Résumé

Education

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
August 1995 - May 2000

BArch, College of Architecture and Urban Studies.

Employment

Jonathan Kirschenfeld Associates, New York City.
February 2009 - Present

Project Manager - new multifamily supportive housing.
  • 77-unit eight-story supportive housing in the Bronx, funded by NYC HPD (construction administration).
  • 72-unit seven-story elderly housing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, funded by HUD (construction administration).

James McCullar & Associates Architects, New York City.
September 2006 - February 2009

Project Manager - new multifamily affordable housing.
  • 72-unit six-story elderly housing & assisted-living in Bushwick, Brooklyn, funded by HUD and NYC HPD (design development, construction documents, value engineering, and construction administration).
  • 34-unit five-story affordable housing in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Developed through the NYC HPD “Cornerstone” program, and designed under the NYSERDA “Energy $mart” standards, the completed building will use at least 20% less energy than a similar building designed to ASHRAE code (design development, presentation to NYC Department of City Planning, construction documents, construction administration).
  • 34-unit six-story affordable housing in Bushwick, Brooklyn, funded by NYS DHCR (construction documents, construction administration).

David Varnish Architects, New York City.
May 2004 - September 2006

Architectural Designer - Single-family residential, apartment interiors and commercial space in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey.

Anderson & Associates Inc., Blacksburg, Virginia.
November 2000 - April 2004 FT / August 1996 - October 2000 PT

Assistant Project Manager - design of municipal and corporate websites; development of web-based geographic information systems; computer drafting and renderings.

Rock Contracting, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Summer and Fall, 2000

Residential Construction and Remodeling - framing, drywall, painting, tile, electrical and plumbing.

Activities

Architecture for Humanity (New York City affiliate)
September 2004 - Present

  • 2008 - Present - Director of Communications, overseeing website development, quarterly newsletter, email list and other communications with members and supporters.
  • 2006-07 - Project Coordinator for a team providing pro-bono design assistance to The Point, a community development group in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the South Bronx.

Habitat for Humanity

  • 2005 - 2008 - Skilled Construction Volunteer with the New York City chapter. Instructed unskilled volunteers and assisted with the gut-renovation of a five-story walkup in the South Bronx (2005-06) and ground-up multifamily construction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (2006-07) and Brownsville, Brooklyn (2008).
  • 1998-99 - Group design and construction of a Habitat house in Blacksburg, VA, with other students from the Virginia Tech School of Architecture.

Computer Skills
CAD & Modeling: AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, SketchUp
Energy Analysis: COMcheck, REScheck
Graphics: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Internet: PHP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS
Database: MS SQL Server, MySQL, MS Access