Therese Lahaie is a lightologist. Her expertise in glass technology launched her career in custom lighting, and her love of collaboration led her to work with nationally recognized lighting designers at Translite Sonoma/Lightolier and Morrison Lighting.    

As a light practitioner she had an early interest in LED lighting. At the time, the technology was rife with challenges and she recognized the potential that LED technology held for designers, and that they would require technical training. Her company, Apparatus Design, and its training program, Innovators in LED Lighting, was created to help designers make the best use of this technology. Today, Therese is an independent consultant who connects designers and manufacturers with LED lighting solutions. She has helped over 4000 design professionals gain fluency through her AIA HSW, Innovators in LED Lighting presentations.

Therese Lahaie is an artist and educator who easily connects with a creative architectural tribe. She has served as program advisor for the light and architecture conference Lightspace California, juror for the architectural lighting competition 40under40 North America, and LED Magazine Sapphire Awards. She has also been a guest speaker at Lightfair International, Strategies in Light, and events at ASID, DLF, KNBA and the Bay Area Student Design Symposium. 

Therese has an active career as an artist working in the medium of light. Some of her projects include the public art installation Crossing Signal Mosaic, and sculptural works in the collections of the Crocker Art Museum and the DiRosa Collection in California, the Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Collection in New York, and the Glasmuseet Ebeltoft in Denmark.