Strang’s First Female Board Member

STRANG, Inc. Names Erica Ostendorf Mullins to Firm’s Board of Directors
First Woman Board Member in The Firm’s 87 Year History

MADISON, WI. March 15, 2022 – – – Strang, Inc, proudly announces that Erica Ostendorf Mullins, NCIDQ, WRID, has been appointed to the firm’s highest level of leadership, the Board of Directors. This appointment is effective immediately. Ms. Ostendorf Mullins will continue in her responsibility as Senior Vice President, Director of Interior Design.

Since joining Strang in 2014, Erica has contributed to client success and satisfaction by sharing strikingly creative, cohesive designs which are remarkable to behold and engaging to occupy. Clients tell us that Erica’s award-winning designs inspire, empower, and excite those within. From healthcare to hospitality or corporate to cultural spaces, Erica applies her passion for design across a myriad number of sectors.

Additionally, Erica provides expert guidance, direction and mentorship throughout the Interior Design Group and the entire firm. For example, Erica is responsible for guiding Strang’s strategic business planning across all aspects of the firm. Her leadership style is pronounced by listening with respect, empowering confidence around her and responding with resolve.

According to Larry Barton, Strang’s President and CEO, “Our current Board of Directors unanimously believes that Erica will be a significant contributor to the next chapter of our continued growth and success. She possesses a natural talent for inspiring colleagues and clients alike through her imagination, leadership, rigor and accountability. Erica constantly delivers for our clients through design counsel that is creative, resourceful, respectful and on task. We are excited to have Erica join our Senior Leadership Team”.

Erica earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Interior Architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2010. She is a Wisconsin Registered Interior Designer, a member of National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) and the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)

About Strang

Established in 1935, Strang is an award-winning architecture, engineering, and interior design firm with offices in Madison and Waukesha, Wisconsin.

We champion a highly collaborative, vertically integrated approach entitled, Design Synchronicity. This proven process galvanizes our ability to safeguard a client’s financial, human, and environmental resources. We most often apply this approach within the science and technology, commercial/corporate, higher education, performing arts, and advanced manufacturing sectors.

Strang has earned the Wisconsin State Journal Top Workplace Award for 2021 and 2022.

Strang has also been voted Number ONE Commercial Architectural Firm in Madison for nine consecutive years (2013-2021) by the readers of InBusiness Magazine!