Alex Bendele
Marketing Coordinator
With a background in strategic communications, Alex supports our marketing efforts through coordinating content development and marketing program execution, including both internal and external communications. In collaboration with other team members, he works to differentiate Fluid as a leader in our industry.
Alicia Barton
Staff Accountant
With a background in CPA firm work, Alicia brings experience in bookkeeping, payroll, tax and month-end duties. At Fluid, she works as part of our accounting team handling journal entries, reconciliations, and other daily and monthly tasks.
Allison Peterson
Services Manager
Allison is always willing to help people to ensure both our customers and our employees are happy with their experiences. She excels in multi-tasking and can adapt to where assistance is needed.
Amanda Moksnes
MAC Designer
As one of our Project Designers, Amanda gets to assist our intermarket clients who are reimagining their workspaces. Amanda focuses on listening very closely and observing spaces intently so that whatever tailored design solution she makes fully encompasses and addresses the needs of the project.
Amy Hanson
Senior Account Executive
Amy has over 17 years of office interiors experience. Her experience is in the corporate and higher education markets, along with small clinic work. Several of Amy’s largest, ongoing customers include Boston Scientific, Medtronic, HealthPartners, Wells Fargo and Northwestern Mutual.
Andrea Samuelson
Director of Human Resources
As the Director of Human Resources, she focuses her time on providing Fluid Level service to our employees. Andrea feels that Fluid attracts the best people, so in turn, she finds it essential to build relationships with our Fluid employees in order to create the best possible employee experiences.
Angie Andersen
Project Manager
Angie has over 6 years of Project Management experience and enjoys that each project is different, as it brings new challenges. She loves the communication aspect of projects and that her job as a Project Manager gets to bring all the teams together and on the same page to successfully complete the job
Anton Newman
Executive Vice President
Anton strives in simplifying and streamlining the business process and is passionate in connecting with people to uncomplicate their business needs. His strategic thinking makes for an elevated experience at Fluid, as he is constantly wanting to improve not only our business, but the business of our customers.
April Zenzen
Controller
At Fluid, April responsible for day-to-day accounting functions, along with financial statement preparation and review. She likes having exposure to how different events and variables impact our business.
Ava Magee
Studio Concierge
As our Studio Concierge, Ava oversees our guest and employee experience at Fluid. She ensures that everyone who comes through our spaces is provided with Fluid Level Service.
Becky Zoellner
Senior Project Designer
Becky has 7 years of design experience She enjoys the more holistic approach to interior design, giving her the opportunity to provide design beyond furniture applications. Becky loves working with a client from conception to completion and appreciates both the creative and technical aspects of workplace design.
Berk Claiborne
President & CEO
While Berk is strategic in nature and sets the tone for Fluid’s vision, he’s fully engaged in the daily operations of the business and continues to think differently about what it means to add increasing value to customers and other influencers.
Carrie Cegla
Director of Service Operations
Carrie has been leading Fluid's installation team for seven years and is responsible for planning major/complex installations and managing field crews, their performance, and accountability for customer satisfaction. She ensures that our field crew complete projects in accordance with Fluid's quality standards, as well as that installations adhere to project timelines and budgets.
Chris Chayer
Project Manager
Chris has 18 years of management experience. He has a strong background in customer service and leadership roles, allowing him to bring leadership and problem-solving skills to each project.
Christina Butler
Project Coordinator
In her role as Project Coordinator, Christina is responsible for the entire sales order process, including management of customer orders from quote through order close out. She enjoys working on a project from start to completion and is diligent in her work with verifying orders.
Christina Devine
Project Coordinator
Christina enjoys looking at both the big picture as well as short-term needs. She is thorough in her work and anticipates the needs of our customers. As a Project Coordinator, her attention to detail and niche for problem solving allows our customers to experience a smooth project process.
Dan Herman
Director of Business Relationships
Dan specializes in creating value-add relationships and bridges the gap between a customers’ facility needs and Fluid’s considerable service capabilities.
Danielle Krejci
Senior Project Coordinator
Danielle likes the challenging, fast pace of working on the RBC account. Danielle’s adaptable nature makes her efficient at handling many moving parts and reacting to customers’ requests in real time.
