"Through education, knowledge sharing, advocacy, community building and outreach, the Society strives to advance the interior design profession and, in the process, to demonstrate and celebrate the power of design to positively change people's lives. Its more than 36,000 members engage in a variety of professional programs and activities through a network of 48 chapters throughout the United States and Canada."
"NOMA’s mission, rooted in a rich legacy of activism, is to empower our local chapters and membership to foster justice and equity in communities of color through outreach, community advocacy, professional development and design excellence."
"The U.S. Green Building Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation. USGBC is committed to a prosperous and sustainable future through cost-efficient and energy-saving green buildings."
The Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) is the professionally recognized association for interior design educators in North America. The stated purpose of the organization is to be “dedicated to the development and improvement of interior design education, to establish and strengthen lines of communication between individuals, educational institutions and organizations concerned with interior design, and to strive to improve teaching of interior design, and through it the professional level of interior design.”