Christine Gachot is a principal of GACHOT, a hospitality development consultant, a board member of the Design Leadership Network, a brand ambassador for NeueHouse, and a founding member of the Female Design Council. Prior to launching the studio with John, Christine worked with André Balazs Properties as a partner in the role of Vice President of Design Development. There, she led the design and development of iconic hotels and commercial residential projects including Hotel QT, The Standard New York, 40 Mercer Residences, One Kenmare Square, and The Chiltern Firehouse. Before working with ABP, Christine worked as a Senior Designer at Studio Sofield for 10 years on numerous commercial and residential projects including the Soho and Tribeca Grand Hotels and Gucci Worldwide.

John Gachot is a principal and founder of GACHOT. John Gachot has been working as an interior architect and designer in New York City since 1996, leading the design and project development of high end residential, retail, commercial, and restaurant spaces. His experience spans branding and art direction to architectural design. John’s works includes Marc Jacobs’ private New York Residence, Bottega Veneta, Baker Furniture, Boucheron Jewelry, and Gucci stores, as well as numerous high end residential projects in Aspen, Seattle, Chicago, the Caribbean and beyond. Prior to GACHOT, John worked at several prominent ateliers, including Studio Sofield as a Senior Designer and Thad Hayes’ Studio as Design Director.

Elizabeth Graziolo is the founder and principal of Yellow House Architects, a collaborative-minded practice based in New York City and Miami. The studio’s architecture and interior work employ classicism with a modern sensibility, resulting in contemporary yet timeless residential and commercial spaces. Elizabeth has been honored with The Museum of the City of New York “City of Design Award,” the prestigious Cooper Union President’s Citation in Architecture, and AD profiled her as “One to Watch.” She is an ADPro, an Architectural Digest AD100 honoree three years running, and an Elle Decor A-Lister. A trustee of The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, The Museum of the City of New York, and The Olana Partnership, Elizabeth also serves on the Delano & Aldrich/Emerson Fellowship Committee of the American Institute of Architects. Recent projects include townhouses and a mixed-use condominium on New York City’s Upper East Side, private estates in the Midwest and Palm Beach, model units in world-renowned One Wall Street, a house renovation in Turks and Caicos, and the design of an entire agriculture-focused neighborhood in Georgia.

David Netto is a Los Angeles-based interior designer and writer. He has written on architecture and design for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Cabana, and other publications, and he currently writes the “Case Studies” column for Town & Country. He is the author of monographs of François Catroux and Stephen Sills, and his interiors have appeared in Vogue, ELLE Decor, Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, House & Garden, Town & Country, and Veranda. A book representing 20 years of his own designs published this fall with Vendome.

Wendy Goodman is a leader in the international design community and has been New York magazine’s Design Editor since 2007. Over the course of her career she has defined trends, discovered new talent, and worked with the best designers, architects, and photographers. She regularly hosts talks on design, at venues ranging from the 92nd Street Y to the Museum of the City of New York and has appeared on NBC’s Open House and Good Morning America, among other outlets. As Design Editor at New York magazine/Vox Media, Goodman produces design stories for the print issues, and also content for weekly design stories on the Curbed website, now part of New York magazine. Goodman previously worked as New York’s interior design editor (1997-2007) and fashion editor (1984-1989). Before rejoining New York magazine in 1997, Goodman was the style editor at Harper’s Bazaar. Prior to her work at Bazaar, Goodman covered the world of style and fashion for House and Garden, tracking fashion designers and artists at home and traveling to the Paris, Milan, and New York shows. She is the co-author, with Hutton Wilkinson, of Tony Duquette (2007) and author of The World of Gloria Vanderbilt (2010), May I Come In?: Discovering the World in Other People’s Houses (2018).