We are happy to announce that two of our ASID Texas Chapter members have been named as ASID’s 2024 Ones to Watch.
Veronica Sanders, ASID Allied
CEO/Principal Interior Designer | Design with Veronica Sanders (Forney)
Veronica Sanders has been named as a 2024 ASID Ones to Watch Scholar. Veronica is a hard worker and a true success story. She overcame many life challenges, including being a teen mom working dead-end jobs, to become a successful business owner. Her background began in luxury residential, hospitality, and set design creating spaces with Mikel Welch of Design Star and the Steve Harvey show. She was a project manager on new build and renovated homes to restaurant refreshes, commercial shoots and home makeovers for television. She’s had the honor of designing lavish VIP green rooms for prominent personalities, including Steve Harvey and Erykah Badu along with winning the Halle Berry logo design competition. Her clients and colleagues love her because she is creative, personable, and always lending a helping hand. Blazing trails with her volunteerism, dedication and willingness to go above and beyond have made her one of the most sought-after interior designers in the area. Veronica is currently serving as the 2023-2024 ASID Texas Chapter President.
Michelle Martin, ASID, RID, NCIDQ, WELL AP
Interior Designer | HKS Inc. (Dallas)
Michelle Martin has been named as a 2024 ASID Ones to Watch Winner. With a dynamic career at HKS Architects, Michelle has leveraged her fresh perspective to spearhead significant changes in workplace environments. Her future-thinking approach and dedication to sustainable and healthy workspaces have been instrumental in redefining commercial interiors. Her work includes participation in the HKS Research Incubator’s “The Future of Work” parts one and two, designing processes to foster innovative approaches to workplace design. Additionally, she has spoken at the ASAE national conference about implementing future work strategies in client projects.
The ASID Texas Chapter is fortunate to have several members who have been bestowed the ASID Ones to Watch honor since its inception in 2017. In alphabetical order, they are as follows:
- Sara Ables, ASID [2022 Scholar]
- Gracie Andraos, ASID [2017 Scholar]
- Raul Baeza, ASID [2021 Scholar]
- Laura Burton, Allied ASID [2019 Winner]
- Maria Martin, ASID [2019 Scholar]
- Greer May, Allied ASID [2020 Scholar]
- Adam Nash, ASID [2019 Winner]
- Heather Sutherland, Allied ASID [2020 Scholar]
About the ASID Ones to Watch Program
ASID recognizes the need to grow diversity and inclusion in the interior design profession. Through ASID Ones to Watch, the Society supports rising leaders to ensure that diversity is reflected at all levels of the industry.
The Ones to Watch program identifies and recognizes rising leaders in the interior design industry who demonstrate exceptional leadership potential and a willingness to push the boundaries of the profession. Emphasis is placed on participants whose backgrounds are currently under-represented in management roles in the interior design industry, including women, members of racial and ethnic minority groups, LGBTQ, and persons with disabilities.
Each year the Ones to Watch honors up to 20 applicants as Award Winners representing the industry, including design practitioners, educators, volunteers and manufacturers. From the 20 award winners, the Society selects up to eight ASID Ones to Watch Scholars to participate in an exciting leadership development training program. The two-year program teaches Scholars to lead with authenticity through experiential learning, coaching, and mentoring. In the first year, Scholars learn to leverage and embrace their unique perspectives and backgrounds to excel in their careers. During the second year, Scholars are elevated and positioned as a thought leader in the industry.
Visit asid.org/resources/awards/ones-to-watch to learn more.