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SmithGroup Elevates Seven To Vice President
3.14.08 | Bloomfield Hills, MI | The
SmithGroup Board of Directors has elected the following to the position
of Vice President:
Susan Arneson, CPSM As corporate marketing director for SmithGroup, Arneson oversees strategic corporate marketing initiatives, including support of the firms national practices and client satisfaction program. She has more than 25 years of experience in the marketing of professional technical services, including 15 in the built environment. Arneson received an MBA from The University of Michigan, a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from St. Olaf College, and a Master of Arts in Biology from Drake University. She is certified as a professional marketing services marketer by the Society for Marketing Professional Services.
Juhee Cho, IIDA, LEED AP As co-leader of the Workplace Studio at SmithGroups office in San Francisco, Cho actively participates in business development and project implementation. She has designed headquarters and regional offices for a wide array of companies as well as various specialty spaces. Her work has been featured in major design publications, such as Interior Design and Contract.
Cho earned both a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a LEED accredited professional.
Steven L. Cohen, AIA, LEED AP Cohen is the operations leader for the Workplace studio at SmithGroups Washington, D.C. office. He has served as a project manager and designer for projects of varying building types -- including commercial, educational, healthcare and residential. For SmithGroup, Cohen was project manager for the award-winning, world headquarters for Discovery Communications, completed in 2003. Among his current projects are Towers Crescent Phase III, a 312,000-square-foot speculative office building now under construction in Tysons Corner, Virginia; and 8021 Georgia Avenue, a 210-unit residential project in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cohen earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Carnegie Mellon University and is a registered architect in Maryland and Washington, D.C. He is a LEED accredited professional.
Michael Kang, FAIA, LEED AP From his Washington, DC office, Kang heads SmithGroups design review committee, evaluating projects for maximum design quality during the design development phase. Kang's current work includes Walter Reed National Military Medical Centers Intrepid Center of Excellence, a 65,000-square-footworld class traumatic brain injury center for wounded soldiers returning from the war in Iraq.
Kang graduated with an MS in Architecture from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Maryland. In February 2008 he was elevated to the College of Fellows of The American Institute of Architects. A registered architect in Virginia and Maryland, Kang is a LEED accredited professional.
Angie Lee, FAIA, IIDA Lee leads the Workplace Studio at SmithGroups Chicago office. She joined the firm in 2007 when the commercial interiors firm she founded in 2005, AREA Design, Ltd, merged with SmithGroup. An accomplished, national leader in workplace design, Lee has built relationships with Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, trading firms, pharmaceutical companies and professional services firms, including clients DDB Chicago, Exelon Corporation, The HON Company, and the Easter Seals organization.
Lee, a licensed architect, was elevated to the prestigious College of Fellows of The American Institute of Architects in 2004. Presently, she is the 2007-2008 president of the Illinois chapter of the International Interior Design Association. Lee is a graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology, where she earned a bachelor of architecture with honors
Will Loftis, AIA, LEED AP As co-leader of the Workplace Studio at the San Francisco office of SmithGroup, Loftis has extensive experience in the design of corporate office buildings and interiors. With a pragmatic temperament engendered by years as a residential finish carpenter and a passion for design, he has earned three Boston Society of Architects Design Awards for Excellence and an AIA New England Regional Award for Design Excellence.
Loftis, a registered architect, earned a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Tennessee and a Master of Philosophy from Cambridge University. He is a LEED accredited professional.
Mark Patterson, AIA, LEED AP Patterson is the Healthcare Studio leader at SmithGroups Phoenix office. An architect with over 24 years of experience in design, planning and project management, Patterson leads a studio that specializes in providing innovative design for healing environments. His portfolio includes Gateway Surgery Center in Phoenix, Arizona, numerous projects for the Mayo Clinic and the soon-to-be-completed Banner Page Hospital Expansion in Page, Arizona. Current Healthcare Studio efforts in Arizona are focused on Banner Ironwood Medical Center, Mt. Graham Regional Hospital, and the Ironwood Cancer and Research Center.
A graduate of The University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, Patterson is a licensed architect in Arizona and California and a LEED accredited professional. He is active with the American Institute of Architects as 2008 President-Elect of AIA Arizona.
SmithGroup ( www.smithgroup.com) is one of the nation's Best Firms to Work For" in the architecture, engineering and construction industry, according to Building Design & Construction, May 2007. The 800-person firm is composed of client industry-focused practices serving the education, workplace, healthcare, and science and technology markets. With 251 LEED accredited professionals and 13 LEED-certified projects, SmithGroup is a national leader in sustainable, environmentally intelligent design.
