Name: Marie E. Fitzgerald, IIDA Title: Senior Vice President, Director of Interior Design Company: SMMA/Symmes Maini & McKee Associates Location: Cambridge, Mass. Place of birth: Westfield, Mass. Family: Husband - Brendan Barnwell, son - Madison College: UMass - Amherst First job unrelated to your current field: farmhand (I did grow up in western Mass.) First job in current field: Interior designer/space planner, Springfield, Mass. What your firm does now and its plans for the future? The simplest definition of our practice - SMMA is a design firm. We plan to grow, make our clients happy, take over the planet, launch a new website, and have fun. Hobbies: Painting and watching my son at athletic events Favorite novel: anything by Kurt Vonnegut, most recently Lamb: the Gospel According to Biff by Christopher Moore Favorite film: Blade Runner Keys to success: do something you love with people you like Person you most admire (outside of family): Karen Kaplan (president, Hill Holliday) If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Lead singer in a band