Announcing 2017 New Faces and New Leaders

Ayers Saint Gross is thrilled to announce new additions to our firm leadership, and well-deserved promotions for future firm leaders. We are excited to be a place where people can learn, grow, and share their expertise with our clients.

New Faces and New Roles

Christine Hurt, CPA
Christine’s focus for 2017 is all things related to the firm’s Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP). She is an associate principal and the firm’s CFO. Outside of work, she likes to travel, scuba dive, and sing.

Kevin Johnson, AIA LEED AP
Kevin, a principal, believes that listening and face-to-face interaction with clients are key to successful design. He enjoys asking questions to build consensus and to promote cross-disciplinary collaboration. Kevin is also an avid cyclist and guitarist.

Lindsay Story
Lindsay has worked on projects large (signage and wayfinding for the Monticello Visitor Center) and small (a pocket-sized student life pop-up book) at Ayers Saint Gross. As Creative Director and the leader of the firm’s graphic design practice group, she looks forward to continued excellence on both print and environmental projects.

Allison Wilson, AIA LEED AP BD+C
Allison’s project “claim to fame” is the 2017 Texas A&M campus master plan, which led to continued engagement on the university’s sustainability master plan efforts. She is the firm’s Sustainability Director. In her spare time she attempts to exhaust her family’s Australian shepherd puppy, Hagrid.

Stephen Wright, AIA
Steve thinks it doesn’t get any better than melding his passions for performing and visual arts with his love of design, and looks forward to helping grow the firm’s practice in the arts and libraries as one of the firm’s principals. A former singer, he now devotes much of his time to attending classical music concerts and building support for ensembles like the Washington Bach Consort.

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPALS

Kristen Ambrose, AIA CSI LEED AP BD+C
Kristen is an architect with expertise in the design of sustainable academic environments that support innovative teaching and learning. She served as project architect for the Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center at the University of Maryland at College Park, where she teaches in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. She loves travel and exploring cities.

Alice Brooks, AIA LEED AP BD+C
Alice, a Goucher College grad, considers the opportunity to work on multiple projects at her alma mater – housing, a dining facility, and an interfaith center – a career highlight. In 2017, she’s looking forward to participating in the AIA Women’s Leadership Summit in September, spending time with family, and traveling.

Corey Chang, AIA LEED AP BD+C
Corey loves working in teams and with individuals that show character and passion, and those he has worked with on Howard Community College’s Science Engineering & Technology building and the Washington University in St. Louis Bryan Hall Renovation & Bridge had both qualities in spades. He has a deep-rooted obsession with acquiring power and hand tools, and spends an inordinate amount of time and money building things instead of simply buying them.

Jon Eaton, MCP MCSA
Jon, Director of IT, encourages a broader understanding of technology throughout the firm and strives to develop a culture of change with everyone he works with. Outside of the office, he enjoys hiking the Appalachian Trail, snowboarding, coaching soccer, and playing the violin.

Joel Fidler, AIA LEED AP BD+C
Joel likes to provide unexpected and creative solutions for clients like the Maryland School for the Blind (MSB). He has completed two projects for MSB, an institution he greatly admires. Joel dedicates a few minutes each morning to drawing a cartoon note for each of his two kids and packing them in their school lunches. He is seeking suggestions for cartoon topics.

Linnea Kessler-Gowell, CID NCIDQ
Linnea enjoys building relationships with clients like Brown Advisory. Most of her time away from the office is spent hanging out with her son.

Ann Powell, AIA LEED AP BD+C
Ann’s recent portfolio includes two new storage facilities for the Smithsonian’s collection, ensuring the long-term preservation of our national treasures. She also worked on the Salisbury University Academic Commons, a bold and modern center for the academic heart of the university. In the winter, you can find Ann sitting by the fire after a delicious home-cooked dinner with family. In the summer, you’ll find her watching the sunset from a sailboat, also with family.

Amelle Schultz, ASLA LEED AP
Amelle’s project “claim to fame” is the Waterfront Campus Plan for the National Aquarium in Baltimore. In the coming year, she looks forward to growing the firm’s landscape master plan portfolio and renovating her new house.

SENIOR ASSOCIATES

Jonathan Catania, AIA LEED Green Associate
Jonathan recently completed work on the renovation of Ryan & Isaac Hawkins Halls at Georgetown University. He hopes to help the firm win more great architecture and interiors projects, and to watch a lot of Washington Nationals games this summer.

Amy Cuddy, CPSM
Amy is excited about the recently completed photo shoot of District House at The George Washington University, as it was the first pursuit she worked on and won at Ayers Saint Gross. Outside of work, she enjoys making things in the kitchen with her two daughters and on her crochet needles.

Alyson Goff, M.Ed MPA
In the coming year, Alyson plans to expand her project experiences by working with clients at large and diverse campuses as well as interdisciplinary collaboration within the firm. In her spare time, she enjoys visiting craft breweries.

Jack Hulme, LEED Green Associate
Jack recently led the Ohio University team in realigning the boundaries of 10 campus green spaces to create a more intuitive wayfinding experience on the 1700 acre campus. He’s currently overseeing signage projects at Bowie State University, Washington University in St. Louis, Enoch Pratt Free Library, and Grinnell College. Outside of work, he likes spending time with his family, being involved with their church, and enjoying the outdoors.

Katy Hunchar
Katy is a creative and strategic member of the marketing and business development team who leads the annual business planning process and works with designers to tell our projects’ stories. She is also a talented illustrator.