Established in 1853, SmithGroup is the longest continually operating architecture and engineering firm in the U.S.
Susan Arneson, CPSM As corporate marketing director for SmithGroup, Arneson oversees strategic corporate marketing initiatives, including support of the firms national practices and client satisfaction program. She has more than 25 years of experience in the marketing of professional technical services, including 15 in the built environment. Arneson received an MBA from The University of Michigan, a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from St. Olaf College, and a Master of Arts in Biology from Drake University. She is certified as a professional marketing services marketer by the Society for Marketing Professional Services.
Juhee Cho, IIDA, LEED AP As co-leader of the Workplace Studio at SmithGroups office in San Francisco, Cho actively participates in business development and project implementation. She has designed headquarters and regional offices for a wide array of companies as well as various specialty spaces. Her work has been featured in major design publications, such as Interior Design and Contract.
Cho earned both a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a LEED accredited professional.
Steven L. Cohen, AIA, LEED AP Cohen is the operations leader for the Workplace studio at SmithGroups Washington, D.C. office. He has served as a project manager and designer for projects of varying building types -- including commercial, educational, healthcare and residential. For SmithGroup, Cohen was project manager for the award-winning, world headquarters for Discovery Communications, completed in 2003. Among his current projects are Towers Crescent Phase III, a 312,000-square-foot speculative office building now under construction in Tysons Corner, Virginia; and 8021 Georgia Avenue, a 210-unit residential project in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cohen earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Carnegie Mellon University and is a registered architect in Maryland and Washington, D.C. He is a LEED accredited professional.
Michael Kang, FAIA, LEED AP From his Washington, DC office, Kang heads SmithGroups design review committee, evaluating projects for maximum design quality during the design development phase. Kang's current work includes Walter Reed National Military Medical Centers Intrepid Center of Excellence, a 65,000-square-footworld class traumatic brain injury center for wounded soldiers returning from the war in Iraq.
Kang graduated with an MS in Architecture from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Maryland. In February 2008 he was elevated to the College of Fellows of The American Institute of Architects. A registered architect in Virginia and Maryland, Kang is a LEED accredited professional.
Angie Lee, FAIA, IIDA Lee leads the Workplace Studio at SmithGroups Chicago office. She joined the firm in 2007 when the commercial interiors firm she founded in 2005, AREA Design, Ltd, merged with SmithGroup. An accomplished, national leader in workplace design, Lee has built relationships with Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, trading firms, pharmaceutical companies and professional services firms, including clients DDB Chicago, Exelon Corporation, The HON Company, and the Easter Seals organization.
Lee, a licensed architect, was elevated to the prestigious College of Fellows of The American Institute of Architects in 2004. Presently, she is the 2007-2008 president of the Illinois chapter of the International Interior Design Association. Lee is a graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology, where she earned a bachelor of architecture with honors
Will Loftis, AIA, LEED AP As co-leader of the Workplace Studio at the San Francisco office of SmithGroup, Loftis has extensive experience in the design of corporate office buildings and interiors. With a pragmatic temperament engendered by years as a residential finish carpenter and a passion for design, he has earned three Boston Society of Architects Design Awards for Excellence and an AIA New England Regional Award for Design Excellence.
Loftis, a registered architect, earned a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Tennessee and a Master of Philosophy from Cambridge University. He is a LEED accredited professional.
Mark Patterson, AIA, LEED AP Patterson is the Healthcare Studio leader at SmithGroups Phoenix office. An architect with over 24 years of experience in design, planning and project management, Patterson leads a studio that specializes in providing innovative design for healing environments. His portfolio includes Gateway Surgery Center in Phoenix, Arizona, numerous projects for the Mayo Clinic and the soon-to-be-completed Banner Page Hospital Expansion in Page, Arizona. Current Healthcare Studio efforts in Arizona are focused on Banner Ironwood Medical Center, Mt. Graham Regional Hospital, and the Ironwood Cancer and Research Center.
A graduate of The University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, Patterson is a licensed architect in Arizona and California and a LEED accredited professional. He is active with the American Institute of Architects as 2008 President-Elect of AIA Arizona.
SmithGroup ( www.smithgroup.com) is one of the nation's Best Firms to Work For" in the architecture, engineering and construction industry, according to Building Design & Construction, May 2007. The 800-person firm is composed of client industry-focused practices serving the education, workplace, healthcare, and science and technology markets. With 251 LEED accredited professionals and 13 LEED-certified projects, SmithGroup is a national leader in sustainable, environmentally intelligent design.
Established in 1853, SmithGroup is the longest continually operating architecture and engineering firm in the U.S.
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