Laura Hanshe

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

With more than 15 years’ experience, Laura has been a valuable member of the Meadows team since 2014. As a Senior Designer, she specializes in space planning, floorplan layouts, and product application drawings and renderings. She works closely with Meadows’ account teams, as well as directly with clients, to bring workplace visions to life, always considering each project’s unique requirements. Throughout each project, Laura continuously looks for cost savings and other efficiencies to give clients the best value for their investment. She has extensive experience with the core programs used by Meadows designers, including AutoCAD, CET Designer, and ProjectSpec. Laura holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in interior design and has been recognized as a CET Designer of the Month.

Fun Fact! Laura has always been a creative problem solver. Once, at age four, she wanted to save her chewing gum for the next day, so she stuck it in her belly button for safe keeping!

 

Leo Betancourt

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

With more than 25 years’ experience, Leo brings a high level of expertise to the Meadows team, specializing in space planning, floor plan layouts, and product application drawings and renderings. As a Senior Designer, he supports projects from the bid stage through post-occupancy, working closely with Meadows’ account teams to bring client workplace visions to life, always considering each project’s unique space requirements. Throughout a project, Leo continuously looks for cost savings and other efficiencies to give clients the best value for their investment. With expertise in executing large-scale projects for prestigious clients, his meticulous design skills and natural creativity make him a valuable team member and client resource. Leo has extensive experience with the core programs used by Meadows designers, including AutoCAD, CET Designer, and ProjectSpec. Leo holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Central University of Ecuador. He joined the Meadows team in 2000.

Fun Fact! With a passion for art, Leo creates drawings and paintings, including illustrations for children’s books.

 

Marissa Allen

Friday, May 27th, 2016

Marissa joined Meadows Office Interiors as COO in 2013 and has transformed the company’s brand within the marketplace to reflect innovation and inspiration. Her broad range of experience includes 20 years as a principal at multimedia marketing company IOHI, beginning in 1991. There, Marissa was responsible for the daily operations of both the New York and Oklahoma offices, ensuring that daily business procedures were efficient and effective with the proper management of resources, including distribution of equipment and installation on a global level. Marissa’s expertise fostered IOHI’s growth from a few hundred clients to well over 25,000, including Pep Boys, Laboratory Corporation of America, Papa John’s, and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. She also helped expand the company’s product offerings to include digital signage and branded overhead music channels. In 2011 IOHI merged to form Spectrio where Marissa was responsible for propagating the Spectrio brand image throughout all aspects of the company. Spectrio was sold to a private equity firm in 2013 and currently has audio and/or video marketing solutions in place in approximately 50,000 U.S. and international locations. It currently ranks among the top five providers in the on-hold messaging industry.

Since her arrival at Meadows, Marissa has orchestrated the design and construction of Meadows’ showroom in Manhattan’s iconic Lipstick Building, as well as the complete renovation of Meadows’ showhouse on Manhattan’s West Side. She is charged with the day-to-day leadership and management of all Meadows facilities, including overseeing the operational infrastructure of systems, processes, and personnel designed to accommodate the company’s rapid growth objectives. Marissa manages ongoing marketing efforts, ensuring Meadows’ brand voice is clear and consistent as the company continues to expand its capabilities and offerings. Meadows is a nationally certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE), currently ranked the 16th largest WBE in the New York area by Crain’s New York Business. In 2018, Meadows was named to Crain’s list of the Best Places to Work in NYC for the second year in a row.

 

Sheri David

Friday, May 27th, 2016

Sheri joined Meadows as CEO in 2013 and has since set the company’s growth path. Her extensive background includes 20 years as a principal at multimedia marketing company IOHI. Sheri was the driving force of IOHI sales efforts and spearheaded the growth of the company from a few hundred clients to well over 25,000, including Pep Boys, Laboratory Corporation of America, Papa John’s, and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. She was instrumental in expanding the company’s product offerings to include digital signage and branded overhead music channels. In 2011, IOHI merged to form Spectrio where Sheri was responsible for propagating the Spectrio service promise throughout the company. Spectrio was sold to a private equity firm in 2013 and currently has audio and/or video marketing solutions in place in approximately 50,000 U.S. and international locations. It currently ranks among the top five providers in the on-hold messaging industry.

During her tenure at Meadows, Sheri has driven successful efforts to enhance Meadows’ sales processes, bolster staff, and integrate the latest technology to support customer service and reporting requirements. From Sheri’s vision, Meadows Service Group was created to provide additional services to customers after furniture delivery and installation is complete. This dedicated team of customer success representatives and service technicians provide real-time support, including warranty repairs, on-call service visits, and on-going maintenance. In addition, Sheri recognized the importance of an additional customer touchpoint – furniture rental – and Meadows Rental Group was born. This division facilitates any client furniture rental requirements from Meadows’ Showhouse in Manhattan.