Maura Harrison is TDR's Creative Director. Maura has worked in the publishing industry for more than 20 years. An award-winning designer and photographer, Maura sees successful communication as the intersection of compelling visual design and clear information design. With a Master's Degree in English from George Mason University, Maura produces communication materials that are clean, crisp, and eye-catching.

Before working for TDR, Maura was a visual communications expert with the Director's Office of the U.S. Geological Survey. In this position, she earned numerous performance awards including a Superior Service Award from the Department of the Interior in 2005.

In 2006, Maura received an Award of Excellence in the National Association of Government Communicator's Blue Pencil Award in the category of "Soft Cover Books 50 Pages or More" for Celebrating 125 Years of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Maura has also received numerous awards for her photography and has exhibited locally at the Fredericksburg Center of the Creative Arts, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, and in the Cenral Rappahannock Regional Library's Uniquely Fredericksburg and Uniquely Stafford art exhibitions.

Allen Harrison, owner, is a native of Alexandria, VA. Before entering high school he began work with a custom builder as a carpenter's apprentice. Through high school and college he completed work on high-end residential construction projects in the Washington, DC area at a time when contractors did most of their own work. Digging foundations, pouring concrete, framing, roofing and painting, as well as installing drywall, siding, gutters and decks, instilled a deep understanding of what it takes to earn a "job well done!."

After his own Fredericksburg home was completed in 2003, Allen decided to return to the building industry and put his skills and talents in complex financial and project management, construction, and inter-personal relationships to work to benefit others. For over six years he served as Vice President of a medium-sized custom homebuilding company where he managed operations, devoted special attention to every project, and worked closely with clients to design and draw the plans for every home the company built.

Allen completed his undergraduate degree in English and History, and went on to earn an M.B.A. in Finance at the University of Rochester's William E. Simon School. He also did graduate level study at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA.

Along the way, Allen worked as a manager in the gourmet food and retail industries, where he oversaw an industry profit center and overall business operations, successfully meeting established financial performance goals.

While earning his M.B.A., Allen served an internship with a public accounting firm in Northern Virginia. Thereafter he joined the Chubb Insurance Top Gun Program with American Management Systems, serving as a software programming consultant on multi-million dollar projects using client-server computing environments and large databases. He went on to a career in project and program management with CACI, a national defense contractor, where he managed large, complex projects and multiple teams.