Judges

Amy A Wittenbach

Amy is the Director of Design at Donna Figg Design. A registered Interior Designer with 18 years of experience, she has been involved in multiple project types working with a diverse group of clients. Her understanding of the powerful intersections of consumer experiences and interior design provides her with unique perspectives to the Donna Figg Design team. Her awards include:

2016 Boardroom Golden Fork (Colonial Country Club Dining Room & Bar, Ft. Worth, TX)
2018 IIDA Excellence Award (Shore Lodge Resort, McCall, ID)
2019 Boardroom Magazine Clubhouse Architect of the Year – Interior Design (Lakeside Country Club Dining Rooms & Bars, Houston, TX)
2019 Golf Inc. Clubhouse of the Year Remodel (Montecito Country Club, Santa Barbara, CA)

Gary Jay Paul

Gary opened his studio upon receiving his Master of Architecture from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and his Bachelor of Architecture from the Boston Architectural Center’s School of Architecture. His extensive body of work ranges from new residential construction and renovations, interior and landscape design, as well as commercial design projects. Based in New York City, Gary’s projects have included sites across the United States and in the Caribbean. Gary taught Architecture and Interior Design at Parsons School of Design, NYU, NYIT and at Altos de Chavon, in the Dominican Republic. Gary has been a guest critic at Harvard, Yale, University of Illinois in Chicago and City College of New York, Schools of Architecture. His awards include:

Illinois AIA award for the design of a Residence in Evanston, IL.
2^nd Prize for the design of a “Connecticut Country House”, Washington Ridge, CT.
Design for a Camera Obscura was unanimously selected for construction by the Village Selectmen of the Town of Greenport, New York
House Beautiful selected Gary Paul as one of the 10 best designers for his Park Ridge Showhouse room, in Wilmette, IL
Jenn-Air selected the kitchen in House Beautiful’s Makeover Showhouse, Glencoe, IL as the best showhouse kitchen.

Jenny Provost

Founder of K2 Design Group, Inc., Jenny has designed many residential structures, residential interiors, business interiors and hospitality projects such as club houses and restaurant for over thirty years. Her studies in architecture and interior design in the United States and Canada, combined with years of continuing education have led to a thorough and up-to-date knowledge of current construction and interior design products, practices and methods. The firm enjoys an international role, serving clients from England, Ireland, Russia, Panama, United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, Israel, St. Kitts, the Bahamas, and Canada. Current projects include:

High rise condo transformations throughout Florida
Waterfront home in the special Aqualane district in Naples, FL
Estate home in Jerusalem
Modern terraced home in Cape Town, South Africa.

Lance Stratton

Lance is an award-winning kitchen and bath specialist and full-service design professional known for the outstanding craftsmanship and customer service through his firm Studio Stratton. Projects from San Diego and Palm Desert to Mexico and London benefit from the attention to detail and quality workmanship he offers, with the key being the research he spends on each project (Lance is one of the region’s few design professionals who provides detailed hand drawings). The work he has done has appeared in publications nationwide. His awards include:

2021 Crysalis Awards:

National Award, kitchen over 150K
National Award, kitchen under 75k

2023 Crysalis Awards:

Regional Award, Kitchen 150k-250k
Regional Award, Bathroom 75k-100k

2023 NKBA National Award:

3rd place Specialty Kitchen (outdoor)

2023 Kitchen and Bath Design News:

Silver Award, Specialty Kitchen

Sharon L. Sherman, CKD, ASID, NCIDQ, CID

Sharon is a Founder and Principal of Thyme & Place Design and is an award winning designer who has been practicing luxury kitchen, bath, and interior design for the past two decades. Her focus is on creating interior environments for her clients that combine health, wellness, function, beauty, and comfort. A former past President of the New Jersey chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers, Sharon is also a member of Kitchen & Bath Business Magazine’s Editorial Advisory Board, a KBB Magazine’s Praiseworthy Pick in 2022 and Kitchen Bath Design News Innovator of the Year award recipient in 2022. Her Award-winning designs and editorial comments have been featured in Forbes, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Design Milk, Furniture Lighting & Décor, Designers Today, and more.

Shea Pumarejo

Shea is the seasoned interior designer and CEO of her boutique renovation and design firm, Younique Designs based in San Antonio, Texas. Her innate ability to reimagine properties into forever family homes is a mainstay of her design philosophy, contributed to renovating over 80 kitchens, managing over 300 job sites and bringing her keen construction expertise to each remodel project. She has won international acclaim for her work which was featured in Architectural Digest, The Wallstreet Journal, Forbes and Houston Lifestyles and Homes Magazine. As a Certified Master Kitchen and Bath designer with more than 15 national design awards including nine of the prestigious NKBA awards and two projects shortlisted in the International Design and Architecture Awards in London, England, Shea is one of the most recognized authorities in renovation design in San Antonio.