PRINCIPAL
Marjorie Slovack
RID, ASID
Marjorie Slovack of M. L. Slovack Design, has been an interior designer in Houston, Texas for over 30 years, with a reputation of quality in both vision and execution of the total project. Her firm’s award winning designs, which have been featured in major publications, create a consistent legacy of clean, classic, and noticeably comfortable residences. As a firm, each individual designer chosen to work with her team has talent and high skill levels to bring to each project. We work with the coordination of workrooms, vendors, and artisans to produce a custom, comprehensive environment tuned entirely to our clients.
PRINCIPAL
John Bass
John Bass, a native Houstonian, and graduate of University of Houston, is principal of J.L. Bass Building, Inc. and has been building custom homes for over 30 years in Houston, Texas. Since 1976, John has limited his building to custom homes and remodeling, preferring the input and satisfaction of a client as well as the personal relationship created. His strong belief is that the forces of excellence are brought to life and a successful project is attained only through the creation of a close partnership with each homebuyer, builder, interior designer, and architect. John is a Graduate Master Builder and a member of the Remodeler’s Council and the GHBA (Greater Houston Builders Association).
OUR TEAM
Slovack-Bass is simply the best, most creative as well as organized group of designers in the business.
Julie Veselka
ASID
Julie is a dedicated team player with a relaxed, calm personality. Paying close attention to detail is her key to a successful design. While still attending the Art Institute of Houston, Julie landed an excellent opportunity as an intern with Slovack-Bass in the fall of 2004. Upon graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design, Julie’s position was made permanent in 2005. Julie has lived in Houston all of her life and enjoys spending her free time with her husband and two young children.
Cali joined Slovack-Bass in June of 2017 as a graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Interior Design from Sam Houston State University. After leaving SHSU in the small town of Huntsville, TX, Cali knew she wanted to come back to the city and pursue her passion for residential design. With her creative and focused personality, Cali quickly fell in love with the design process as a whole. Successful design projects are accomplished when finding a beautiful solution for the client’s wants and needs along with building a relationship and following through with thoughtful documentation. With Slovack-Bass, she has had the opportunity to work on a variety of projects from out-of-town vacation homes to commercial offices and everything in between. When not designing, Cali is raising two precious little girls with her husband at home in Hockley, TX.
Cali Killian
Kathia Schultz
From a young age, Kathia has always had a passion for design and for thinking “outside the box”. She graduated from Baylor University in 2012 with a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design, and then joined the Slovack-Bass team that summer. Although she envisioned working in commercial design, she quickly grew to love residential design because of the projects she worked on, the people she worked with, and because of the details involved in making a house into a home. Some of her favorite parts of a project involve designing cabinetry drawings, putting together furniture schemes, and seeing everything come to life at the end of a project. In 2020, she got married to her husband in the military, moved to Tennessee, and started a family. After having twin girls, she had to step away from work for a few years, but has finally rejoined the Slovack-Bass team! When not designing, Kathia enjoys watching sports and spending quality time with her husband and twin girls in Copperas Cove, TX.
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR
Jo Ann Sheppard
Jo Ann Sheppard is the administrative arm of the Slovack-Bass team and joined the company in June 2013. She loves being part of a creative and dynamic team where she oversees the operational aspects of the firm and ensures that everything runs smoothly and efficiently. Jo Ann earned a Bachelor of Business Administration, and an MBA, from Texas State University. When she is not at the office, Jo Ann enjoys spending time with family and friends, especially her two grown sons and daughter-in-law. In her free time, she also loves to escape to the country on weekends for birdwatching, soaking in the fresh air, and finding joy in the appreciation of nature’s splendor and majesty.
