Professor Emerita, Interior Design, Marymount University
2021 Distinguished Service Award
Jean Freeman has been a practicing professional interior designer and educator for more than 20 years.
During that time, she served on the Interior Design Educators Council Board of Directors, including a term as President, and was named a Fellow of IDEC. Jean has served on the team of visitors for CIDA (Council for Interior Design Accreditation) for six years and was also chair of several teams. While on the Board of Directors for NCIDQ, she served as secretary and wrote their Code of Ethics. She is a member of ASID and was on the Task Force that wrote the first Residential Contracts to be used by membership. She served on the Licensing Board of Directors for Interior Designers in Washington, DC, and was the liaison to the National Legislative Coalition for Interior Designers (NLCID).