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SPEAKER SERIES

CARSON KRESSLEY THOM FILICIA

Thursday, January 23 | 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.

Emmy-award winning TV personality, style expert, fashion World-renowned interior designer and television personality,
designer and New York Times best-selling author are some of the Thom Filicia is the founder and principal of the New York
credits of the multi-talented and unforgettable Carson Kressley. City-based design fi rm Thom Filicia, Inc. Since launching his
With his collaborations with Oprah Winfrey, Carson company in 1998, Thom has earned widespread acclaim and
revolutionized America’s personal fashion sense. He also hosted currently has a design show on Bravo with Carson Kressley called
multiple TV shows including Lifetime’s How to Look Good Get a Room with Carson and Thom. Filicia is universally known
Naked, ABC’s True Beauty and competed on reality competition for his ability to create stunningly modern yet classic interiors
shows like Dancing with the Stars. Carson is a trustee on the board that retain an inviting aesthetic. His unmistakable design sensi-
of the True Colors Fund, the American Saddle Bred bility has earned him countless accolades from the design world,
Museum and Philadelphia University. When Kressley is not including being named one of House Beautiful’s Top 100 Design-
starring on stage or screen, he’s astride one of his American ers and House & Garden’s International Taste Makers. Addition-
Saddlebred show horses, with which he has achieved World ally, Filicia operates a to-the-trade showroom called Sedgwick &
Champion status. Brattle in the New York Design Center.

JOSEPH P. BRADY, AAA, AAG

Thursday, January 23 | 3:00 p.m.

A certifi ed member of the Appraisers Association of America, Mr. Brady is a
silver historian, lecturer, author and professional appraiser. He is the owner
of Joseph P. Brady Appraisal Services, whose professional affi liations include
The New York Silver Society, The Silver Society of London, The
Appraisers Association of Georgia and is a past member of the New York
University faculty where he lectured on silver appraisal. He is also a
consultant to private collectors and museums.

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