Who We Are
Bennett Design Associates is an award-winning Interior Design firm and industry leader in Workplace Strategy. As one of Toronto’s largest fully independent Interior Design firms, we capably deliver corporate and retail spaces right across Canada.
We care about people, the world around us, and have a strong culture of teamwork, community and delivering excellence. We know we can make a difference every day and are proud of the firm we have built and with the projects that our clients have entrusted to our expertise.
When designing corporate offices, we are intent on understanding our clients’ businesses, culture and people and have created a customizable proprietary software, d.i.g.™ Workplace Strategy, to uncover the critical information required to design unique, data-driven solutions. The information we gather provides you with the knowledge and metrics needed to guide your design decisions and articulate your corporate culture to support the future direction of your firm and the needs of your people. We are passionate about understanding the future of business and space so you don’t have to work like you did yesterday.
Our retail design team expertly delivers comprehensive turn-key service from the initial concept phase through to final project close-out. Whether designing a single flagship location or a large national roll-out, we work alongside start-ups and national brands to creatively enhance the customer experience. Through the development of unique and replicable design standards and comprehensive graphic and branding packages, we have the ability to execute the programming and project manage the construction of multiple locations across the country.
At Bennett Design, we are singularly focused and proud that our core business is the strategy, design and execution of interior space.
Our Team
Sue Bennett
Principal | C.E.O.
Jennifer Torok
Managing Director of Design Operations
Andrea Fraser
Managing Director of Business Operations and Sustainability
We believe that the first step in a successful project is the selection of the right team. Each member of a project team is carefully chosen to provide the best combination of talent, skill and experience. Our collective capabilities, backed by established standards and processes, ensure that your project will be expertly delivered.
Alexandra Romagnuolo
Project Designer
Amanda Hugessen
Design Team Lead
Andrea Doak
Project Lead Designer
Anita Snow
Accounting & Payroll Administrator
Behrooz Teshfam
Project Lead Designer
Blake Wagner
I.T. Systems Administrator
Brittany Dempsey
Project Designer
Carley Carr
Project Lead Designer
Crystal Norton
Senior Project Coordinator
Danielle Santos
Design Team Lead
Erin Wynn
Director of Communications and Partnerships
Essence Morgan
Intern Project Designer
Hilary Chalmers
Proposal Coordinator
Jackie McKenzie
Project Designer
Jackie Van Kessel
Director of Finance
Jennifer Babin
Project Lead Designer
Jennifer Sutherland
Graphic Designer
Jennifer Welsh
Project Lead Designer
Jill Potter
Receptionist | Admin. Assistant
Jill Priestman
Director of Workplace Strategy
Jillian Ross
Project Lead Designer
Jim Sandik
Project Lead Designer
Julia Wood
Project Coordinator
Julienne Joven
Project Designer
Karen Jenkins
Accounting Coordinator
Katherine Hanlon
Project Lead Designer
Kathleen Vanderkamp-Merritt
Project Designer
Kelly Rhyness
Director of Design
Lindsey Hulshof
Retail Business Development Lead
Lise Varone
Design Team Lead
Lora Barber
Project Designer
Mary Anne Cruz
Marketing + Communications Coordinator
Meghan Burelle
Workplace Strategist
Melissa MacIntyre
Project Designer
Renee Adamkowski
Proposal Lead / Sustainable Design Lead
Sabrina Marciano
Project Designer
Sadia Carim
Project Designer
Sakshi D. Kapoor
Project Lead Designer
Samahir Ghassemi
Project Lead Designer
Sara Brown
Design Team Lead
Sara Piedrahita
Project Designer
Sarah Cuffley
Project Lead Designer
Sarah Faith Clark
Senior Portfolio Lead
Sharine Pricilla
Project Lead Designer
Shawn Hulshof
Commercial Business Development Lead
Stephanie Hutton
Project Lead Designer
Sylvia Richmond
Senior Design Team Lead
Tamara Lindsay
Director of HR
Tiffany Lee
Project Lead Designer
Yamir Ortega
Project Designer
WBE Certified
WBE certification gives you a stamp of approval valid for local, national and global supplier diversity programs with public & private sector organizations actively looking to work with more women-owned businesses. 95% of Fortune 500 companies have some sort of supplier diversity program.
Land Acknowledgement
Bennett Design’s head office is currently located on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange among the Mississauga Peoples, and is the traditional and treaty territory of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation and all the territories covered under the Williams Treaties. Durham Region is now home to many First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Together with our entire Canadian team, we collectively recognize that we are accountable to respectful relationships with Indigenous communities and that accountability involves all of us listening, learning, and reflecting on the historic and ongoing injustices in the communities in which we operate and serve our Clients.
Diversity and Inclusion Statement
At Bennett Design we strive to think bigger. We pride ourselves on our business-driven approach to space solutions. Through the data we collect, we provide a comprehensive roadmap that allows you to realize the vision for your space based on your strategic business drivers, leadership direction, departmental and individual needs, as well as capturing and celebrating your unique culture. Projects today aren’t just about space. They are about business and how we will be working tomorrow. We marry your strategic business planning with a defensible space solution and examine the future of work and how technology, mobility and leadership will disrupt and change the way we currently do business.
Giving Back
Bennett Design believes in designing for a better future—not just in workplaces, but in our communities. We proudly support charities that align with our values, fostering sustainability, well-being, and positive change. By giving back, we help shape a world that’s as innovative, adaptive, and people-centered as the spaces we create.
In July 2023, a member of our Bennett Design family lost her father to suicide. His passing, like so many others, underscored the urgent need for better mental health support in Canada. With over 4,000 Canadians lost to suicide each year and mental health care critically underfunded, we knew we couldn’t stay still.
We created Step It Up for Mental Health—an active, accessible way to raise funds for CAMH and bring much-needed change.
Over the last 70 years, Compassion revolutionized the fight against global poverty by partnering with local churches to meet the unique and urgent needs of children living in poverty.
Today, Compassion partners with over 8,000 local churches in 29 countries to deliver our proven holistic child development program to more than 2 million infants, children and youth. Around the world, children, families and entire communities are being empowered to overcome poverty and thrive both now and into the future. LEARN MORE
Born from one family’s passion for Kenya and its wilderness, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust was established 45 years ago and is best known for its Orphans' Project, the first and most successful elephant orphan rescue and rehabilitation program in the world. The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is a pioneering conservation organization, dedicated to the protection of wildlife and the preservation of habitats in East Africa. LEARN MORE
Nature Canada is one of the oldest national nature conservation charities in Canada. For 80 years, Nature Canada has helped protect over 110 million acres of parks and wildlife areas in Canada and countless species. Today, Nature Canada represents a network of over 130,000 members and supporters and more than 1,000 nature organizations. LEARN MORE
Founded in 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation is a national, bilingual non-profit organization headquartered in Vancouver, with offices in Toronto and Montreal. Through evidence-based research, education and policy analysis, we work to conserve and protect the natural environment, and help create a sustainable Canada. We regularly collaborate with non-profit and community organizations, all levels of government, businesses and individuals. LEARN MORE
Abandoned cities across Ukraine are rife with lonely, stray cats and dogs that were once loved pets. Many have died. Many are injured. Many are starving. Many more will die if they do not get help. ROLDA HQ is positioned to help. ROLDA is based in Galati, Romania - less than 30 minutes drive from the Ukraine border. LEARN MORE
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