Designer Profile
Pamela Portwood, Interior Design Principal

Pamela Portwood, Allied Member ASID, LEED AP, founded Greener Lives LLC as a licensed, full-service interior design firm to provide her clients with more than beautiful homes. By using green design, Pamela creates beautiful, stylish homes that also foster the health and wellbeing of the homes' residents and the environment.

As a green design specialist, Pamela has appeared on national and local television and local radio to discuss healthy and sustainable design. She appeared as an indoor air quality expert on Planet Green TV's Renovation Nation, starring Steve Thomas. Her designs have been published in numerous print and online publications, including Tucson Home, AVA Living and the Arizona Daily Star.

Pamela also wrote a monthly column on green interiors for The New Southwest (aka Tucson Green Times) from 2008-2011. Before becoming an interior designer, Pamela worked as a freelance writer and art critic for over 15 years. She received a fellowship in art criticism from the National Gallery of Art for her newspaper and magazine columns on art.

She is an Allied Member of the American Society of Interior Designers and a LEED Accredited Professional. She is also a member of the Arizona Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council and serves on the Governing Council of the Chapter's Southern Branch. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is an internationally recognized green building certification system.

Her academic credentials include an associate's degree in Interior Design from the Art Center Design College, a bachelor's degree in English from Rhodes College and a master of fine arts' degree in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona.