Educator and role model acts as mentor to the design community
Ellen Cheever is the very embodiment of a Certified Master Kitchen & Bath Designer, having forged a matchless legacy across four-plus decades as a designer, author, business leader, consultant, educator and mentor to literally thousands of homeowners and design professionals.
A member of the National Kitchen & Bath Association’s “Hall of Fame,” and former director of educational services for the NKBA, Cheever is the author of more than 20 books and manuals on kitchen and bath design, and has served as a contributor to Kitchen & Bath Design News, for which she created a highly regarded seminar series melding cutting-edge design techniques with profit-making business management strategies.
In addition to heading her award-winning Wilmington, DE-based residential design firm, Ellen Cheever & Associates, Cheever has also combined her talents, expertise and experience to design showrooms, help launch products, develop kitchen/bath dealer networks and create trade-show exhibits and editorial sets. She continues to write, consult, design and present CEU programs on space planning, project management, product specification and related topics, including an annual series of live and online courses offered by Jenn-Air for maintaining AIA-, IDCEC- and NKBA-accredited design certifications.
