HORTON LEES BROGDEN LIGHTING DESIGN ANNOUNCES NEW ASSOCIATES

HLB is pleased to announce the appointment of 2 new Associates.

Carrie Knowlton, IESNA is an Associate who rejoined the New York office of Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design in 2001. She holds a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Miami University and a Master of Science in Lighting from the Lighting Research Center at RPI . Carrie is a senior designer working on several prominent projects firm wide. She also is the Business Development Manager for eLumit Inc., an internet company created by HLB Lighting Design in 2002. eLumit.com is a comprehensive online search engine designed by lighting designers for lighting specifiers. She is an active member of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) serving as the Awards Co-chairperson this year. Over the course of her career she has received a Lumen Citation and an IIDA Regional award.

Frank Gerardo, LC, is an Associate who joined the Los Angeles office in 1998. Frank graduated from Don Bosco Technical Institute where he majored in architectural design and attended the Otis Art Institute. Over a span of twenty five years, he has been responsible for the design of a wide variety of building types including large and small scale site development, shopping centers, houses of worship, showrooms, medical facilities, office buildings, government projects and retail spaces. Some of his recent projects include Ocean Institute of Ocean County, Dana Point, CA, Santana Row, San Jose , CA , and UCSD Pharmaceutical Sciences Building, San Diego , CA . He currently heads up the HLB product development team for a new product series of exterior fixtures for a major exterior lighting manufacturer. Frank is Lighting Certified (LC) by the National Council of Qualifications for Lighting Practitioners. He received the IES/IIDA Award of Merit and the Lumen West Award of Merit for his work on Safeco Field, Seattle, WA, Sherman Oaks Galleria, Sherman Oaks, CA and the Lumen West Award of Excellence for his work on the Los Angeles City Hall Exterior Historic Renovation.