Marketing savvy storage pro and educator shares expertise
Denise Butchko is a born marketer, one of the first to embrace online marketing, enewsletters, webinars and social media – areas in which she continues to excel.
But while her expertise is impressive, her desire to share that knowledge is what has made the certified closet designer and author a well-known presence in the kitchen and bath field. One of the first 10 people to be invited to participate in NKBA’s Chapter Education Program, Butchko is a regular presenter on storage-related topics, and will again be speaking at KBIS 2019.
A member of the inaugural class of Registered Storage Designers in 2010, the owner of the Chicago-based Butchko and Company has now achieved Master Level certification and is one of only three people to achieve this level. An active member of the NKBA, she works with chapters across the country teaching closet design and sales, and also teaches an on-demand class for industry pros looking to get more involved in designing closets.
Her work has been featured in The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times and Fortune Small Business, among others, and she is a respected blogger, as well as a judge and former winner of the closet industry’s “Top Shelf Design Awards” competition.

