Ray Ehscheid

Ray Ehscheid is principal, director of client services, retail and financial sectors for the New York office of IA- Interior Architects. He has more than 25 years of senior-level, client-side experience across both the retail and financial service sectors. Prior to joining IA, Ehscheid was senior vice president, design services for Bank of America, beginning in 2005 to lead store design and merchandising for Bank of America’s Financial Center and ATM network. In 2014 he was tapped to spearhead Workplace Design Strategy, including the bank’s refocus on High Performance Workspace (AKA Space Modernization). Ehscheid’s career includes leadership roles in both design and merchandising with global luxury and fashion retailers such as Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale’s and Reebok. His span of influence is noted in work across wholesale, retail, franchise and tradeshow exhibit design.

Ehscheid is a recognized thought leader on the subjects of retail and financial services design, and has been featured in a range of national and international publications. He has delivered keynote addresses on retail and financial topics at tradeshows like GlobalShop and IFMA, retail industry events such as the National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show, bank and finance events like BAI, RBR and EFMA and panel discussions on relevant topics at additional shows like NeoCon and EuroShop. Ehscheid continues to jury peer design competitions. In addition to the Institute’s annual design competition, Ehscheid had lent his time and talents to IIDA and the World Interiors News (WIN) Awards. He has also been a guest lecturer at FIT, the Parsons School and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum.

He is a member the editorial advisory boards of both Contract and design:retail magazine which voted him one of its “Top 10 Retail Design Influencers.” Ehscheid has previously served as advisor to SHOP!, and is member emeritus to the board of the Planning and Visual Education Partnership.