Window Coverings News Advisory Board

Joyce Holt WNC Advisory BoardJoyce Holt
Window Works
Little Rock, Arkansas
Workroom Association of America (WAOA)

Joyce Holt is the owner of Window Works in Little Rock Arkansas.  Joyce has been    in the window coverings business for 30 years.  Taking her company from humble beginnings, to be a highly successful enterprise, Joyce is well known and respected in our industry.  Joyce was featured on the cover of Drapery and Window Coverings Magazine in June of 2007.  Joyce is a charter member of Workroom Association of America LLc, and represents the interests of workrooms across America on the WCN advisory board.

Lew Vassberg AAHIDLew Vassberg, AAHID
Valley Designs, Inc.
Harlingen, Texas

Peggy Lewene “Lew” Vassberg of Lyford is president of Valley Designs, Inc. She is the industry partner regent and serves on the board of regents of the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers. Vassberg is a former board member and former vice president of the Texas Association of Interior Designers. She is an allied member of the American Society of Interior Design (ASID), honorary life member of the American Heart Association and past board member of the Texas Retailers Association. Vassberg has served on the board of the American Heart Association of Harlingen, the Valley Zoological Society and the Boy Scouts of America in Harlingen. She received the Texas Chapter ASID Legacy of Design Award for Healthcare in 2004 for the Children’s Center at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen.  She currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners (TBAE).

Judith Clark,FIFDA, CIDJudith Clark, FIFDA, CID
Design Elements Home
Danville, California

As an Interior Designer for 28 years Judith Clark has been a Certified Interior Designer since 1993 and is the Owner/Designer of Design Elements.  She is a past president of the Northern California Chapter of IFDA (International Furnishings and Design Assn.) and served as International President of IFDA in 2007. On behalf of IFDA she attended Maison & Object in Paris which is the largest home furnishings show in the world.  Judith is a Nationally published Designer and is looking forward to “Creating Home Furnishings reflecting your personality”.

Marianne LoPrestiJoyce Holt
Curtain Calls Inc.
Colts Neck, NJ

Marianne LoPresti graduated from Hofstra University on Long Island, NY with a degree in literature and publishing.  However, her career in publishing took a back seat to marriage and children and a passion for decorating was born with the purchase of a new home and a sewing machine!  One thing led to another and she turned her passion into a business in 1997.  She went from a home-grown retail business to professional drapery workroom located in central New Jersey specializing in high-end fabrication partnering with interior design firms, designers,