BALTIMORE – During ceremonies at the recent National Symposium the American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD) inducted 69 floral design artists from around the world as Accredited Members of the Institute. Induction ceremonies took place July 2 during the Institute’s 2015 Induction Ceremony “AIFD: The Gold Standard” held in conjunction with its 2015 National Symposium “Journey” in Denver, Colo.
As accredited members of AIFD, the 69 honorees will now be able to use “AIFD” and “CFD” addenda as part of their professional name. The inductees include: Douglas M. Bates AIFD, CFD of Sturgis, Mich., Richard Ace Berry AIFD, CFD of Katy, Texas, Juliana Blanks AIFD, CFD of Fall City, Wash., Tiffany J. Burdick AIFD, CFD of Sycamore, Ill., Eileen Cheng AIFD, CFD of Tamarac, Fla., Law Guek Chu AIFD, CFD of Singapore, Barry Cowart AIFD, CFD of Blythe, Ga., Kathy Cunningham AIFD, CFD of Portage, Ind., Carolyn Daley-Brady AIFD, CFD of Philadelphia, Pa., Laura Daluga AIFD, CFD of Ann Arbor, Mich., Darenda Darnell-Garbarz AIFD, CFD of Homestead, Fla., Tina Davis AIFD, CFD of Marseilles, Ill., Mary L. Doyle AIFD, CFD of Lincoln, Neb., Therese Dryer Torres AIFD, CFD of Anaheim, Calif., Sabine R. Green AIFD, CFD of Las Cruces, N.M., Kate (Kyung) Han AIFD, CFD of Reston, Va., Angela Phillips Head AIFD, CFD of Loganville, Ga., Jackie Smith Johns AIFD, CFD of Oneonta, Ala., Kim O’Brien Jones AIFD, CFD of Spring, Texas, Peggy Li Po Kee AIFD, CFD of Kowloon, Hong Kong, EunHee Kim AIFD, CFD of Seoul, South Korea, Ha Neul Kim AIFD, CFD of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Polly A. Klein AIFD, CFD of Third Lake, Ill., Aniko Kovacs AIFD, CFD of Vancouver, Canada, Kiyomi Kurihara AIFD, CFD of Dallas, Texas, Yun- Jung Kwon AIFD, CFD of Seoul, South Korea, Paul Thomas Latham AIFD, CFD of Louisville, Ky., Connie Ann LeBlanc AIFD, CFD of Houma, La., Chan Hee Lee AIFD, CFD of Seoul, South Korea, Youn Jung Lee AIFD, CFD of Seoul, South Korea, Minsook Lee AIFD, CFD of Seoul, South Korea, Laurel A. LeMaistre AIFD, CFD of Wolfeboro, N.H., Sarah LoBue AIFD, CFD of Carlinville, Ill., Marcela Maria Lopez Rizzo AIFD, CFD of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Rcena Maness AIFD, CFD of Springfield, Mo., Wenonah Marie Marlin AIFD, CFD of Marshfield, Mo., Kelsey Marshall AIFD, CFD of Grande Prairie, Canada, G. Alan Masters AIFD, CFD of LaPorte, Texas, Michael McCarthy AIFD, CFD of The Woodlands, Texas, Jenny Wong Mei Lee AIFD, CFD of Singapore, Jessica Morris AIFD, CFD of Birmingham, Ala., Casey Murdough AIFD, CFD of St. Charles, Ill., Carlos Alberto Padron Torres AIFD, CFD of Guadalajara, Mexico, EunJi Park AIFD, CFD of Gangwon-do, South Korea, Nicola Gail Parker AIFD, CFD of Spring, Texas, Toni Marie Piccolo AIFD, CFD of Burlington, Wis., Jennifer M. Plasky AIFD, CFD of Torrington, Conn., Paul Ponn AIFD, CFD of Florence, S.C., Christine Price AIFD, CFD of Glendale, Ariz., Nita Robertson AIFD, CFD of Santa Cruz, Calif. , Terri A. Robinson AIFD, CFD of Chandler, Ariz., Katherine Rodocker AIFD, CFD of Haskell, Ark., Ivana K. Royse AIFD, CFD of Cerritos, Calif., Claudia Saldana Leon AIFD, CFD of Guadalajara, Mexico, Eduardo Iniguez Santa Ana AIFD, CFD of Cuauthtemoc, Mexico, Marilyn J.M. Schuenemann AIFD, CFD of Leander, Texas, Katy Selmi-Downs AIFD, CFD of Rock Falls, Ill., Donna Senter AIFD, CFD of Houston, Texas, You Bi Seo AIFD, CFD of Seoul, South Korea, Rupali Shete Sadalage AIFD, CFD of Schaumburg, Ill., Carol Lee Sin Yin AIFD, CFD of Selangor, Malaysia, Deborah Anne Strand AIFD, CFD of Cary, Ill., Holly Strudthoff AIFD, CFD of Fremont, Neb., Sue Tabbal- Yamaguchi AIFD, CFD of Honolulu, Hawaii, Gary J. Tharnish AIFD, CFD of Lincoln, Neb., Sheryl Timmermann AIFD, CFD of Highland, Ill., Arthur Williams AIFD, CFD of Denver, Colo., and EunGyeongYoo AIFD, CFD of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
For more information on becoming “Accredited in Floral Design” visit the website aifd.org.
About the American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD)
The mission of the American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD) is to advance the art of professional floral design through education, service and leadership, and to recognize the achievement of excellence in this art form. Established in 1965 AIFD is, today, the floral industry's leading non-profit organization dedicated to establishing, maintaining and recognizing the highest standard of professional floral design. AIFD and its accredited members are in the forefront of the industry in presenting educational design programs and in designing flowers for events worldwide. Find more information at aifd.org.
Source: American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD)
