inc. and Chairman of the Board. He joined the Company in 1983 after having worked previously for a national accounting firm. He was promoted to Treasurer of the Company in 1984, Chief Financial Officer…

Jan Peter van Deutekom

Jan Peter van Deutekom is a Product Development and Portfolio expert. Jan Peter has held many roles across the local and regional teams including Business Development, Sales Management and Customer Services Management. Currently Jan Peter leads the…

Kate Shepherd

As an independent brand consultant with over 20 years’ experience in design trend forecasting, Kate regularly collaborates with the Interface marketing, design and product development teams to spark ideas and inspire creative thinking. Fuelled…

Lisa Conway

Lisa Conway serves as VP of Sustainability, Americas for Interface – the global flooring manufacturer that is leading industry to love the world. She and her team are responsible for regional activation of the company’s mission: Climate Take…

Jamie Shackleton

Jamie joined Interface in July 2017 after graduating from Leeds Arts University with a degree in Printed Textiles and Surface Pattern Design. Her role as Product Designer sees her conducting trend research to identify key colours, patterns and…

Paul Hawken

Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, author and activist who has dedicated his life to environmental sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. He is one of the environmental movement’s leading…

Donna Dent

Donna joined Interface in September 2016 having previously worked in Office Design and Space Planning, with a degree in Textile Design from Huddersfield University. Donna finds inspiration from many areas including design, painting, textiles and…

Sonya Lehner

Sonya is the Digital Marketing Manager for Interface Americas. Though she’s still relatively new to the flooring industry, she’s spent her career building brands for digital businesses. She has a passion for creating good content, and combines…

Gretchen Wagner

Gretchen has been part of the Interface family for five years as a member of the Creative Team. She is a Designer based in Atlanta that works closely with Interface’s social media team, product styling and trend forecasting. Prior to working at…

Lauren White

Lauren is the Sr. Digital Marketing Manager at Interface. She has spent most of her career working with companies in the commercial interiors industry. Lauren was named a Rising Star at the 2017 Social Shake-Up, presented by PR News and Social Media…

Martin Brown

Martin is an innovative sustainability ‘provocateur’, advocate and business improvement consultant with his Fairsnape practice, based in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire UK. He is the co-founder of Living Future Institute Europe and also…

Agustina Mémoli

Agustina Memoli, is the Innovation Manager, leading Interface’s take back service, ReEntry, in Europe. The company is the world’s largest manufacturer of modular carpet and has recently expanded into modular resilient flooring with a new luxury…

Oliver Heath

As a leading figure in biophilic design, Oliver is working with global modular flooring manufacturer Interface to raise the awareness of the benefits of design inspired by nature. A prominent thinker in the architecture industry and owner of Heath…

Merlyn Mathew

Merlyn is an architect and urban policy practitioner, pursuing a master’s degree in Sustainability Management at Columbia University, New York. Her team, Soil Sink, was the winner of Drawdown: Innovate, a student-led competition organised by Net…

Luca Achilli

Luca Achilli is a Material Scientist holding a PhD on bio derived plastics used for biomedical applications. Luca has been working for Interface for 10 years. The roles covered during his Interface career span from Innovation to Product Development…

Savannah Weeks

Savannah Weeks serves as Global PR Manager, and as such considers herself Interface’s jack of all trades and master of none. Her favourite part of working for Interface is the opportunity to learn and write about science and sustainability,…

Jay Gould

Jay Gould is President and CEO of Interface, Inc. He was promoted to the CEO position in March 2017, becoming only the third CEO in the company’s 43-year history. Jay has set Interface’s path forward with a new strategic vision to lead the…

Louise Walker

Louise has been part of the Interface family for more than 20 years. She has a wealth of experience and her roles have included Customer Service, Public Sector/A&D Account Manager and UK Northern Regional Director. She is currently Public Sales…

Helmich Jousma

Helmich is Teamleader of the EMEA Concept Design team. After receiving a Bachelor degree in Interior design from the DesignAcademy in Eindhoven, Helmich set up a studio in collaboration with Bas Kortmann in Rotterdam. For four years they worked on…

Victoria Lockhart

Victoria Lockhart is Director of Business Development: Europe at International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), helping to catalyse industry activity and support projects looking to promote health and well-being across Europe. This involves building…

Christine Needles

Julian Treasure

Julian is a sound and communication expert. He travels the world training people to listen better and create healthier sound. He is author of the books How to be Heard and Sound Business.

