Our Team

“Shake what your mother gave you” – Debbie loves a good party and her zingy personality makes you want to get to know her. A precisionist by nature, Debbie enjoys seeing homes transform and her attention to detail will make your heart smile. Not only can our resident socialite create an engaging design presentation, she can also transition from design assistant to a strategic business development role. She loves entertaining, spending time with her friends and family as well as being involved with her faith. In Debbie’s world, there are no strangers, only friends she hasn’t met yet – lots of them.

Jayne is the fashionable co-worker who always has a witty comeback at the ready. She enjoys online shopping and has a great sense of how colors and patterns work together. Her ability to research and find anything online helps us source the most unique decor, textiles and furnishings for our clients. She can design a room so that it’s not only camera-ready but also current and stylish and completely about how the client will be using the space. In her spare time, Jayne likes to binge-watch a good true crime series, garden (to take her mind off of said true crime series), and play games with family and friends.

Having previously owned her own construction company, Lindsay has an in-depth knowledge of the inner workings of a home from framing to plumbing and electrical, foundations, etc. This gives her a unique skill set when it comes to drafting plans and 3D designs, as well as communicating with our construction team for a seamless implementation of our designs. Look out, because Lindsay has also been known to pick up a trowel or nailgun, or run the miter saw when the opportunity arises, she has true grit and loves to get involved in building!

Lora is the longest-serving employee of Kirkendall Design. She’s been with the company for over 18 years and has seen it grow from a small design firm to the successful business it is today. Lora is the go-to person for all things Kirkendall Design. Need a problem solved? Lora is your woman. Need help with billing? Lora has you covered. She’s also a wise counselor and friend to all who work here. In her free time, Lora enjoys spending time poolside with a cold drink in hand. And during the colder months, she loves to escape to a warmer destination–anywhere with a beach. Spending time with her family, friends, and her three grandbabies is also pretty high up on the list.

Before entering the interior design industry, Emily was a Crime Analyst in Savannah, flipping houses in her spare time to appease her creative side. (Talk about an interesting career pivot!) Now, Emily works on our design team, helping to enhance our client experience from start to finish. She’s also KD’s unofficial software/systems educator and supports our admin, marketing, and construction teams, offering valuable input and aiding in administrative processes. She and her husband have two young children, who regularly make adorable appearances at our virtual team meetings.

Before joining Kirkendall Design, Angela spent 24 years in the healthcare industry. However, she has always had a passion for interior design. As Purchasing Manager, Angela blends her executive-level skill set with design knowledge to ensure timely procurement for our client items. In her free time, Angela is a “get-r-done” kind of gal, enjoying various hobbies like DIY projects, furniture repurposing, abstract painting, and baking. She also loves boating at the lake and beach trips with her family.

Before coming on board at KD, Mary was a marketing and communications powerhouse in the non-profit world. She then started doing freelance marketing for small companies, providing strategic communications and social media marketing services. She even worked for a professional organizing company, which has proven to be a valuable asset in our fast-paced design firm. When not at work, Mary loves spending time with her husband, Tayden, and daughter, Paislee, as well as shopping and sprucing up her (most likely) already perfectly decluttered home.

Meet Max, jack-of-all-trades worker/laborer. He can build…a CAR with his bare hands. Max helps with a multitude of tasks on the job and around the office; installing, painting, making deliveries, overseeing the warehouse, all while finding new things he is uniquely suited to dominate. His ability to work efficiently and his constant desire to learn enables the team to run like a well-oiled machine. In his free time, Max is tinkering with his truck or wheeling and dealing on Craigslist to support his hobbies.

Jacob has an invaluable knack for building things and solving complex problems. Before joining the Kirkendall Design team, he received his manufacturing engineer license from TCC.

Day to day, you will find him leading out on construction projects, managing product deliveries, or installing custom pieces in client homes. Off of the clock, Jacob enjoys working on cars and trucks.

Mason has been part of the Kirkendall Design family for many years even before he was hired full-time. In high school, he worked in the afternoons and evenings after school assisting on construction projects alongside his brother, Max, and he’s continued to grow his construction and project management skills over the last four years.

In his spare time, Mason likes working on his car or building radio-controlled (RC) cars.