After growing up in Los Angeles, Deborah left LA to attend and graduate with a degree in Textile Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York city where she embarked upon a 30 year career as a fabric designer and owner of her own global design company. In 1998 she, along with her husband, moved to West Palm Beach. Deborah launched her second career, and she is now an internationally recognized contemporary realist artist, whose work is well represented in galleries throughout the United States, including Spanierman Gallery in New York City. Her paintings have been exhibited in museums, have received numerous awards, have been extensively published, and are prominently included in both private and corporate collections world-wide. She is a member of the National Association of Women Artists. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Palm Beach County Women's Chamber of Commerce, and is currently a member of the Executive Women of Palm Beach.

Vera has always been interested in the arts and public education.  After graduating from University of Pennsylvania College for Women with a BA in education and psychology, she taught elementary education until her two children made her a full time, at home mother.  After moving to Florida, she began her real estate career. International travel, attending auctions and museum visits and courses increased her interest and education in art and architecture.  She is currently active in many aspects of Florida real estate, most recently with her son Joel, a real estate broker.

Frank is a licensed professional architect, with over 20 years of experience designing and planning facilities within commercial, public county facilities and the healthcare environment.  His exposure to public and county facilities has given him an insight into the community setting and he embraces the knowledge of the needs and/or requirements that cultivate a well balanced community.  This knowledge is not limited to design, but rather the ultimate goal of each community to encourage the family and cultural needs.  His compassion and attitude towards the well being of a community, gives him insight into making the community and its surroundings more than “bricks and mortar”.

Over 30 years ago, while still a student at Mary Mount Womens College, Shanon and her husband Phil, started the successful art glass studio, McMow Art Glass. McMow is the 25th largest art glass firm in the U. S. with a wide range of diverse and high profile clients. Shanon presides over the design and production department of 18 various talented designers that operate as a team. The team has completed several in and out of state AIPP projects and this experience has been valuable while serving on this volunteer board.
In addition to McMow Art Glass, Shanon is President of Creative Etchings of the Palm Beaches and Alhambra Art Glass (a manufacturing/importing company). Shanon Materio is active in local Community efforts to enhance neighborhoods through public art and changing the face of Dixie Highway by encouraging artist owned studios through public grants.

Joel Cohen moved to Florida 12 years ago to open an art gallery in Palm Beach following a 30+ year career in the New York advertising and marketing business as an art director/creative director and agency owner. He worked for International agencies like Grey Advertising as well as a 10 year partnership in his own promotion marketing firm, Heller & Cohen which did award winning work for clients like Colgate Palmolive, Nabisco, Thomas J. Lipton and many others. As a board member of the Soho Photo Gallery in Tribeca, NYC for over 15 years, he was immersed into the fine art photography world. Joel's fine art photography has been featured in many publications and is in private and corporate collections in Europe and the U.S.