Education Legacy Fund

American Society of Interior Designers
NY Metro Chapter

ELF has awarded over 60 scholarships to outstanding students, pursing a course of study in the field of interior design, from the 5 Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) recognized programs in the New York Metropolitan area since 1998.  With your help, the work of the foundation will continue to flourish.

ELF's founder, Edith Greenwood, ASID, traced the idea of ELF to January 22, 1992, the date of the death of Elsie Mae Gross, whose phenomenal record of service inspired the questions:

How can we keep alive the example of our most dedicated predecessors?
How can we invoke the stars of our past to light the way for the design professionals who will follow us?
It was in response to these questions that a group of like minded ASID members caused Education Legacy Fund to be founded.

The purposes of ELF are:

1. To establish and provide scholarships to outstanding students engaged in a course of study in the field of Interior Design.
2. To offer grants for research in the field of Interior Design, pertaining to health, safety, the environment and to benefit educators in the field of Interior Design.
3. To honor the contributions of design colleagues.

ELF is a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) foundation chartered in New York State and fully tax exempt by the IRS to the full extent of the law.

Committee Chair:
Lorrie Lieber, ASID
221 East 78 Street 6G
New York, NY 10075
(212) 535-8091
(212) 988-5065 (fax)
lorrielieber@earthlink.net

Committee Members:

Marvin Brill, IP ASID
Stark Carpet Inc.
979 Third Ave
New York, NY 10022
212.752-9000 x569
212. 752 1494
mbrill@starkcarpet.com

Ruth M. Divack, Allied Member ASID
Ruth M. Divack Interiors
166-25 Powells Cove Blvd
Beechhurst, NY 11357
(718) 357-2030
(718) 357-1019 fax
 

William Spink, Allied Member ASID
16 Chittenden Avenue
New York, NY 10033-1127
212 543 2144
212 543 1273 (fax)
wspinkw@aol.com
 
Virginia Tesi, Allied Member ASID
Virginia Tesi Interior Design, Inc.
401 East 80th Street  Suite 19K
New York, NY  10075
212.628.2436
212.214.0838 (fax)
virginia@tesidesign.com