Floral Designers Earn Certifications and Invitations to Become Members of AIFD
The following PFDE candidates have been recognized by the American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD) as recipients of its coveted Certified Floral Designer (CFD) designation. They were granted this designation after successfully completing the Professional Floral Design Evaluation (PFDE) that took place July 1 immediately prior to the Institute's National Symposium in Boston.
CFD recognition is granted only after a floral designer has demonstrated their understanding of the concepts of design through education pathways and subjecting their floral design work to a vigorous peer evaluation conducted by an international panel of design experts.
In addition to being honored with the CFD designation, the artists who have been noted below with an asterisk (*) had designs and evaluation marks that were considered to be so artistic that they have also been extended an invitation to become an Accredited Member of AIFD. Should they accept the invitation, they will be inducted during elaborate ceremonies as part of AIFD's National Symposium taking place July 4-8, 2011 in San Francisco.
Members of AIFD lead the floral industry in advancing the art of professional floral design through education. While they are CFDs, they are better recognized by the "AIFD" designation after their names.
"The CFD and AIFD professional designations salutes a floral designer for his or her artistry and provides consumers with a tool to use for selecting quality professional work," said Bill McKinley AIFD, associate dean at Kishwaukee College in Malta, IL and the chairman of AIFD's CFD Development Committee.
As part of its recognition program, AIFD will assist consumers in locating CFD and AIFD qualified floral designers by listing on its website, www.aifd.org. Floral designers who achieve the CFD and AIFD recognition will be required to hone their artistry through continuing education in the field of floral design.
| *Rebecca Carter Linda's Flowers Sanbornville, NH |
*Kwi Nam Cho Seoul, Korea |
| *Andrea Christopher-Snipes Greenville, SC |
*Amanda David The Flower Source Menomonee Falls, WI |
| *Rocio del Pilar Silva Davila Smithers Oasis de Mexico S.A. de C.V. Santa Catarina, Mexico |
*Roslyn Dodds |
| *Teresa Godfrey Joyous Creations Floral Design Silver Spring, MD |
*Tiffany Hammond Hennepin Technical College Andover, MN |
| *Kevin Hinton Bankhead Flowers & Fine Gifts New Albany, MS |
*Elizabeth M. Hohensee Studio Flora Diva Asheville, NC |
| *Enrika Karalius Flowers and Gifts by Michelle Crestwood, IL |
*Lesa Killian 101 Market Otsego, MN |
| *Stephanie Laprairie STEMS Floral Art Gallery Alberta, Canada |
*Tim Lawing Tim's Touch Flowers & Gifts Lexington, SC |
| *Jacob H. McCall Panache Style Lauderdale Lakes, FL |
*Carolyn Minutillo Lavender Hill LLC Jeffersonville, IN |
| *Tina Parkes Exeter Devon, England |
*Patience Pickner The Picket Fence Chamberlain, SD |
| *Nelson Clark Simpson Botanica Flowers Greensboro, NC |
*Heather Sullivan Westfield, MA |
| *Anthony Swick Bay Bouquet Floral Studio Tampa, FL |
*Inta Taurins 416 5 Flower Toronto, ON, Canada |
| *Jenny C. Thomasson Stems, LLC St. Louis, MO |
*Erik Witcraft Flowers Washougal Vancouver, WA |
| *Seomoon Young Seoul, Korea |
*Azheny Zdeb Floral Tango Fair Lawn, NJ |
| Alex Bazos | Debby Birach-Mayer |
| Ae Jung Cho | Si Yeon Cho |
| So-Young Cho | Kelly Dorsey |
| Shawn Michael Foley | Audrey M. Gardemeyer |
| Sae Byul Ham | Yoon-Hee Heo |
| Sharon Sabin Ivey | Sook Jung Jang |
| Yeoeun Jin | Eunju Jung |
| Sang-Sook Jung | Nasna Kahim |
| Min Kyung Kim | Hyo Youn Kim |
| Su-Jin Kim | Seon Joo Kim |
| Hae Jin Kim | Soon Ja Jessica Kim |
| Sungmi Kim | Seon Hee Kim |
| So Jeng Kim | Lori Kunian |
| Yun Jung Kwon | Jae-Eun Lee |
| Jungsub Lee | Ha Na Lee |
| Sun Mi Lee | Keun Hwa Lee |
| Christine Lee | Laurel LeMaistre |
| Diane Levings | Michelle Seow Eng Lim |
| Adelaide Beth Linn | Eun Na Paik |
| SunJa Sonia Park | Samantha T. Pascal |
| Linda L. Pawlik | Margaret J. Peters |
| David Potosnak | Cecilia Roa |
| Juan Carlos Hernandez Rodriquez | Holly Ross |
| Suk Yeon Shin | Se Hwa Son |
| Randy Stone | Sang Hee Um |
| Natalie Weier |