Leanne Hensley

Commercial Designer/Project Manager

ALLIED MEMBER AIA- SPACE COAST CHAPTER
USGBC MEMBER-CENTRAL FLORIDA CHAPTER
MELBOURNE MAINSTREEET BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MAINSTREET MELBOURNE DESIGN COMMITTEE
CITY OF MELBOURNE-BEAUTIFICATION & ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Current Address
528 E. Strawbridge Ave.
Melbourne, Fl 32901
(321) 394-1194
brownsugarleanne@gmail.com
LEED AP-ID & C
*NCIDQ certification pending

Education: Mississippi University for Women Columbus, MS

Bachelor of Fine Arts May 2005
w/ emphasis in Interior Design
Overall GPA: 3.32/4.00

Employment:
Richard’s Paint Manufacturing Melbourne, FL
-Created a commercial design division. Diligently works to establish and
maintain outstanding relations with general contractors, builders,
developers, architects, designers, engineers, and government/city
affiliations in order to gain bidding opportunities for paint, flooring, and
design elements in commercial building projects. Managed projects
throughout entire contract duration. Specify architectural coatings and
promote growth.
July 2005- January 2010

Tom’s Paint and Decorating Columbus, MS

-Manage and increase sales, ordering and receiving of paint and sundries
to contractors and residential/commercial store accounts. Provide
int./ext. design, Faux finishing, and sales of floor covering to residential.
August 2001- July 2005

Hinton’s Paint and Decorating Ocean Springs, MS

-Aid and excel Sales of wallpaper, paint, sundries, custom color matching
of coatings
July 1999- August 2001

COMPUTER Illustrator CS3

skills Photoshop CS2
AutoCAD 2006
Microsoft programs
Quickbooks
Décor
*Currently learning-Autocad 2010, Revit 2009, Sketch-up pro
7, Rhino 4
 *REFERENCES AND PORTFOLIO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS &
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: -Active member of the Space Coast Fiber Artists
and Weavers Guild 2005-Present

-Active member of the weavers of Orlando

Fiber Guild 2006-Present

-Active Allied member of AIA Space Coast, FL

2006-Present

-USGBC member-Central Florida Chapter

2010-present
- Member of Main Street Melbourne
Design Committee
2006-Present

- Member of the City of Melbourne

Beautification & Advisory Committee 2008-Present

-Melbourne Mainstreet Board of Directors

-Volunteer coordinator for master’s of art festival 2009
2009-Present

-Volunteer for the Sebastian Inlet State

Park 2007-2008
-Volunteer for the Daily Bread 2007-2008

-Team in training triathlon for THE

LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY-3rd Place
-1mile swim MAY 2008
-25 mile bike
-10K run
-Team in training triathlon for THE
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY
-1mile swim SEPT 2007
-36 mile bike
-10K run

EXHIBITIONS: -“Fiber Accentricities” Annual Show APRIL 2005

-“Emerge” senior show MAY 2005
-“Shuttling Through the Weft”Annual Show
MAR 2006
STATEMENT:

I have ten years of experience in the design and construction industry. Five years were spent within the coating industry on the
selling and managing, to include brands such as ICI, Benjamin Moore, and recently, Richard’s Paint Mfg. I have incorporated
diversified knowledge to create a strong customer base supported by a vast array of suppliers for commercial/residential floor
coverings such as Shaw, Dal-tile etc, and related design materials. This has enabled me not only to manage a wide variety of
projects involving numerous trades, but to also focus on projects that cater towards hospitality, tenant, retail, municipal and
government orientations. This entails estimating, negotiating, and managing contracts as well as overseeing several jobsites.
Additionally, I am capable of supervising multiple projects simultaneously whilst continuing to work with clients and other
team members. I would consider myself a person keen to detail, customer satisfaction, practicality, and fairness. I am quick to
adapt to new systems or managerial preferences, and whole-heartedly commit myself to producing excellent projects, products
and sales. I would like to utilize these skills to integrate back into a firm environment in order to create functional, aesthetic
and design worthy projects for a variety of clients. I am skilled in space planning, schematic design and design development
processes. I am creative and innovative; organized, detailed and specific. I possess a pro-active and positive problem solving
approach and understand both theoretical and practical interior architectural concepts.