Jessica Leonard, AIA LEED AP
Jessica is passionate about helping clients like the Smithsonian Institution and The Ohio State University solve complex problems and transform their physical environments. In her free time, she is a dedicated volunteer for the SHARPkids after-school program.

Cooper Melton, AIA LEED Green Associate
Cooper’s goal as an architect is to create transformative buildings; he’s currently working on the Virginia Commonwealth University Gladding Residence Center I & II project. He collects vintage vinyl with a focus on 1990s indie and 1970s country folk. One day he hopes to get all three of his children to nap at once so he can listen to some records.

Sandy Michael
Sandy supports our accounting and finance departments, which aim to provide service to our internal and external clients as well as better reporting and increased communication around policies and procedures. When she’s not at her desk, you can find her boating on the Chesapeake Bay.

Nakia Neves, CPSM
Nakia’s professional passion is adapting the AIA’s Equity in Architecture Commission for marketing professionals in the AEC industry, while her personal passions are all things art and music. She takes great pride in our firm’s many collaboratitarekons with University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and Phoenix Biomedical Campus stakeholders during the past decade.

Tarek Saleh, AIA LEED AP
Tarek directs the firm’s visualization committee, and recently served as a lead designer on a project in the Providence Innovation District. He’s also a big car guy, with a particular interest in architecture influences on automotive and industrial design.

Fred Satchell
Fred programmed our proprietary space analytics tool, SAMi, from scratch; his favorite part of the code is the GIS portion. His next SAMi goal is to take the program into VR. When not coding, he enjoys tending to his sizable indoor garden, which includes more than 40 varieties of non-GMO organic vegetables.

Rosalie Tilghman, AIA LEED AP BD+C CDT
Rosalie’s project claim to fame is three phases of student housing at the University of Delaware. Outside the office, she likes to travel and to garden.

Chip Young, CID NCIDQ LEED AP ID+C
In 2017, Chip’s professional focus will be joining colleagues to strengthen the resources and resourcefulness of the firm’s interiors team. His portfolio includes the interiors of the Wilmer Eye Institute and the Viragh Outpatient Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Duke University School of Nursing, Smithsonian SCBI Educational Facilities, University of Maryland at College Park BioPsych renovation, and SUNY Sojourner Truth Library. Outside of work, he enjoys documentary films, especially ones that give a front-row seat to ‘behind the scenes’ processes.

ASSOCIATES

Blair Davenport, AIA
Blair’s recent work includes the Baltimore Visitor Center Renovation, which won a national ENR Award for Best Small Project. Her hobbies include speaking French and visiting Charlottesville, Virginia.

David Duxbury, LEED Green Associate
David developed a space/cost model for more than a dozen scenarios for the Johns Hopkins University’s DC presence, and hopes to create more opportunities for planning work in the District. He is both a triathlete and a classically trained baritone.

Andrew Casavant
Andrew’s recent projects include the 39 North Master Plan promoting bioscience and innovation in St. Louis and the Ohio University Comprehensive Master Plan. His goal for the coming year is to improve design concepts and their communication through visualization and written narrative. Outside of the office, he enjoys hiking and new travel experiences.

Linsey Graff, Associate AIA
Linsey, the winner of a 2017 AIA Associates award, recently completed a campus master plan for Texas A&M University. After serving on the committee for the American Institute of Architect’s Equity in Architecture Commission, she is now an advocate for its full implementation. In the coming year, she hopes to pass her licensure exams and to watch the Buffalo Bills win their first Super Bowl.

Laura Hall, RA LEED AP BD+C
Laura aims to deliver modern, functional, and inspired architecture and interior design solutions for the firm’s health sciences clients, including the Auburn University School of Nursing. Laura enjoys spending free time with friends and family, attending concerts, cooking and beach vacations. She is currently learning to golf.

Jordan Hawes, CID NCIDQ
The Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center has been Jordan’s focus for almost five years. It’s also the project that convinced her to pursue interior design. She is excited to see the building open in 2017. For 2018, Jordan is planning a backpacking trip through New Zealand.

Nathan Korkki, AIA LEED Green Associate
Nathan began his professional career as an intern at Ayers Saint Gross and became a licensed architect two years after graduating. His recent projects include a private medical school in Scottsdale, Arizona and the University of North Texas Interdisciplinary Research & Education Building. Professionally, he is passionate about researching learning environments and student engagement. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking and spending time outdoors.

Brandon Moore, AIA LEED AP O+M
Brandon enjoys creating more efficient strategies in the workflow, execution, and development of our firm’s projects, including the construction administration of District House at The George Washington University. He also enjoys woodworking and building furniture.

Cormac Phelan, Associate AIA
Cormac’s focus for 2017 is obtaining his LEED certification. He can usually be found with a sketchbook in hand, scribbling something weird. Cormac is also the co-host of the Archispeak podcast.

Rhiannon Rudolph
Rhiannon, an HR Generalist, recently completed the huge task of analyzing the firm’s benefits package. The process resulted in better vision and dental options, and the addition of an Employee Assistance Program. She is obsessed with superhero movies, so her ideal night is watching The Avengers with her husband and their dog.

Doug Satteson, AIA LEED AP BD+C CDT
Doug’s work at Ayers Saint Gross includes multiple projects for the Smithsonian Institution. Professionally, he’s passionate about project delivery and QA/QC. Personally, he enjoys recharging by bicycling the backroads of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.