Prior to co-founding Carver Hain Art + Design, Deborah’s lifelong passion for art culminated in a dozen year ownership of Studio 21 Fine Art, the most significant contemporary commercial gallery in the Maritimes. Under her direction, it became the only gallery in the region to reach markets across Canada, the US and overseas by participating in international art fairs. The gallery represented fine art and crafts from across Canada. Deborah brings deeply embedded connections in the regional community, as well as a perspective of the art landscape in Canada and abroad. She is a recognized contributor to the national arts and culture community. 

Deborah’s diverse background includes legal practice and senior communications roles in corporate, non-profit and institutional environments. She holds a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo, an LLB from Dalhousie University, an LLM from the London School of Economics. She is the recipient of 2025 Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal for Fine Craft.

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With a career spanning two decades at the helm of an award-winning London interior design studio, Tracy offers an expansive global perspective informed by her diverse experience in Austrian hospitality, Swiss private banking, textile and paper conservation in US and Canadian museums, and corporate and residential design projects around the world. Having personally navigated over 38 international relocations, she possesses a rare, experienced, trained, and intuitive understanding of how culture and design intersect.

A two-time finalist for the prestigious Society of British and International Interior Design (SBID) Awards, Tracy is recognized for her ability to anticipate global design shifts before they emerge. Her multidisciplinary academic background, holding university degrees in Environmental Design from the Ontario College of Art and Design and Business from the University of Colorado at Boulder, allows her to bridge the gap between creative artistry and rigorous project management. Tracy's deep understanding of diverse cultures combined with her business acumen has given her the opportunity to work on corporate and residential projects around the world, some new build, some renovations, some historic, where sensitivity to clients’ exacting requirements and attention to every detail matters. She has completed projects in Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, Hong Kong, the United States, the Caribbean, and more, working with clients, architects and builders with confidence and ease. Today she leverages a vast network of partners, suppliers and technical expertise to curate beautiful, high-functioning environments for an elite international clientele.

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