BARBERA HALE THORNHILL

Barbera Hale Thornhill is President of her own design firm, Impact Design, Inc. Raised in a medical family from Raleigh, North Caroline, Ms. Thornhill, is an alumna of St. Mary’s School in Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina State and George Washington University. In college, Ms. Thornhill started a company of importing grasscloth and silk wallcoverings from Asia, which eventually led to the formation of Impact Design, Inc., a commercial and residential interior and architectural design company. She designed hotels from London’s Halcyon Hotel, Tokyo’s Narita Hotel, Hong Kong’s Mira Costa Hotel, W Hotel in San Mateo to The Phoenician Hotel in Arizona.

In addition to her professional achievements, Ms. Thornhill is a member of the Junior League of Los Angeles, Juniors of Social Services, Women’s Museum Foundation of Washington, D.C., Show Coalition of Los Angeles, American Film Institute Associates, The Blue Ribbon, The Colleagues, The Bel Air Garden Club, Getty Museum Paintings Council, Getty Research Institute Council, The Getty Villa Museum, and SHARE (an organization of women for the good of orphaned children). She also served on the Board of Trustees of St. Mary’s School, Raleigh, North Carolina. She’s on the Board of Endowment Trustees of St. Paul the Apostle School in West Los Angeles, the Board of The National Children’s Chorus, a Board Member of the Boy Scouts Western Los Angeles County Council, Secretary of Children's Institute, Inc. and past President of The Colleagues.