LIGHT ON MOTHERHOOD
WILD and the NLB Shed Some
in the Workplace By PARKER ALLEN
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designing lighting
Starting and raising a family is no easy task, especially when combined with having a career. The majority of the burden falls primarily on women. With this in mind, the National Lighting Bureau recently hosted a panel discussion entitled “WILD: Motherhood in the Workplace.” The discussion, moderated by Kelly Roberts, Studio Director at WALD Studio and President of Women in Lighting + Design (WILD), featured five prominent women (and mothers) in the lighting industry: • • • • •
Helen Diemer, Principal at The Lighting Practice, Inc. Andrea Hartranft, Principal at Hartranft Lighting Design, LLC Tanya Hernandez, Vice President, Government & Industry Relations at Acuity Brands Paula Martinez-Nobles, Principal at Fisher Marantz Stone Nancy Stathes, President of Nanometer Lighting
In the hour-long conversation and subsequent Q&A session, they discussed the many challenges that
