Comprehensive Workplace Design Team

Peter Kordus

President / CEO

Email: pkordus@mmoffice.com

Peter Kordus has over 30 years’ experience in the commercial interiors business. Peter graduated from Carroll College in Waukesha and has been a leader in the office furniture industry for many years. Peter’s experience includes 18 years as President and COO of the largest Herman Miller Dealer in Wisconsin. He has also served as Chairman of the International Office Products and Furniture Dealers Association, Chairman of Workplace Furnishings, - the Regional Board of Directors for Young President’s Organization (YPO), and the local boards of St. Ann’s Center for Intergenerational Care and Junior Achievement.

Outside of work, Peter enjoys baking and traveling. He is also an accomplished cook and baker.

Tim Rudd

Principal

Email: trudd@mmoffice.com

19+ years of experience as a dealership owner / proprietor / entrepreneur in the contract furniture industry, with 31+ years of experience in workspace design, contract furniture sales and representation.

Known and regarded by clients, and throughout the industry, as being “Best in Class” by providing thought leadership, extensive workplace knowledge, and a solution based approach.
A passion for providing clients with the “The Space You Want. The Experience You Deserve”.

Personal interests include boating, biking, hunting, fishing, water skiing, traveling and spending time with family and friends.

Paul Groth

Principal / Work Space Consultant

Email: pgroth@mmoffice.com

31+ years of experience in interior design, contract furniture dealership and contract furniture manufacturer representation.

Known throughout the industry and highly regarded by his clients as being calm, cool and collected. Paul provides his clients with thought leadership, extensive workplace knowledge, and a solutions-based approach which yields national benchmark results.

Paul has a passion for customer satisfaction and meaningful solutions.

Personal interests include competitive tennis, golf, cycling, skiing, travel, and spending time with family and friends.

Julia Goetzka

Madison Sales Manager / A&D Consultant

Email: jgoetzka@mmoffice.com

20+ years of industry experience.

With years as an interior designer, design manager and facility designer, Julia brings knowledge specific to an effective design process to each project opportunity. In her role, Julia draws upon her design and leadership skills to partner with the A+D community and clientele, creating direct relationships and offering tailored product applications and workplace design strategy to suit their needs and stir their spirit.

She finds creating space to meet the challenging criteria unique to the design of the commercial environment especially rewarding and is inspired by collaborative exchanges with the project team.

Julia derives the most joy from seeing people engage in a newly designed space that substantially alters the experience of working, learning or healing in a positive way.
Julia enjoys her family, singing and recording with her husband’s band, art, books, film, fashion and travel.

Carmen Pennington

Haworth - Business Development Executive - Greater Milwaukee Area

Email: carmen.pennington@haworth.com

12+ Years of Industry Experience

Carmen joined the Haworth Wisconsin team in 2018, following 12 years as a commercial interior designer and studio lead. Her love of design and passion for problem solving fueled her expertise in workplace design strategy, project visioning, and space usage analysis. She believes thoughtfully planned spaces stimulate workers mentally, emotionally, and physically, allowing them to perform at their best.

As an interior designer, Carmen executed projects of all sizes within corporate, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing sectors, which offered her key insights into the complex nature of design as both an art and a business. Her consultative approach delivered solutions that strengthened the corporate cultures of her clients and facilitated attraction and retention of top workforce talent.

As M&M’s Haworth partner, Carmen now works to communicate the essential knowledge needed to shape current and future workplace environments. She collaborates across the design and construction industries to deliver memorable and effective product solutions.

An avid runner and cooking enthusiast, Carmen also loves to travel both domestically and abroad.

Luna Rudd

Marketing Coordinator

Email: lrudd@mmoffice.com

A generalist by nature looking for her specialization, Luna has a background in theatrical design, production, directing, and writing; as well as a plethora of experience in the commercial office interiors industry including installation, project coordination, customer service, and marketing.

When she is not immersed in the Adobe creative suite designing company branded promotional and collateral materials, event invitations, ads, truck wrap designs, etc.; she is busy finding and tracking leads, pouring over analytics, experimenting with new ways to use rich media to create interactive PDF RFPs, or updating and maintaining M&M's website.

