Betsy Nickless, CDFA, Named Past President of Society for Design Administration (SDA)

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - June 18, 2014 - PRLog -- Newport Beach, Calif. – Betsy Nickless, CDFA, was installed as Past President of SDA (Society for Design Administration) at the annual business meeting held recently in Nashville, Tenn. A member of SDA since 1983, Ms. Nickless was a founding member of the Orange County Chapter of SDA. Additionally, she serves as Co-Chair of SDA’s charitable foundation, Canstruction®, a design-build competition using canned foods that benefits the Orange County Food Bank (www.canstructionoc.org).

Established in 1959, the national Society for Design Administration is the largest organization directed to administration and management of architecture/engineering/construction firms. SDA’s mission is to promote the exchange of ideas and to educate its members in the related disciplines of design firm administration and management.

Betsy Nickless is the Business Manager for Mark Scheurer Architect, Inc. in Newport Beach.

Mark Scheurer Architect, Inc. is an award-winning architectural design and planning firm located in Newport Beach, California. Comprised of highly experienced professionals with diverse participations in all types of residential and resort architecture, Mark Scheurer Architect has established a reputation of excellence and professionalism throughout the building industry. For over twenty years, the firm’s principals have completed hundreds of award-winning projects across the United States and internationally including China.  Their body of work encompasses master-planned communities, hospitality and resorts, residential housing, (including multifamily, luxury single family, custom residences, apartment and golf course communities), and retail/mixed-use, senior and retirement communities, space planning and land planning.

Nickless said,” I am proud to be a member of an organization that encourages personal and professional growth while also benefiting the individual’s employer and the design industry as a whole. I cannot quantify the knowledge I have gained or the relationships that I have established through SDA - they are priceless!”