Alicia Silva Villanueva is the founder and president of the Synergy Design Studio, a design firm which integrates interior design, green building and feng shui. She is a self-described avant-garde entrepreneur who strives to create better ways of doing business while focusing on the environment, personal well-being and quality of life. She is a recognized industry authority and is often called upon to speak about green building, green materials and vital living spaces.

Before founding Synergy Design Studio in 2005, Ms. Silva founded and opened the first Amada Luna in Mexico City in 1994, co-founding another Amada Luna store in Seattle in 2003 (now Greener Lifestyles, LLC). Amada Luna is a store with interior design and consulting services, which is devoted to combining sustainably produced home furnishings with style and contemporary design. While at Amada Luna, Ms. Silva juggled managing the business with developing a line of sustainable building materials, providing training and workshops on feng shui concepts and interior design, while acting as an interior designer and certified Qi-Mag feng shui consultant.

Ms. Silva's clientele for award-winning designs include many prominent businesses and professionals, including the Mexican National Bank (BANAMEX), the Ashworth cottages in Seattle, the interior design for the Hjarta and Florera buildings in Seattle, television sets for Televisa SA de CV and Television Azteca SA de CV, and many, many more.

Very active in the green sustainable movement, Ms. Silva belongs to the U.S. Green Building Council, the International Interior Design Association, the American Society of Interior Design, the Northwest Eco-Building Guild and Built Green. Ms. Silva holds a BA in Interior Architecture from the Universidad de las Americas Puebla, in Puebla, Mexico, and a diploma in Landscape Architecture from Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana in Mexico City. She has also completed a Sustainable Building Advisor program in Seattle.