Her
job duties included space planning, interior finish
selections, preparing presentation boards and
bid proposals. Accepting a job offer from a major
paint company MAB Paints in 1984, she began an
8 year position which began as an interior design
consultant advancing to the Assistant Manager
within 2 years then advancing to Store Manager
during her last 6 months with the company. In
1992, Rollie Williams Paint Spot offered Pat a
design position at their Elkhart facility, in
less than 2 years she was placed in their South
Bend location to run the wallcovering and window
treatment department. Pat increased her department's
sales over 6 fold during her employment at the
South Bend location.
She
has also taught a number of seminars on many subjects
related to interior design. A few of the many
special projects she has been involved with include
5 "Panorama of Homes" (1982,1986, 1991, 1996,
1997), an "American" model house for a Japanese
architectural firm in Japan, and the St. Joseph
County's Women's Expo. Commercial jobs include
Salem Bank, Goshen, IN; 1st National Bank, Elkhart,
IN; New Energy Corporation, South Bend, IN; Images
Jewelry of Elkhart, IN; Yesterday's Restaurant
of Granger, IN; Parisi's Restorante of South Bend,
IN, just to name a few.
Currently
Pat is traveling and residing in the Middle East
and Europe for 2002 working on several of our
high-end accounts and looking for 'new' products
to feature in our store and website. We wish her
God speed and a safe return.