Charmaine Sutton earned her Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design from Drake University and a Master of Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis. Sutton is an interior designer whose broad experience in graphic design and marketing informs her teaching. Sutton is on the Board of Directors at the Childhood League Center, and has served on the Executive Committee for The Center for Architecture and Design in Columbus. She  was among the architects and designers who participated in the CBUS Ideabook Project, a collectively produced exhibition and publication that won an Excellence Award from the American Institute of Architects. She teaches Design Methods Studio and Lighting Design at CCAD.

When not at CCAD, you can find her with her design partner working on an interiors project, with her family, or looking at the plants wondering why they’re not growing.