Lorraine Francis

Lorraine Francis, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, is a Regional Director of Hospitality Interiors at Gensler. An award-winning author and Hospitality leader, Lorraine works with major brands and boutique clients to deliver a large breadth of architectural and…

Nirmal Kishnani

Dr Nirmal Kishnani is an Associate Professor at the School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore. He is the force behind several platforms on sustainable design in Asia. FuturArc magazine, where he is editor-in-chief, is a…

David Gerson

David Gerson is the Vice President of Marketing for Inscape, an innovative, commercial interiors manufacturing company. In that capacity, he and his team are responsible for curating the physical and digital brand experience across numerous mediums…

Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor, Project Director at Peldon Rose. Workplace interior specialists, Peldon Rose, are based in London. Their aim is to transform office design for the benefit of people and business. To find out more about Peldon Rose and their work,…

Jean Nayar

A devotee of high-quality interior design and architecture, Jean Nayar writes about the work of the world’s top architects and designers. Dedicated to celebrating the transformative influence of good and sustainable design, she also offers…

Darran Anderson

Darran Anderson is the author of ‘Imaginary Cities’ (Influx Press) and the forthcoming book on space and memory, ‘Tidewrack’ (Vintage/FSG). He writes primarily on the intersection of architecture with technology, politics, games and culture.…

Giles Hutchins

Giles Hutchins is a visionary speaker, writer and adviser who goes one step beyond conventional sustainable business. Formerly a management consultant with KPMG, more recently Global Director of Sustainability for Atos, co-founder of Biomimicry for…

Catie Ryan

Catie is a Sr. Project Manager at Terrapin Bright Green, where she has co-authored “The Economics of Biophilia” (2012), “14 Patterns of Biophilic Design” (2014), and a peer reviewed article in the ArchNet International Journal of…

Richard Hassel

Richard Hassell is the co-Founding Director of WOHA, an internationally-acclaimed architectural practice based in Singapore. He graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1989, and was awarded a Master of Architecture degree from RMIT…

Joe Clancy

Joe Clancy is a Project Landscape Architect for Bradley Murphy Design Ltd and emerging expert on biophilic design. He is the co-author of Terrapin Bright Green’s 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design: Improving Health and Well-Being in the Built…

Dr. Stephen Kellert

Dr. Stephen R. Kellert (1943-2016) was a Professor Emeritus at Yale University. His work focused on understanding the connection between nature and humanity with a particular interest in the human need for nature, and sustainable design and…

Bill Witherspoon

Bill Witherspoon is the founder of The Sky Factory, a fine art and digital technology company that creates biophilic illusions of nature. Bill’s training as an artist and his experience as a serial entrepreneur built the Sky Factory into an…

Dr. Eva Selhub

Dr. Eva Selhub is an internationally recognized expert, physician, author, speaker and consultant in the fields of stress, resilience, mind-body medicine and working with the natural environment to achieve maximum health and wellbeing. Dr. Eva, as…

Helena van Vliet

Helena van Vliet AIA is a Biophilic Architect, Researcher & Speaker on Health and the Built Environment. She is Principal in charge at Helena van Vliet LLC. www.helenavanvliet.com Born and raised in Germany Helena holds an undergraduate degree in…

Sir Cary Cooper

Cary is recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on well‐being and stress at work and is the media’s first choice for comment on workplace issues. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, The Royal Society of Arts, The…