Fern Allison, owner and the main interior designer of Lakeside Interiors, Inc, has had her design work published in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times and Pioneer Press. Along with her old business partner, Fern was on a segment of HGTV's- "New Spaces". She was selected to be part of the House and Garden Designers Best of 2007 and has been recommended more than once in Chicago Home and Gardens semiannual Best of Chicago. In 2008 her retail boutique was selected to be published in the Treasures of Illinois book series. Recently in 2009 Fern was appointed as a member of the Benjamin Moore Design Professional Design Board.

Prior to graduating from William Rainey Harper College with an A.A.S. in Interior Design Fern worked at ACNielsen as a Financial Analyst. Since graduating in 1997 she has practiced interior design, was partners in another design firm and for 4 Vi years operated a retail boutique in Wilmette.

Fern is active in the Evanston Chamber of Commerce and sat on their board of directors for 6 years. She sat on the board of directors for United Way for 3 years and chaired one of their annual fund raising drives. She is currently the assistant Treasurer of The Women's Council of Realtors-North Shore and is very active in The Woman's Club of Evanston, a philanthropic organization. She is also past President of Dynamic Resources of Libertyville.