Coleen Guste Waguespack, BID ’97, of Holden & Dupuy Interiors, recently launched a line of couture holiday décor at figanddove.com with Mollie Hill, BID ’89. Peter Walls, MFA ’97, is the lead designer at DPF Design. Peter has spent the past 14 years working in the decorative arts industry. He is a hands-on artist bringing rich experience and appreciation to the field of interior design.
As vice president of marketing communications and media at Nissan, Jeremy Tucker, BFA ’99, is responsible for marketing communications for the Nissan brand in the U.S. Jeremy joined Nissan from Disney Consumer Products where he led a franchise-focused strategic marketing organization across product business units and collaborated across the Walt Disney Company to ensure consistency with content creators.
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Emil Martone, BArch ’00, works in the administration of the New York City Mayor’s Office, where he is responsible for managing more than $5 billion in construction projects that advance the city’s economic development agenda. Emil was recently promoted to executive vice president of the Capital Program Division, which under his leadership has built the Highline Park and managed the demolition of the old Yankee Stadium. He lives in New York City with his wife, Sara, and their two boys, Nathan, 6, and Joshua, 2.
Nikki Villagomez, BFA ’00, is a nationally recognized speaker on typography. After graduating from LSU, she worked in New York City for three years. She was a freelance
designer in South Carolina where she founded and served as president for AIGA SC. She has been an educator teaching graphic design and typography, and is currently the creative studio manager at Dixon Hughes Goodman in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her book, Culture+Typography: How Culture Affects Typography, was published in 2015.
Rebecca Barber Bradley, BLA ’01, principal and cofounder of Cadence, has served as the creative director, project manager, and landscape architect of record for the development of the Mockingbird Trail, Ft. Lauderdale’s first urban art trail; phase one of the trail launched in October 2015. Ryan Harrison, BLA ’03, was promoted to studio lead at the Office of James Burnett, Houston. Ryan joined OJB as an associate in 2008. His current projects include the Union in downtown Dallas and the North Houston bike park.
Michelle Rosenbohm Holmes, BID ’03, associate and senior designer at LEO A DALY in Dallas, is celebrating her tenth anniversary as a hospitality interior designer. Jennifer Graves Romero, BID ’03, is a senior interior designer at Coleman Partners Architects in Baton Rouge.
Natalie F. Smith, BFA ’05, is a book designer at Duke University Press. Previously, she was an in-house book designer at the University of Chicago Press. Natalie grew up in Louisiana and began her career in book design during an internship at LSU Press. Her cover designs have been recognized by AIGA, Print, the Society of Typographic Arts, Communication Arts, and the American Association of University Presses.
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