December 11, 2012 -
Long Island
Name: Karen McGuinness
Title: Director of Interior Design
Company: JRS Architect
Location: Mineola, NY
Birthplace: Huntington, NY
Family: Son, Daniel
College: New York Institute of Technology
First job outside of real estate: Ronald Goodman Architect, PC Great Neck, New York - Interior designer
First job in real estate or allied field: CIBC World Market One World FinancialCenter, New York City - Facilities
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Interior design director over seeing large corporate and healthcare projects. To establish more work in hospitality and retail.
Hobbies: Gardening, skiing and traveling
Favorite book: "Bible," "George Washington"
Favorite movie: "Shawshank Redemption"
Keys to success: Love the work you do, then it's not work.
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Ronald Reagan
If you had to choose another vocation, what would it be? Being the creative person I am, I have always love the world of photography.