Dena Kareotes Arendt, Allied ASID, is a degreed interior designer with 20+ years of industry experience. After working in the computer industry for several years, she left the corporate world to start a new career. She enrolled in design school and got a job working with a local interior designer to get a first-hand look at how the industry operated. Inside Ideas was founded soon after she completed her degree.
Dena keeps busy after working hours by serving on the Advisory Board for the School of Interior Design at the College of DuPage and the Dean's Business Council at the Tabor School of Business at her alma mater, Millikin University. Dena is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) where she serves as Peer Leader for the Illinois Chapter. She is also actively involved in her local community and serves as Lead Delegate for the Hinsdale Area Panhellenic Association and Commissioner for the Downtown Economic Development Board. Dena resides in Clarendon Hills with her husband Jon and their daughter Alexandria.