People in the News Archives - School Construction News https://schoolconstructionnews.com Design - Construction - Operations Thu, 08 Dec 2016 23:58:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.11 Taryn Kinney https://schoolconstructionnews.com/2016/08/18/taryn-kinney/ Thu, 18 Aug 2016 18:23:15 +0000 K-12 education planner and designer Taryn Kinney, AIA, LEED AP, joined DLR Group to lead the firm’s Texas K-12 Education practice in Houston. She will be responsible for growing the firm’s presence in Texas, working with K-12 education clients and communities to elevate educational opportunities for all students.

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]]> K-12 education planner and designer Taryn Kinney, AIA, LEED AP, joined DLR Group to lead the firm’s Texas K-12 Education practice in Houston. She will be responsible for growing the firm’s presence in Texas, working with K-12 education clients and communities to elevate educational opportunities for all students. Kinney is a Texas native who has successfully led the strategy, visioning, planning and design of more than 2 million square feet of learning space nationally and internationally. During Kinney’s 15 years of developing facilities to support new educational models, she has seen her clients face increasingly complex challenges. She incorporates current developmental research, environmental psychology and organizational psychology to design facilities that respond to human learning and behavior.

 

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]]> H. Michael Smith https://schoolconstructionnews.com/2016/08/18/h-michael-smith/ Thu, 18 Aug 2016 18:17:48 +0000 Omaha, Neb.-headquartered HDR recently announced that H. Michael Smith, AIA, LEED AP, has joined the firm as a director for HDR’s Education, Science, Tech (EST) program. He will lead the EST program in Charlotte, N.C.; Atlanta; Tampa, Fla.; Dallas and Houston, and will develop and nurture strong relationships with clients and institutions across the academic, science and technology sectors.

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]]> Omaha, Neb.-headquartered HDR recently announced that H. Michael Smith, AIA, LEED AP, has joined the firm as a director for HDR’s Education, Science, Tech (EST) program. He will lead the EST program in Charlotte, N.C.; Atlanta; Tampa, Fla.; Dallas and Houston, and will develop and nurture strong relationships with clients and institutions across the academic, science and technology sectors. With more than three decades of experience, Smith has devoted his career to designing facilities that advance some of society’s most ambitious and important research goals in the academic, science and technology sectors. These projects have included academic and biomedical teaching and research laboratories, biotechnology and pharmaceutical research and production facilities, cleanrooms for the manufacturing of microelectronics and medical devices, and animal research facilities. In 2013, he joined the board of directors for the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., helping advance its mission for developing innovative solutions for health care through biomedical discovery.

 

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]]> Nick Stephenson https://schoolconstructionnews.com/2016/08/16/nick-stephenson/ Tue, 16 Aug 2016 23:47:07 +0000 Nick Stephenson, an associate with education industry planning, design and construction management firm Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA), earned the Accredited Learning Environments Planner (ALEP) designation, a mark of excellence that reflects the knowledge, skills and abilities of a competent educational facility planner.

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]]> Nick Stephenson, an associate with education industry planning, design and construction management firm Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA), earned the Accredited Learning Environments Planner (ALEP) designation, a mark of excellence that reflects the knowledge, skills and abilities of a competent educational facility planner. The ALEP credential, developed by the Association for Learning Environments, was designed to elevate professional standards, enhance individual performance and identify those in the educational environment industry who demonstrate the knowledge essential to the practice of educational facility planning. Stephenson has been with QKA since 1997 and has worked in all phases of architectural services for education projects, including master planning, programming, schematic design, design development and construction documentation. Well versed in consultant coordination, green building practices and construction administration, Stephenson’s projects include the Mendocino High School Performing Arts facility and significant modernization work for Fort Bragg Middle School — both of which garnered design awards.

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]]> Timothy McGrath https://schoolconstructionnews.com/2016/08/09/timothy-mcgrath/ Tue, 09 Aug 2016 22:37:12 +0000 Timothy McGrath, AIA, REFP, recently joined Wold Architects and Engineers’ Palatine, Ill., office as design principal. McGrath brings more than 35 years of experience with a special focus on educational design. He has been instrumental in creating many notable school buildings, from K-12 to higher education and specialty learning environments.

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]]> Timothy McGrath, AIA, REFP, recently joined Wold Architects and Engineers’ Palatine, Ill., office as design principal. McGrath brings more than 35 years of experience with a special focus on educational design. He has been instrumental in creating many notable school buildings, from K-12 to higher education and specialty learning environments. His work includes the LEED-certified Lake Bluff Elementary School, Yale Center for Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest Graduate Business & Law School, NIU-Holmes Student Center and many others. He is a Recognized Educational Facility Planner and belongs to the Illinois Association of School Business Officials. McGrath studied architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Ecole d’Architecture de Versailles.

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]]> Eric Feldman https://schoolconstructionnews.com/2016/08/02/eric-feldman/ Tue, 02 Aug 2016 19:30:53 +0000 Eric Feldman, AICP, is an urban planner who has been promoted to senior associate with the Washington office of landscape architecture, planning and urban design firm Rhodeside & Harwell. Feldman has experience ranging from land use planning, urban design and neighborhood revitalization to environmental impact analyses and public realm design.

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]]> Eric Feldman, AICP, is an urban planner who has been promoted to senior associate with the Washington office of landscape architecture, planning and urban design firm Rhodeside & Harwell. Feldman has experience ranging from land use planning, urban design and neighborhood revitalization to environmental impact analyses and public realm design.

Feldman has been with Rhodeside & Harwell since 2004 and has 16 years of experience, including national efforts to promote smart growth and healthy communities. Feldman holds a master’s degree in city planning with a certificate in urban design from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College. He is a member of the American Planning Association.

