Ms. Gilmore founded D.Gilmore Lighting Design Inc. in 1997 and has worked as an award-winning architectural lighting designer for more than 38 years. Passionate about light and its power to evoke emotion while creating visual interest and solving pragmatic challenges, particular for exterior environments, Ms. Gilmore has spoken at University of Delaware Symposium “Earth Perfect? Nature, Utopia, and the Garden” and for the American Public Gardens Association annual conference, “Visualizing a Night Garden’s Potential with Light.” Debra participated as a 2016 Lights in Alingsas workshop head in Alingsas, Sweden. A Parsons graduate, she holds a BFA in Environmental Design and is professionally affiliated with the IALD and the IES.