Deanna Lawver
Relocation Coordinator
As a relocation coordinator, Deanna uses her adaptability to manage multiple moving variables while staying attentive to time management and schedules. Deanna’s creativity and commitment makes for impactful accurate business solutions.
Dick Nash
Strategic Partnership Director
Dick oversees our services team ensuring that our team provides a high level of customer satisfaction. He also focuses on the resources and partnerships available in the design build industry for the benefit of our customers. The places that people come together are changing and Dick is here to help you get connected to the resources you need.
Doug Hanson
Project Manager
As a Project Manager, Doug will make sure your project installs correctly and that all of your expectations are continually met throughout the process. His attention to detail enables him to successfully manage projects for his clients. He views his career as a puzzle and is passionate about discovering a functional yet creative solution for his clients.
Evan Gill
Architectural Interiors Specialist
An engineer at heart with a design education from the University of Minnesota, Evan thrives on translating creative vision into practical solutions. At Fluid, he specializes in demountable walls, managing site measurements, wall designs and installation drawings, coordinating with clients and installation experts, and working with manufacturers to ensure the best solution is found.
Guillermo Laborico Cabral
Financial Analyst
With a background in Business economics, Guillermo assists both our accounting and leadership teams in financial projections and planning. Through his various detailed reports Fluid can forecast trends and keep up with our ever-changing market.
Harmony Anderson
Human Resources Generalist
Harmony enjoys helping people and excels in problem solving. As Fluid’s HR Generalist, she focuses on creating the best overall employee experience.
Jayne Lowenberg
Account Executive
Jayne’s attention to detail enables her to successfully manage projects for her clients. She views her career as a puzzle and is passionate about discovering a functional yet creative solution for her clients.
Jen Dickenson
Senior Project Coordinator
Jen has a background in management, and an inherent interest in design. Jen enjoys owning her role as part of a team, and particularly the responsibility of ensuring a project is executed successfully.
Jenna Vick
Project Coordinator
Jenna has a background in business management, specifically business to business. She has extensive experience with account growth and development, ordering, and logistics. As a project coordinator she sees the importance of both the big picture, as well as all the small details that make any install or project run seamlessly.
Jenny Quam
Director of Social Spaces
Jenny’s greatest strengths are her communication skills, her positivity, and her passion for helping others—all qualities that make her a great account manager. She derives the most satisfaction from helping clients turn their vision into a reality.
Jim Ruppert
Account Executive
Jim has 39 years in the office supply and furniture industry, making him well rounded in industry and product knowledge. He is customer focused and enjoys getting to know people in order to tailor solutions specifically for the needs of each client.
Jody Mahoney
Project Coordinator
Jody excels in time management and is an advocate for our customers. She has a strength in communication, which allows for our customers to be well educated and understand Fluid’s project process.
Joe Ervin
Senior Information Systems Manager
Joe focuses on the development and improvement of Fluid's overall business systems. He excels in problem solving and his curious nature results in continues process improvements and efficiencies at Fluid.
Jon O'Hagen
Director of Technology
Jon brings a background in IT and technology infrastructure management, with experience supporting organization-wide systems on a global scale to deliver client-centric solutions. As Fluid’s director of technology, he leverages his ability to distill complex problems into actionable pieces, ensuring an impactful technology infrastructure that allows the team to continue delivering Fluid-level service.
Katherine Schmieg
Project Manager
Katherine has over 10 years of project management experience. As a Project Manager, she is responsible for planning complex installations and managing field crews and accountability for customer satisfaction. Katherine is an advocate for her customers and uses her whole-picture mentality to gather the facts and ask questions to set up a win-win situation.
Katie Allen
Senior Account Executive
Katie has over 15 years of industry experience in Project, Facilities, and Operations Management. She excels in resolving client challenges with innovative solutions, systems, and process improvements proven to increase efficiency and overall bottom line.
Katie Holmes
Senior Project Designer
Katie enjoys providing clients with creative solutions for furniture design in addition to being an expert on Haworth Walls. She works with a variety of corporate clients and prides herself in being a commercial furniture expert who adds value by approaching projects with a holistic point of view.
Kavitha Ramesh
Accountant
As part of Fluid’s accounting team, Kavitha supports the day-to-day accounting functions, along with financial statement preparation and review.
