Several lighting manufacturers have made new appointments and promotions. Crestron has named Joyce Essig as its new public relations manager. Heather Vail has been appointed the new residential utility program coordinator at MaxLite. Jim Hunter has joined Luminus Devices as vice president and general manager, Global Communication Markets. Ruud Lighting has promoted Kevin Orth to vice president, sales. Orth who has been with the company 16 years, was previously the director of specification sales for Ruud Lighting’s Beta Lighting and Kramer Lighting divisions. Pete Earle has joined Artistic License Integration and will develop the company’s international project portfolio. Lunera Lighting has named Karen Owyeung as its new chief executive officer. Owyeung comes to Lunera from Hewlett Packard (HP) and Lumileds where she was responsible for the joint venture of HP’s solid-state lighting division with Philips Lighting to form Lumileds.
Elizabeth Donoff is Editor-at-Large of Architectural Lighting (AL). She served as Editor-in-Chief from 2006 to 2017. She joined the editorial team in 2003 and is a leading voice in the lighting community speaking at industry events such as Lightfair and the International Association of Lighting Designers Annual Enlighten Conference, and has twice served as a judge for the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) Lumen Award program. In 2009, she received the Brilliance Award from the IESNYC for dedicated service and contribution to the New York City lighting community. Over the past 11 years, under her editorial direction, Architectural Lighting has received a number of prestigious B2B journalism awards. In 2017, Architectural Lighting was a Top Ten Finalist for Magazine of the Year from the American Society of Business Publication Editors' AZBEE Awards. In 2016, Donoff received the Jesse H. Neal Award for her Editor’s Comments in the category of Best Commentary/Blog, and in 2015, AL received a Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Media Brand (Overall Editorial Excellence).Prior to her entry into design journalism, Donoff worked in New York City architectural offices including FXFowle where she was part of the project teams for the Reuters Building at Three Times Square and the New York Times Headquarters. She is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Me., and she earned her Master of Architecture degree from the School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.
