Meet Our Team

Diane Mantovani | Principal + Owner

Diane founded Savvy Design Group in 2009. She has established herself and her firm as leaders in the St. Louis design community. Her extreme passion for design began at a very young age when she would rearrange her bedroom monthly. She has a creative eye, strong work ethic and ability to build excellent relationships. She is known for creating unique spaces for her diverse portfolio of clients.

Diane’s experience ranges from new construction design/build to commercial space planning and design to both commercial and residential remodels. She is an award-winning designer with a passion for beautiful spaces.

Diane prides herself on her ability to surround herself with the greatest people. She has built a diverse team and together they share a collaborative approach to projects focusing on the client’s specific needs and wants. With their years of experience and expertise the Savvy team can manage a project of any scope with professionalism and efficiency.

Diane is a resident of The Hill and loves urban living. She constantly finds inspiration, especially on her many travels. She inherited her love for coffee dates from her mom and is a regular at Café Dolce in her ‘hood’. She adores walks through the neighborhood, architecture, live music, her School of Rock family and art galleries. But the true loves of her life are her partner, Frankie, her family and her many close friends.

Renee Culley | Project Manager

Renee is a talented project manager who has an endless desire to absorb herself in everything design related. She has a creative passion that is endless and contagious. She has skillfully managed many projects of varying size and scope for the Savvy team. She thoroughly understands how to maneuver all the necessary steps for completing a project successfully while always multi-tasking.

Renee has excellent communication skills, asks great questions, has a keen eye for detail and knows how to be persistent without losing her smile. She loves working with Savvy’s clients to ensure the design process is easy and enjoyable every step of the way! She manages every aspect of a design project from concept to completion in an efficient and professional way. She truly knows the importance of every little detail.

Renee’s favorite part of the design process is seeing all the details come together at delivery. She favors anything with a geometric pattern and if it happens to be in a shade of green, even better!

Away from Savvy Renee’s favorite pastime is spending time with her favorite little man, her son Kade. Renee is a nature lover and finds inspiration in the outdoors. On weekends you can find her spending quality time with her family or in her craft room.

Alexis Davitt | Project Manager

Originally from the south, Alexis graduated from Samford University in Birmingham, AL with a journalism degree. She focused on a double concentration in Advertising and Print and has a minor in Marketing. Currently, Alexis is back in the academic world in her second year pursuing a degree in Interior Design.

Alexis is the perfect design partner with her strong attention to detail, ‘can do’ attitude and collaborative spirit. She finds joy working with her clients and supporting the whole Savvy team with her technical expertise. She is excellent at managing all the moving parts that make a project come to life.

Alexis gained valuable project management experience with large scale research projects for Fortune 500 firms in her previous position. She is an expert at scheduling, client communication, vendor relations and every aspect of making a design project come to life.

When Alexis isn’t ordering for a client or wading through fabric samples, she is working at designing her own home with her husband, Mason and mini goldendoodle. She loves traveling, exploring an antique store or trying out a new local restaurant! She also creates custom jewelry in all her ‘free’ time.

Robyn Hatton | Business + Retail Manager

Robyn, Business and Retail manager, is originally from Oklahoma. She attended the University of Pittsburgh studying computer science. Robyn joined the Savvy team in early 2023 bringing great organizational skills and a ‘can-do’ mindset. She brought her experience in analyzing, organizing and project direction from her previous position with a tribal government as the policy and procedure coordinator.

Robyn has a sweet disposition and a strong passion for structure: to-do lists, procedure manuals, color-coded sticky notes and keeping everything on track. She handles all the right-brain duties that keep Savvy rolling. Whether she is paying invoices, analyzing aging reports, ordering retail merch or reviewing client billings Robyn is an organizational pro! She also manages the inventory and procedures for Savvy’s newest endeavor The Edit! She is our retail star.

When she is not in the office, Robyn loves spending time with her boyfriend, Danny and their three dogs and one kitty man. They are both avid readers and video-gamers, so they love quiet nights at home in their cozy home on The Hill.

Anna Klasing | Design Assistant

Anna, a recent graduate from Southeast Missouri State University, joined the Savvy team in September of 2024 as a Design Assistant. A St. Louis native, Anna moved home after graduating with a bachelor's degree in interior design along with a Minor in Architectural design. Anna has a can-do attitude and a vast desire to learn more about the world of interior design. She supports our Project Managers and Designers and always greets clients with a smile and offer of a cappuccino!

When Anna is not creating renderings for clients, doing a layout in AutoCAD, scheduling rep visits or updating the Savvy Design library, she is either around the table completing a one-thousand-piece puzzle or curled up on the couch with a good book. Her love of musical theater makes her an avid fan of the Fabulous Fox, The Muny, and many other regional performance venues. Most of all she loves spending time with her twin sister and the whole family with close friends enthralled in a competitive game night.