Kelly Cassaro
Order Management
Kelly’s attention to detail and forward-thinking mind frame help her stay three steps ahead to anticipate issues in an ever-changing environment. Kelly enjoys not only the variety that each day offers but working with her peers and customers alike.
Kris Root
Account Executive
With nearly 30 years of experience, Kris began her career as a project coordinator before moving into her role as an account executive. She specializes in large projects with a focus on corporate, government and education projects, and also brings experience in medical and dental clinics. As her customer will attest, Kris is an expert at helping clients change and grow over time based on their organization’s evolving needs.
Kristina Laskowski
Social Spaces Specifier
Kristina brings a holistic understanding of the furniture industry and how dealers, designers and manufacturers work together, gained from experience working in both manufacturer and dealership environments. As a social spaces specifier, she leverages her love of the industry and self-starting attitude to ensure a quick and efficient project experience.
Kyle Murie
Project Designer
As a designer, Kyle enjoys the intricate details and technical skill interior design takes. At Fluid, Kyle utilizes detailed and critical thinking to create design solutions that are unique and sustainable.
Lacey Albrecht
Project Designer
As a precise and detail oriented person, Lacey loves utilizing these skills throughout her design process. She has a passion for space planning, especially reconfiguring existing spaces because it forces her to be extra creative while being sensitive to the needs and wants of the client.
Lainie Nechvatal
Service Coordinator
With a background in retail management, Lainie has versatile abilities in product fulfillment, inventory, and merchandising. Lainie has a focus on efficiency and ingenuity which keeps things fresh and moving in all projects.
Laura Edgren
Project Coordinator
As a great communicator, Laura works well as our project coordinator working mostly with remote or out of state teams and projects. Laura is a natural problem solver with a passion for seeing the result of hard work across multiple team
Lee Dorholt
Relocation Account Executive
With a background in both sales and service management, Lee brings efficiency and accuracy to any project he’s involved in. As our relocation account executive, he ensures that moving locations for existing customers is smooth and efficient for everyone involved.
Maddie Bernard
Project Coordinator
As one of our project coordinators, Maddie utilizes her interpersonal skills and passion for connecting with people to make sure everyone is kept updated and in the know. She uses her attention to detail to ensure that projects move along on time and that everyone who is involved is on board with the next steps.
Madeline Carlson
Service Coordinator
Working as one of our service coordinators Madeline assists with inventory and order management. Madeline is an integral part of our service team helping to schedule labor, manage changes to existing projects, and brings in project coordination expertise that helps her understand and manage the many facets of our service offerings.
Mark Bianchini
Project Designer
As a Project Designer, Mark is responsible for providing design services to customers, including site/inventory verifications, programming, space planning, typical development, color boards, working/installation drawings, and specifications and site-to-plan review. He works closely with sales, order entry, and installation groups, as well as customers.
With a craft in creating unique spaces tailored to specified needs and functionality, Mark is a designer who is driven to uncomplicate the design process.
Marya Lo
Project Designer
As a Project Designer working in an ever-changing design world, Marya uses her design expertise to create spaces for our customers that fit their design intent. Marya enjoys engaging with clients and collaborating on projects so that she can see the projects come to life.
Matt Guettler
Installation Services Manager
As the Service Logistics Manager, Matt is responsible for analysis, pre-planning, and estimating Installation Services. His strategic nature allows him to establish efficient processes and procedures and he is continuously driving business process improvements.
Matt Reisdorf
Social Spaces Account Manager
Matt works as the account executive for our social spaces team. With specified skills in large projects and years of experience in project coordination, Matt is able to keep track of the extensive amounts of ancillary furniture and décor. His consistency ensures that projects go according to plan, and on the intended schedule.
Megan Duffy Sananikone
Vice President of Operations
As a Shareholder and the Vice President of Operations at Fluid Interiors, Megan helps lead the business with a focus on design expertise and customer experience. Megan extends her leadership to roles as Past President of the local International Interior Design Association and co-leading the Commercial Real Estate Diversity Collaborative. Megan appreciates the importance of the built environment, its' impact on people and business performance.