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]]> Tracy Coker https://schoolconstructionnews.com/2016/07/20/tracy-coker/ Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:03:40 +0000 Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, announced the promotion of Tracy Coker, RID, LEED AP, to office director of the firm’s Peoria, Ill., office. Coker, an associate principal and senior designer, has been with Dewberry for more than 28 years. She specializes in interior design for higher education, justice, fitness and recreation, commercial and corporate facilities projects.

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]]> Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, announced the promotion of Tracy Coker, RID, LEED AP, to office director of the firm’s Peoria, Ill., office. Coker, an associate principal and senior designer, has been with Dewberry for more than 28 years. She specializes in interior design for higher education, justice, fitness and recreation, commercial and corporate facilities projects. In her new role as office director, she will oversee the architecture practice in the Peoria office as well as direct Dewberry’s national interior design practice. Coker earned a bachelor’s degree in design from the University of Florida. She is a registered interior designer in Illinois and a LEED accredited professional. She serves on the board of directors for the Children’s Home Foundation and is a member of Peoria Business Boosters.

 

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]]> Jack Poulin https://schoolconstructionnews.com/2016/06/30/jack-poulin/ Thu, 30 Jun 2016 19:11:00 +0000 Jack Poulin recently joined ZGF’s Los Angeles office as an associate partner. Poulin is an interior designer with 20 years of experience on a diverse range of project types, including health care, higher education, sports and recreation, and corporate facilities for clients such as the University of California and California State University systems, Kaiser Permanente and Cedars-Sinai. Poulin is a certified interior designer and a LEED-accredited professional.

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]]> Jack Poulin recently joined ZGF’s Los Angeles office as an associate partner. Poulin is an interior designer with 20 years of experience on a diverse range of project types, including health care, higher education, sports and recreation, and corporate facilities for clients such as the University of California and California State University systems, Kaiser Permanente and Cedars-Sinai. Poulin is a certified interior designer and a LEED-accredited professional. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in public administration from the University of Maine and a master’s degree in interior design from Boston Architectural College. 

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]]> Kristine A. Harding https://schoolconstructionnews.com/2016/06/30/kristine-harding/ Thu, 30 Jun 2016 19:07:56 +0000 Kristine A. Harding, NCARB, AIA, was recently inaugurated as the 97th president of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). In this new role, Harding will lead NCARB and its 54 U.S. licensing boards, which serve more than 40,000 NCARB certified architects and 41,000 licensure candidates.

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]]> Kristine A. Harding, NCARB, AIA, was recently inaugurated as the 97th president of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). In this new role, Harding will lead NCARB and its 54 U.S. licensing boards, which serve more than 40,000 NCARB certified architects and 41,000 licensure candidates. As president, Harding will focus on implementing NCARB’s new experience and examination programs, enhancing benefits to the NCARB certificate and streamlining the path to licensure. Harding was first appointed to the Alabama Board for Registration of Architects in 2004, where she served as chair from 2008 to 2009 and continues to serve on the board. In 2011, she was elected to the NCARB Board of Directors to represent the Southern Conference. As vice president and group manager of the Huntsville, Ala., office of the KPS Group, Harding provides architecture, interior design and planning services throughout the southeast. 

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]]> Gregory L. Erny https://schoolconstructionnews.com/2016/06/28/gregory-l-erny/ Tue, 28 Jun 2016 22:31:26 +0000 Gregory L. Erny, NCARB, AIA, was recently elected first vice president/president-elect of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). By virtue of his election, Erny will become NCARB president in July 2017. Erny was first appointed to the Nevada Board of Architecture, Interior Design and Residential Design in 1996, serving as chair from 2011-2013.

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]]> Gregory L. Erny, NCARB, AIA, was recently elected first vice president/president-elect of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). By virtue of his election, Erny will become NCARB president in July 2017. Erny was first appointed to the Nevada Board of Architecture, Interior Design and Residential Design in 1996, serving as chair from 2011-2013. Since 2008, he has served in several positions on the NCARB Board of Directors, including terms as second vice president, secretary and regional director of NCARB’s Western Conference. Erny opened his own practice, Architects + LLC, in 1983 and continues to serve as the firm’s president. Erny is also a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), having served as president of AIA Northern Nevada and AIA Nevada, and as a current member of the AIA Northern Nevada Scholarship Committee. He graduated from Ball State University with bachelor’s degrees in environmental design and architecture.  

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]]> Josephine Zurica https://schoolconstructionnews.com/2016/06/22/josephine-zurica/ Wed, 22 Jun 2016 00:05:45 +0000 Dagher Engineering Principal Josephine Zurica has been named the 2016 American Council of Engineering Companies of New York New Principal of the Year for her significant contributions in the form of ideas and service to the consulting engineering community. Zurica is the first building systems engineer — and only the second woman — to receive this honor, granted since 2001 to a member who has been a principal for less than five years.

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]]> Dagher Engineering Principal Josephine Zurica has been named the 2016 American Council of Engineering Companies of New York New Principal of the Year for her significant contributions in the form of ideas and service to the consulting engineering community. Zurica is the first building systems engineer — and only the second woman — to receive this honor, granted since 2001 to a member who has been a principal for less than five years. She is a registered professional engineer with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and master’s degree in environmental engineering. A LEED accredited professional and a Certified Passive House Consultant, Zurica joined Dagher in 2007 and was named principal in 2013. Zurica’s achievements include steering the LEED certification and commissioning for more than 15 buildings and acting as principal engineer on the design of a geothermal system that services 14 buildings on Princeton University’s campus. 

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