Dawn Loraas, Phd Email & Phone Number

Duluth, Minnesota, United States

Major Duties: • Oversee all aspects of the design process, including client consultations, programming, space planning, and FF&E selection. • Conduct architectural programming and post-occupancy evaluations to ensure designs meet performance and user needs. • Lead sustainability consulting efforts, integrating WELL, LEED, and Living Building Challenge principles into projects. • Collaborate with architects, contractors, and developers to bring design visions to life while adhering to project timelines and budgets. • Develop comprehensive design solutions for diverse projects, including multifamily housing, boutique hospitality spaces, schools, and workplaces. • Guide clients through decision-making processes, ensuring each project reflects their unique needs and vision.Key Successes: • Successfully designed and managed multiple high-profile projects for the Duluth area.

Norman, Oklahoma, United States

Columbia, Mo

Research interests: Negative place attachment, Educational Design, environmental epidemiology, and environmental psychology.

United States

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

Duluth, Minnesota Area

Chic and elegant design – but with a twist and ready to add a quirky or humorous flourish. Specialties include: sustainable design, space planning, passive and electric lighting design, intricate detailing, resourceful specifications, and textile expertise . I am a master of playing with texture and light, and have a keen eye for editing. My design philosophy is sustainably driven, evidence-based, pragmatic and budget-oriented.I provide consulting services to real estate developers, residential and commercial clients. Project portfolio includes residential remodeling, space planning for existing spaces, editing of objects and design research with experience from pre-design to post-occupancy evaluations.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

What started as a temporary 3-month job to cover a maternity leave, blossomed into several creative and deeply analytical projects approved by upper management because of my experience in project management, design and financial analysis. I identified and proposed to fix a major information gap regarding the way inventory was allocated among the 1,000 stores of different sizes located in different markets across North America. The project involved the collection of data and creation of an interactive spreadsheet categorizing and comparing the company’s 1,000 stores which was used by management to improve communication among departments and allowed for new insights into store layouts/inventory. This new analytical spreadsheet tool allowed management to make informed decisions about leasing, build out, remodeling and inventory allocation among stores which promoted efficiencies in allocating inventory and vital building information for merchandising and leasing calculations. Prior to the creation of the 1,000-store spreadsheet, management had no compiled or comparative statistical information about its stores. I also worked on all facets of the Visual Merchandising process from the beginning conceptual stages, through execution, communication and store direction. Visual and verbal communications sent to stores were done under regular and persistent tight deadlines and had company-wide impact as any missteps would affect all 1,000 stores.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

Project Manager and Lead Designer for large commercial projects including the FF&E for the Red Plan, ISD 709 and ISD 2142, Ordean High School and the Sally Port and Courthouse for St. Louis County. Created and managed an inventory tracking and allocation system for school districts to track FF&E. By creating this new system, school districts finally had a reliable and user-friendly way to track all of their physical assets, acquisitions, disposals, type, model and condition of every physical asset owned by the respective districts.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

Lead-designer, project manager, designer, specifier. Lead the staff with Project Management, Time Management and HR duties.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

Staff interior designer and bookkeeper. Specified furniture and finishes. Created space plans and renderings. Initiated use of industry specific Interior Designer software to manage finances and estimates for clients and internal use. Prepared monthly sales tax returns.

Minneapolis, Mn

Comprehensive management of the sample library, provided space planning assistance to team, prepared sample boards, met with product vendors.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

AutoCAD, sample board assembly, meet with vendors, manage sample library.

Superior, Wi

Worked as an accountant managing client's books; from payroll to taxes as well as preparation of financial statements. Assisted with audits and preparation of related documents. Trained staff on Excel updates, graphics and presentation documents using Excel.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

Prepared tax documents for individuals and businesses. Assisted with audits and preparation of Financial documents.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Worked as an internal auditor for the Trust Department. Ensured compliance with regulations and controls by examining and analyzing records, reports, operating practices, and documentation; recommending opportunities to strengthen the internal control structureVerified assets and liabilities by comparing items to documentation.Completed audit work papers and memorandums by documenting audit tests and findings.Communicated audit progress and findings by preparing reports; providing information in meetings.Supported external auditors by coordinating information requirements.Provides management reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing management information.Had FBI clearance due to physical handing of bearer bonds.

Grand Forks, North Dakota Area

Internal auditor for the Trust Department, with focus on Bearer Bonds and Securities.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd)-Student, Architectural Studies

Master Of Arts - Ma, Architectural Studies

Activities and Societies: National Society of Academic Excellence

Certificate Of Public Health, Environmental Epidemiology

B S, Interior Design With A Minor In Art History

Individual Courses, Visual Merchandising/Psychoanlytics

Studying: Visual Merchandising, buying trends, and psychoanalytics.

Bba, Accounting And Financial Management