Michaela McCluskey
Account Executive
As Fluid's Southern MN and Western WI Account Executive, Michaela focuses on helping her clients elevate their spaces and transform their offices. She has a passion for building long term relationships with her customers and wants them to view her as an extension of their team.
Mike Bakke
Project Manager
As one of our Project managers, Mike is an adaptable problem solver. With 20+ years of experience in project and operations management, Mike utilizes a highly personalized and individual approach to each project to ensure that there is attention to detail from beginning to end of all projects.
Mike Krenner
IT/AV Specialist
Mike oversees Fluid’s IT/AV needs at Fluid. He strives to uncomplicate Fluid’s day-to-day technology needs and finding continuous ways to be innovators in our industry
Morgan Munneke
Marketing Manager
Morgan leads the marketing team with a focus on digital marketing efforts to drive sales and build both industry and peer relationships. She uses marketing techniques as a differentiator and aims to lead the way as innovators in our industry.
Natalie Nelson
Project Coordinator
Natalie’s background in project management and customer relations has made her a people-oriented project coordinator. Natalie is accustomed to fast paced environments and strives to find the best and most creative solutions to problems for clients in a timely manner.
Nicole Helland
Senior Project Designer
Nicole is always trying to be one step ahead of the game by coming up with more efficient ways to complete her projects. Nicole’s goal is to provide Fluid’s customers with on-time, accurate and creative solutions to their workspace needs.
Nikole Koethe
Project Coordinator
Nikole has over 10 years of project management experience. Her strengths include client relationship building, conflict resolution, and time management. Utilizing her strengths, Nikole specializes in making sure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget. Her organized nature and open communication with her team allows her to excel as a project coordinator with Fluid
Paul Schluter
Project Manager
Paul’s experience in installation, customer service, and project management roles gives Paul a well-rounded perspective of the project process and commercial furniture industry as a whole. This enables him to understand how each department interacts and impacts the overall process.
Pete Jacques
Account Executive
Playing an integral role in developing Fluid’s service platform, Pete has helped the company grow services like purchasing/selling used furniture and providing furniture lifts for carpet replacements.
Rachel Morgan
Social Spaces Specifier
With experience in interior art specification and interior design, Rachel utilizes her eye for aesthetics as one of our Furniture specifiers. Her unique background and skillset helps to make any space both functional and pleasing to the eye.
Rosa Brandt
Design Relationship Manager
Her experience at architecture and design firms gives Rosa an understanding of their process, which enables her to smoothly integrate the furniture process and apply her design background in a new way.
Shannon Lovejoy
Customer Service Director
Shannon oversees our project coordination team and ensures that all aspects of order management, including preparation for order placement, timely manufacturer acknowledgment, and order shipment dates are tracking in a timely manner. Shannon is responsible for generating timely invoices and handling any punch completion requirements after a project is installed.
Shay O’Malley-Langer
Director of Design
With 20 years of design experience, Shay brings her knowledge and expertise to lead Fluid’s design team. Her extensive industry experience allows her to guide our customers through Fluid’s design process. Additionally, she leads our designers through continuing education and design development.
Shayla Goss
Project Designer
Through her years of design experience, Shayla has become specially accustomed to working on corporate spaces. She has a passion for custom project visions, and the drive to see it through. Shayla focuses on providing attention to detail and a dedication to finding solutions that meet the need.
Steve Mooney
Project Manager
Steve has a strong background in customer service allowing him to bring leadership and problem solving skills to each project. He enjoys communication aspect of projects and that his job as a Project Manager gets to bring all the teams together and on the same page to successfully complete the job.
Tonya Rohling
Accountant
As part of Fluids accounting team, Tonya works to setup accounts, maintain internal projects, and do financial reconciliation.
Trinidad Stecker
Social Spaces Specifier
As part of our social spaces team, Trini utilizes many manufacturers and small businesses alike to execute beautifully furnished and finished projects. Her love for textiles and curated aesthetics brings life to any space.
Wanda Forbes
Senior Account Executive
Wanda has over 16 years of experience within the commercial furniture industry. She enjoys collaborating in a team environment and allowing for shared experiences and thoughts to become a project solution. Wanda works in an efficient and effective matter and likes to find the solution that provides simplicity in the process, while still maintaining a creative and superb result.
