Christine M. Piotrowski, FASID, IIDA, of Phoenix, Arizona, has more than 30 years of commercial and residential design experience and is a retired Professor of interior design with 16 years of teaching experience at Northern Arizona University. Piotrowski was President of the Arizona North Chapter of ASID in 2002-2003 and served on ASID national committees as well as NCIDQ committees. She has won the ASID/Polsky Prize twice and is the author of Professional Practice for Interior Designers, 6th edition.