2026 Keynotes
Ray Booth
Ray Booth is an architecturally trained designer and partner at the prestigious McALPINE firm. His innovative approach to design infuses spaces with a keen sense of place and tranquility as well as layered and bold details, speaking to each individual client and setting. Based out of studios in Nashville and New York City, Ray creates homes across the country that are strikingly sophisticated and wonderfully livable at the same time. He is a master of modern elegance.
As an Alabama native and alumnus of Auburn University’s School of Architecture, Ray's love of house and home was nurtured in the American South. In 2018, his best-selling book, Evocative Interiors, was published by Rizzoli showcasing his luxury residential projects throughout the U.S. In September 2025, Rizzoli published his second book, The Expressive Home: Architecture and Interiors by Ray Booth.
In addition to his architecture and interiors work, Ray’s acclaimed furniture and lighting collections are available from Hickory Chair and Visual Comfort. His collection for Hickory Chair incorporates a contemporary spin on classical design in its refined forms and detailing, and his decorative lighting collection with Visual Comfort & Co. is imbued with a signature appreciation for historical reference in modern shapes.
As an AD 100 Designer, Ray’s work has graced the covers and pages of Architectural Digest, Luxe, Veranda, House Beautiful, Hamptons Cottage & Gardens, among others. With an undimmed passion for beauty, Ray shares his life and homes in New York, Nashville, and Provincetown with his husband John Shea.
Russell Windham & Bill Curtis
Russell Windham is a co-founder of award-winning architecture firm, Curtis & Windham Architects, along with Bill Curtis. Based in Houston, Texas, the firm comprises three independent but collaborative studios specializing in interiors, gardens, and landscapes and has received consecutive Palladio Awards and multiple John Staub Awards. They are also the recipient of The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art’s highest honor, the Arthur Ross Award. Russell is a graduate of Texas Tech and has served as the President of the Texas Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art and the Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. Curtis & Windham's new book, Building on Tradition, is coming out from Rizzoli in fall 2024, and is a follow-up to their monograph, A Vision of Place, which came out in 2017. Their work has been featured in various publications, including Architectural Digest, Veranda, Elle Decor, House Beautiful and many others. Russell regularly lectures on traditional architecture and is working on projects throughout the US and in England. He lives in Houston.
Bill Curtis, a founding co-principal of Curtis & Windham Architects, began collaborating with partner Russell Windham in 1992, shortly after both parties relocated to Houston. Returning to their native Texas roots, they established a firm capable of expressing itself through a traditional and classical architectural language. Though their practice has grown considerably in the ensuing decades, this commitment to respecting and revitalizing the local historical context has not wavered. A graduate of the University of Texas, Curtis has lectured and participated as a critic at various architectural schools throughout the United States. He currently serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the University of Texas School of Architecture. Curtis is a founding member of the Texas Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. In 1999, he and Russell Windham received that organization's highest honor, the Arthur Ross Award, for their body of work in Houston, with many more accolades to follow. His work has been published widely in several books and magazines, including Architectural Digest, Veranda, and Elle Décor.
Andrew Davis
Andrew Davis is a bestselling author and internationally acclaimed keynote speaker. Before building and selling a thriving digital marketing agency, Andrew produced for NBC’s Today Show, worked for The Muppets in New York and wrote for Charles Kuralt. He's appeared in the New York Times, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, and on NBC and the BBC. Andrew has crafted documentary films and award-winning content for tiny start-ups and Fortune 500 brands. Recognized as one of the industry's "Jaw-Dropping Marketing Speakers," Andrew is a mainstay on global marketing influencer lists. Wherever he goes, he puts his infectious enthusiasm and magnetic speaking style to good use teaching business leaders how to grow their businesses, transform their cities, and leave their legacy.