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Episode 03 | A Conversation with Amanda Reviere, Chapter Administrator
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- Design Impacts
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- Jun 14, 2026
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- 2943
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Summary
Design Impacts – Episode 2 : Hosted by the South Central Chapter of ASID A Conversation with Amanda Reviere about the history of the South Central Chapter of ASID In this episode, host Ana Clark sits down with Amanda Reviere, Chapter Administrator for the South Central Chapter of ASID. Amanda shares her fascinating career journey from licensed interior designer to marketing and business management, and her decades-long role as the backbone of the South Central chapter. The conversation dives deep into the history of ASID, the evolution of the South Central chapter, and what makes this community so unique. In this episode, we discuss: Amanda's Background – From interior design in South Louisiana (residential, remodeling, specialty flooring) to business management, website copywriting, and marketing Her ASID Journey – Chapter membership chair, president-elect, president, National Chapter Support Team (now Chapter Leadership Team), and chapter administrator History of ASID – Founded in 1975 from the merger of the American Institute of Decorators (est. 1931) and the National Society of Interior Designers (est. 1957); started with ~13,000 members History of the South Central Chapter – Originally the Louisiana District Chapter (first recorded president in 1978), encompassing Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas; renamed South Central in 2002 Hurricane Katrina's Impact (2005) – How the chapter rallied to support displaced members, relocated the annual conference to Little Rock, secured fee waivers from national, and kept the NCIDQ prep program alive Growth & Evolution of the Chapter – Design communities (formerly associations, then districts), the Excellence in Design Competition's evolution from physical binders to CDs to fully digital, and how CEU programming shifted to mee…