
Francesca Bettridge
Lighting DesignerArchitectural LightingWorkplace & CommercialPresident & Principal at Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design (CBBLD)
President and Principal of Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design (CBBLD), a Manhattan lighting design firm she co-founded in 1985. A Barnard College graduate who also studied at Parsons and co-founded the Open Atelier of Design, she has led lighting for LEED-certified projects including the Bank of America Tower and the William J. Clinton Presidential Center. She is a Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society and has taught at Parsons and FIT.
Experience
- Current
President & Principal
Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design (CBBLD)
- Current
Co-Founder
Open Atelier of Design
Past projects
cultural · Little Rock, AR
workplace · New York, NY
workplace · Bilbao, Spain
Awards & press
Fellow, Illuminating Engineering Society (FIES)
Illuminating Engineering Society
Education
Barnard College
Parsons The New School for Design