She is on a constant quest to produce creative, organized visual and textual elements that emphasize the connections between art, design, science, nature, psychology, anthropology, branding, workflow, and social human nature while also postively representing, reinforcing, and enhancing the M&M Office Interiors brand.

Outside of work she enjoys art history, theatre, story-telling, new restaurants, playing piano, games, eastern philosophy, and meeting peoples' pets.

Brad Lange

Furniture Specialist

Email: blange@mmoffice.com

32+ years of experience in design leadership, mentoring, space programming, planning, interior architecture and design, furnishings, contract furniture and systems.
Expertise in, and a passion for providing award winning interior solutions for corporate, higher education, hospitality, and retail interior environments. Known industry wide for his vast furniture, design, and workspace knowledge; attention to detail; and ability to listen to, understand and synthesize a client’s unique needs. This results in spaces that set the standard for excellence.

Personal interests include spending time with family and friends, outdoor activities & sports, vintage cars, motorcycles, furniture and reading.

Tim O'Donnell

Work Space Consultant

Email: todonnell@mmoffice.com

30+ years of industry experience.

Known for his expertise, and valued as a trusted advisor by his clients for his charm, wit, patience, and consultative solutions-based approach. With a passion to deliver the highest and best value on each and every project.

Exceptional knowledge of pre-owned contract furniture acquisition and applications.

Enjoys spending personal time with his family as well as partaking in outdoor activities such as hunting, fishing and hiking.

Brett Warrington

Work Space Consultant

Email: bwarrington@mmoffice.com

37+ years of industry experience.

“My inquisitive and perhaps contrarian nature defines my personal and professional style. This results in a top down approach to solving business's facilities issues. I believe that it is imperative to understand the "Big Picture" of client's problems and goals, and their vision of what their "perfect world scenario" would look like. Only then can the details of our proposed solution be crafted for implementation. My history of sales, dealership ownership, installation company ownership, and other entrepreneurial endeavors dates back to my painting company of teenage years.”

Brett’s personal life is centered around his strong family unit and shared activities. He is an avid race car driver, skier, and intrepid traveler. When in a mellower mood, He enjoys canoeing, golf, gardening, cooking, and old black and white movies.

Kerri McLaughlin

Work Space Consultant / Senior Designer

Email: kmclaughlin@mmoffice.com

29+ years of industry experience.

Expertise in corporate facility move management, space programming & planning, interior design, project management, furnishings, architectural and furniture systems with a focus on making sure that every project detail, need and expectation are met or exceeded.

Passion for customer satisfaction and lasting, long term interior solutions.

Enjoys spending time with family, and is an avid golfer and dog lover.

Ben Tessner

Work Space Consultant

Email: btessner@mmoffice.com 

Ben comes from a sales and construction background and has experience as a drafter as well as in technology business sales.   Ben specializes in working with customers and exceeding their expectations by paying attention to their wants and needs.

When away from work Ben enjoys spending his time with his family thrifting and antiquing for that diamond in the rough and bringing new life to a discarded piece of décor or furniture.  Ben is an avid Wisconsin sports fan and cheers for all the local pro and college teams.

Ceridon Kreuzer

Work Space Consultant

Email:ckreuzer@mmoffice.com 

15+ years of industry experience.

Ceridon is an industry sales veteran with extensive dealer experience.

Her focus has been on both new business development as well as large account management.

Originally from the UK, Ceridon earned her degree in England prior to moving to Wisconsin.

Beth Ely

Work Space Consultant

Email: bely@mmoffice.com

10+years industry experience

Recognized by clients as honest and patient, combined with a natural ability to listen and deliver. As a previous designer, Beth brings a proven detail-oriented expertise to projects. She strives to provide clients with a timeless solution and a seamless process.

Personal enjoyment comes from her family and friends, music of all genres, camping, and a deep love for architecture and design.

Lisa Blazek

Design Manager

Email: lblazek@mmoffice.com

18+ years of industry experience

Lisa's focus is always on the client. She puts her passion and design vision to work to provide interior design solutions that focus on client needs, and to create spaces that are cohesively unified, unique, and a positive reflection of her client's brand and company culture. She has experience working in a wide variety of markets including: corporate offices, financial institutions, education, senior living, houses of worship, and healthcare environments. Her areas of expertise include: space planing, furniture selection and specification, and finish selection.

