Eames Foundation Board of Directors
From Left to Right: Llisa Demetrios, Eames Demetrios, Byron Atwood,
Carla Atwood Hartman and Lucia Dewey Atwood; seated: Lucia Eames.
We welcome your interest in the work of Charles and Ray Eames, and with your support, we look forward to sharing their legacy with future generations.
Lucia Eames
Founder of the Eames Foundation
Founder of the Eames Foundation, matriarch of the Eames Family and daughter of Charles Eames, Lucia Eames is a designer of indoor and outdoor furniture. She also oversees the collecting and preserving of the family’s legacy. Lucia and her five children form the Eames Foundation Board of Directors. She also has seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. She lives in Sonoma County.
Eames Demetrios
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Eames Demetrios embraces the challenge of preserving the Eames House both as a masterwork of architecture and a place that was simply and wonderfully a family home. Eames wears several professional hats: filmmaker, writer, creator of 3-Dimensional fiction Kcymaerxthaere, and Director of the Eames Office. A lecturer and consultant on design and other topics, Eames is married with two children and lives in Los Angeles.
Byron Atwood
President of the Board of Directors
Byron Atwood is the president of the Foundation and self-described “enthusiastic participant” in the family’s efforts to share the works of Charles and Ray Eames for the benefit of all. Byron is the owner and operator of a machining and fabrication business in New England and also manages the Eames family’s finances. He is married with three children and four grandchildren.
Carla Atwood Hartman
Education Director at the Eames Office
Board member Carla Atwood Hartman believes that the Eames House is an essential touchstone that is critical to her work with museums, schools, and the public as the Education Director of the Eames Office. She is also passionate about chairs, and teaches Chair Camps at museums and galleries across the country, including the Denver Art Museum, where she worked for twelve years. A resident of Denver, she is married with three adult stepsons and a standard poodle.
Lucia Dewey Atwood
House Preservation
Board member Lucia Dewey Atwood treasures her memories of interning with Charles and Ray Eames in 1977, and of working with Ray during the last years of her life. Living in the Eames House for the year after Ray’s death informed her decision to focus on overseeing the care and preservation of the House. Now living near Boston, Lucia is married and is on sabbatical from her work in the financial world in order to focus on the Foundation.
Llisa Demetrios
Archivist
Board Member Llisa Demetrios began her professional career as an archivist at the Mies van der Rohe Archive at MoMA in New York, and continues her services as archivist/registrar for the Eames Family Archives. She is a bronze sculptor, married with two children, and lives in Sonoma County, California.
The Charles and Ray Eames House Preservation Foundation, Inc. was established in 2004 in order to preserve and protect the Eames House and to provide educational experiences that celebrate the creative legacy of Charles and Ray Eames. It is a not-for-profit organization officially recognized by the IRS as an organization described within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Code.