AIM maintains a roster of highly qualified home furnishings professionals located throughout the world. Each project is staffed according to the needs and cost parameters established by our clients. Our pool of independent contractors is large and may expand (or contract) based upon the scope of the individual project.

KEY U.S. ASSOCIATES

Robin Albing | Trend Digger (and Boomer)
Background:Lehigh University, Tuck School/Dartmouth, Lenox, Corning, Housewares/Home Furnishings/Fashion clients
Favorite things: New Hampshire, green, peach galettes, archaeology, NPR, the Packers, family, early morning swims
Quote that inspires me: “Anyone can look for fashion in a boutique or history in a museum. The creative explorer looks for history in a hardware store and fashion in an airport.” – Robert Wieder
Email: ralbing@albing.com
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Nancy Neumann | Globetrotter
Background: Miami University, American Home Products, Avon, Steuben, F. Schumacher & Co., Baccarat
Favorite things: world travel, sports woman (yachting, golf, hiking), the Spanish language, volunteerism
Quote that inspires me: “It takes a village to raise a child” – African Proverb (used by Hilary Rodham Clinton, 1996)

Meri Pollak | The Data Bank
Background: Cornell University, Elizabeth Arden, CBS
Favorite things: warm beaches, tennis, swimming, hiking, large family gatherings, chocolate
Quote that inspires me: “Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children.” – Kenyan Proverb

Gail Starr | Quant Jock
Background: Washington University, Columbia University, Universite de Caen, Conservatoire de Caen, General Mills, Nabisco, Corning/Steuben, Dollfus Mieg & Cie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Favorite things: playing chamber music, zumba, swimming, foreign languages, book clubs
Quote that inspires me: “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein

Mary Ann Seymour | Moneyballer
Background: Tulane University, US Virgin Islands Dept of Health Emergency Medical Services, American Hospital Association, Harvard Community Health Plan
Favorite things: being there, good times, laughing and having fun with family and friends, good food, working out at spin, body flow, and aqua classes, travelling
Quote that inspires me: “A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it isn’t open.” – Frank Zappa

Tricia Cammerzell | Fact Finder (and friend of AIM)
Background:
Favorite things: My kids, running alone, progress, summer tomatoes, a great view, sailing, skiing, Sunday mornings with the NY Times, my oldest friends
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Whitney Ryan | Generational Balance
Background: Lehigh University, National Runaway Switchboard, KidsPeace
Favorite things: psychology, traveling, cooking, hair design, yoga, scented candles, Harry Potter, her dog
Quote that inspires me: “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein

KEY INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATES

Suniti Varma | Indian Senior Associate
Background: Punjab University, specializes in joint ventures and strategic alliances in international consulting
Favorite things: flying aircrafts, meeting new people and companies, Cliff Richard, Gregory Peck, Sir Michael Caine, Como Italy
Quote that inspires me: Abraham Lincoln’s letter to his son’s teacher

Michael Pfeiffer | German Senior Associate
Background: University of Giessen, specializes in consulting to international companies on their way into the European market
Favorite things: tennis, eating, travelling, BBQ, cooking, music
Quote that inspires me: “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Kiyo| Japanese Senior Associate
Background: Chuo University, IMD in Lausanne, PED’75, Nestle, Baskin-Robbins, Godiva Choclatier, Clorox
Favorite things: Golf, tennis, listening to classical music
Quote that inspires me: “No night without morning to follow. But true darkness is there just prior to morning dawn.” – Shinsaku Takasugi, a Japanese hero at Edo period