Outside of work Lisa enjoys reading, competitive running and triathalons, and watching her kids' sporting events.

Catherine Haynes

Senior Interior Designer

Email: chaynes@mmoffice.com

25+ years of interior design experience.

Expertise in interior programming, space planning, interior design, contract and systems furniture, interior finishes, and project management.

Dedicated to finding creative, livable workplace solutions that focus on customer collaboration and are tailored to fulfilling the design intent of every project.

Enjoys travel, time with family and friends, gardening, history and home projects.

Anne Primley

Senior Interior Designer

Email: aprimley@mmoffice.com

20+ years of commercial interiors, design, and sales experience.

Has a passion for building long term relationships through proven performance in providing good design solutions for clients. Strives to create the best possible design solution while maintaining an equal balance between affordable aesthetics and the functionality of a space. Believes that improving surroundings and creating a workplace that helps to make people happy has a lasting impact on a business overall.

Enjoys: Quiet weekends in the country. Spending time with family and friends, her new “rescue” dogs (who really rescued us), horse (Caesar), and her fellow “Master Gardener” friends learning how NOT to kill living vegetation!

Kim Sullivan

Senior Interior Designer

Email: ksullivan@mmoffice.com

23+ years of space programming, planning, interior design, furnishings, contract furniture, corporate standards and facility management experience.

A passion for exceeding client expectations, with a very friendly and practical approach to complex problem solving, and providing high performance design solutions that serve as a benchmark.

Personal interests include spending time with family and friends, attending sporting events and travel.

Suzanne Labodda

Senior Interior Designer

Email: slabodda@mmoffice.com

12+ years furniture dealership experience with strengths in space planning, specifications, and selecting sustainable finishes.

Suzanne was introduced to the industray at an early age through influences in art, architecture, and home building, with a later interest in pursuing real estate and sales.

Suzanne prides herself in high customer satisfactionby being thorough and organized, creating solutions, anticipating the needs of others, and exceeding their expectations.

Suzanne works with architectural and design firms, facility designers and managers, small business owners, startup offices, corporate headquarters, educational institutions, financial organizations, government entities, healthcare environments, nonprofit agencies, and technology companies.

Her personal interests include: Spending time with family and friends, attending art fairs, listening to live music, finding bargains, periodic exercise, and summertime!

Tari Gorzalski

Senior Interior Designer

Email: tgorzalski@mmoffice.com

20+ years of commercial interior design experience

"I am passionate about really listening to my clients and coming up with practical, economical and creative solutions to all their interior needs, everything from space planning to interior finish selections. The best part is seeing it all come together and how the design impacts and improves the clients business and their employee morale."

Outside of work Tari enjoys being outdoors, going for walks, music, photography, shopping and spending time with family and friends.

Sarah Lossman

Senior Interior Designer

Email: slossman@mmoffice.com

Michelle Blackbourn

Office, Accounting & H.R. Manager

Email: mblackbourn@mmoffice.com

30+ years of experience with M&M Office Interiors.

Expertise in accounting, human resources, I.T. and customer service with a passion and focus for providing accurate and timely results that serve as the backbone to the sustainability and success of our business, and our ability to serve our clients.

Notary Public.

Enjoys spending time with family and friends, and attending her children’s various sporting and academic events.

Joel Suelflow

Controller

Email: jsuelflow@mmoffice.com

15+ years’ experience in leading and directing business and finance operations within a variety of industries.

Known for his trust-worthy, reliable and level headed approach. Driven to exceed expectations.

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Personal interests include exercise, cooking, sports, helping others and relaxing with family and friends.

Karen Koconis

Project Coordinator Supervisor

Email: kkoconis@mmoffice.com

26+ years of industry experience.

Expertise in and passion for customer service, satisfaction, fulfillment, project coordination and inside sales. Karen doesn’t rest until a customer’s expectations are met, or more often the case, exceeded.

Enjoys spending time with family, playing softball, volleyball, golf and bowling.

Jean Doll

Project Coordinator

Email: jdoll@mmoffice.com

24+ years of Industry experience.

“After over 20 years in the business, my customer care philosophy remains consistent, deliver accurate information in a timely fashion and treat all customers with respect. I build relationships by phone and email. I want customers to feel free to contact me as a resource when sales or design are unavailable. I want them to feel confident that I do my best to answer their question, solve their problem or direct them to the appropriate person who will. Customers know me and I believe have a positive interaction when they speak to me.”

