Industrial Designer | Garmin
Alison Benz, IDSA is an industrial designer at Garmin in Olathe, Kansas. She has been at Garmin since graduating from The University of Kansas in 2020 and has stayed involved in IDSA/Women In Design throughout her student and professional career. Ali is originally from North Carolina and has worked at two design firms there, Enventys Partners in Charlotte, and Paradigm Innovation in Raleigh.
Vice Chair, IDSA Kansas City Chapter
2020 Midwest District Student Merit Award Finalist
Alison Benz is a student at The University of Kansas. She has been involved in the IDSA KU Chapter since she was a freshman in the design school, and has learned a lot over the years.
“I was president of the KU Chapter last year and look forward to seeing more growth of the KU’s IDSA program in the future,” Alison says. “Competing in the Student Merit Awards has been a goal of mine for the past four years, and I appreciate the opportunity to show my growth as a designer.”
