With nearly 18 years of experience, Erica leads research for the firm, providing cross-industry market and trend intelligence and future-focused insights. She leverages her unique background as a research librarian with a passion for human-centered design to influence and guide the firm’s design innovations, market strategy, and thought leadership. With a passion for sustainability, Erica leads the firm’s healthy and sustainable materials education and advocacy initiatives. She helps the designers and architects understand market and consumer lifestyle trends, manages complex information, and leverages competitive intelligence and deep research to support Ankrom’s ability to create award winning projects, as well as incorporate healthy materials into them.