In her free time, Jean enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading, crossword puzzles, playing volleyball, spending time outdoors and volunteering at her son's school.

Traci Roembke

Project Coordinator

Email:troembke@mmoffice.com

10+ years experience in customer service, project coordination, and project management.

Traci is responsible for order placement, warranty claims, coordinating shipments, invoicing, and customer relations. Her favorite part of her position is building relationships with customers and co-workers and learning about furniture. Every day is something different.

Traci's personal interests include traveling, cooking, exercising, attending country music festivals, and spending time with family and friends.

Jeff Klippel

Operations Manager

Email: jklippel@mmoffice.com

21+ years experience in operations, project management, coordination, logistics, installation and servicing of contract furniture and systems.

Expertise in leading and managing all aspects of furniture delivery, assembly, installation, moving, coordination with other building skilled trades for all facility types. A passion for providing timely and cost effective solutions that exceed expectations.

Personal interests include baseball, football, fishing and spending time with his family.

Cameron Tyler

Project Manager

Email: ctyler@mmoffice.com

35+ years of hands on industry experience.

Cam offers strong technical and team leadership qualifications. His role includes job site survey and plan verification, determination of logistical requirements, labor costs and scheduling and project close-out and prompt punch list resolution.

“It has been my ongoing goal to treat customers with kindness, respect and professionalism. I like to think that I make customers feel like I go above and beyond to give them the best service available and the personal attention they are entitled to. I enjoy the strong relationships I've developed with our customers over the years and I believe they know me as a person who will try everything in my power to meet their expectations and needs."

His personal hobbies and interests include hunting, fishing, golfing, woodworking, and riding his Goldwing.

Tony Rubio

Project Manager

Email: trubio@mmoffice.com

24+ years of experience in working on commercial interior furniture installation, Warehouse Management, Inventory Management, Chair Service Technician, Project Management, Scheduling and I.T.

Works with clients and contractors from start to finish to complete jobs to the customer's satisfaction including all aspects from preinstall visits to coordinating with crews for delivery and installation throughout the completion of the job. Walk through with clients for install verification. A real problem solver on jobs, Tony gives the customer what they want.

Personal interests include traveling (especially driving across the U.S.), photography, cycling and mountain biking, kayaking, camping and snowshoeing.

Tom Eldredge

Warehouse Manager

Email: teldredge@mmoffice.com

8+ Years of Industry Experience.

Tom has multiple roles within our organization. He oversees the warehouse, receives and stages incoming product, performs chair repairs, and acts as an additional installer.

When Tom is not at work he enjoys camping, cooking, taking his wife on dates, trying new restaurants, obsessing over his cat, working on his house, and critiquing movies. His favorite movie is Face/Off with Nicholas Cage and John Travolta.

Randall T. Anderson

Lead Installer

Email: randerson@mmoffice.com

20 + years industry experience

Expertise with the installation and service of a variety of systems furniture, spanning multiple manufacturers. Exceptional interpersonal skills, and a determination for customer satisfaction, have resulted in decade long client relationships. Takes pride in expediting problem resolution.

When not otherwise engaged, Randall has frequently acted on various stages throughout the southeastern Wisconsin theatre community for over 25 years. He can also be heard the first Sunday of the month as part of WMSE's Frontier Radio Theatre.

Dave Meihsner

Lead Installer

Email: dmeihsner@mmoffice.com

14 + years of experience as an installation service technician.

Loves the excitement of bringing new and innovative technology into the workspace environment.

Passionate about working with the customers to make sure they are completely satisfied during the entire installation experience.

Enjoys swimming, biking, and running. Member of the Wisconsin triathlon team. Competes in sprint and Olympic triathlon distance and became an Iron Man in 2014.

Mike Schild

Lead Installer

Email: mschild@mmoffice.com

14+ years of industry experience.

Alexander Braxton

Lead Installer

Email: abraxton@mmoffice.com

10+ years as a certified furniture technician.

“I install all types of system furniture. ‘If I build it, they will come.’
In my spare time I enjoy spending time with family and friends, and enjoying the life God has given me.”