About Our Team

Poonam (Pam) Moore is the founder and owner of Poonam's by Design, established February of 2006. Poonam was born in the Fiji Islands and was raised in the Los Angeles area. Poonam is married with 4 beautiful daughters, and 3 grandchildren. Poonam's passion for interior design started at an early age. She attended The Art Institute of Colorado, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in Interior Design. In her spare time, Poonam loves to spend time with family and friends and loves to travel! Her life motto is to stay connected to her God, live life with passion, joy and peace, enjoy every moment, dance like no one is watching, laugh until you pee and have no regrets!

Alicia Mitchell was a medical coder for the last 5 years but recently decided on a career change and wanted to get back into administrative work because she misses working with people. She was born in Indiana but has lived in Aurora, CO the majority of her lifespan. She definitely doesn't miss the farm life of Indiana and enjoys the city life of the Mile High much more. Alicia has been with her partner, Seth for 14 years and they love going out to fancy dinners, comedy shows, and music concerts. She strives to live a positive and healthy life as much as she can. She loves to go hiking when the weather is warmer and take pictures of her mountain adventures.

Carrington Duhon has been a hard worker all his life. After graduating Cherokee Trail in 2018, he proceeded to attend Metropolitan State University. A year passed and he thought his time would be best spent in the military, but due to unforseen circumstances he was only able to serve two of his six year contract, bringing him back to Colorado in 2021. Now that he is back, his goal is to attend college once more, majoring in graphic design. He was born in Texas, moved around a lot through his childhood as his father was also in the military, and landed in Colorado in 2007. In his free time, he can be found spending his time with his family and friends, assisting his grandfather, or watching anime.

Vickel Maharaj (Vick) has over 20 years of Managerial and Customer Service Experience. Prior to joining the Poonam’s by Design team he worked for the state Laboratory as the Operations Materials Manager. A long career with the State of Colorado helped him acquire skill sets to bridge gaps between showroom staff, contractors and clients - bringing a feel of team, unity, and family to Poonam's by Design. He recently received his Real Estate license and is working on establishing his footprint in the field. Vickel was born in the Fiji Islands, moving to the United States when he was 5 years old. He is married to the love of his life, with whom he shares two children. He enjoys all types of sports, music, cooking, and traveling with family.

Luna Xu graduated from Florida State University in April of 2022 with her Bachelor’s degree in Interior Architecture and Design. As an interior designer at Poonam’s, she enjoys seeing the designs turn from drawings to real spaces. She is passionate about universal design and accessibility design. She believes designers can fight against discrimination through their design. Luna Xu was born in China, and moved to the US when she was 15 years old. In her free time, she enjoys rock climbing, skiing, and snowboarding.

Ashley joined our team after moving to Colorado from the DC, Maryland, Virginia metro area. Coming from a military family, Ashley finds her passions in traveling, experiencing new cultures and food, and helping people in any way she can. She pursued a degree in Kinesiology, working in outpatient physical therapy creating special bonds with her patients and finding joy in their happiness and success. Since joining Poonam's family, she has continued to find joy in being able to assist, and share the gratitude, with clients’ projects. Expanding her horizons, Ashley has found an admiration for the interior design world, on both the admin and designer sides. She hopes to use the knowledge learned from Poonam’s to be able to share and teach others. In her spare time, Ashley takes pleasure in finding new restaurants to try, bartending, and doing her nails.

Elizabeth joined our team after moving to Aurora from Northern Colorado. She finds her passions in traveling, dancing and spending time with friends and family. Elizabeth started studying Interior Design and Business Management at Utah State University before Covid. She hopes to keep learning and growing from Poonam and expanding her love for Interior Design by helping assist clients throughout their project. In her spare time she likes to go to the gym, take dance classes and curl up at home with a good movie or show.

Rachel joined our team after graduating with an AAS in Interior Design from Arapahoe Community College. She is a firm believer in experience is the best education and has worked hard to start her career at the age of 22. Her passion for design is primarily residential, with other interests in computer software like AutoCAD and SketchUp. Born and raised in Colorado, Rachel enjoys cooking, making lists, and spending time with her family. She is married to her high school sweetheart, Ray, and together they have a son, a dog, and two cats. Rachel’s goal is to design spaces that will fit the needs and wants of each client, and make it beautiful!

Everett was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and decided to move to Denver in 1993. Everett initially worked in the corporate world in Colorado but has been a First Responder for the last 14 years. Everett is married with children and grandchildren and enjoys entertaining, traveling,  watching sports and relaxing with his love ones. Everett joined the team full time in 2022 but has always played a role behind the scenes since the inception of the company, which started on Poonam's "hunny do list"! Hunny do this, hunny do that, etc.

Andrea Barnes brings over 16 years of design experience to Poonams By Design.  Her experience covers luxury residential, home staging and model home merchandising,  commercial tenant finish design and residential remodels.  Andrea was certified by the CIDQ in 2013 and continues to pursue design education and stay informed on the industry’s most current knowledge required to design and safe, thoughtful and innovative space.   A Colorado Native, Andrea enjoys spending time in the great outdoors with her husband, 2 daughters and their Golden Doodle, Von Vadar Doodle.  Andrea loves to travel and share a meal with friends.