Business Development at @SmithGroup. Connector of dots. Advocate for design.

San Francisco, CA
Last year, SmithGroup had the tremendous opportunity to support Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC) and Ignited during AEC Experience Week. It is so inspiring to see how high school teachers are encouraging students in STEM/S…lnkd.in/gGar_jcY
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Nearly 1 out 2 college students in the U.S. today experience housing insecurity, and 13% not living on campus experience homelessness. And food insecurity affects 1 out of 5 students with a figure that is growing with the rise in inflation. In addition, n…lnkd.in/gjzwY9XH
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On the heels of Earth Week, the County of Santa Clara hosted its #Sustainable Purchasing Summit in San Jose yesterday and shared a lot of resources for service providers, vendors, and contractors to support the County's sustainability, net-zero energy and…lnkd.in/gURsSX8t
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Next Level Sustainability. Thank you Bisnow for this morning's panel presentations on ESG and sustainability benchmarking as it pertains to the commercial real estate market. While our industry peers have been discussing the state of the commercial real…lnkd.in/gcD8UZES
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What a great evening connecting with SMPS Sacramento members on the topic of #businessdevelopment and #marketing skillsets in the #aecindustry. Thank you Stephanie S. Craft, MBA for inviting us to this panel and for partnering with @karenbcarr, Laura Elli…lnkd.in/gBWXjT-J
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Society for College and University Planning Pacific Regional Conference in Review. Thank you to the planning committee at #SCUP #PRC for this year’s theme on stewardship. There were so many informative sessions focused on #tribalrepresentation and #lan…lnkd.in/gYZ5ni8u
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Week in Review: Another informative and engaging Healthcare Project Delivery Conference the past few days in San Diego. As some of the largest and complex healthcare programs are being developed, it was inspiring to hear and learn how owners, developers…lnkd.in/gTRbtJeX
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Ingenuity, opportunity, and inclusion. I hope these traits percolate to the top of the list of attributes for Joyce Polhamus, FAIA as you read her profile in Engineering News-Record. She is the embodiment of leadership and practi…lnkd.in/gjKr2cUB lnkd.in/gmGz9ESQ
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Thank you to San Francisco Business Times for hosting its annual STEAM Education Summit this past Thursday. Mary Huss, with a diverse panel of speakers from San Francisco State University, Chevron, Genentech, Biotech Partners, Biocom California Institute…lnkd.in/gENsxUnH
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What have we learned so far about the return to office? Our Workplace Practice Client Advisory Board meeting last week featured perspectives and insights from client partners from across the country, who all lent their observations and findings from thei…lnkd.in/gY5Akcgi
We were honored this week to have University of California, Davis Chancellor Gary S. May give the opening address at the dedication ceremony for the Teaching & Learning Complex. Conceived in 2016, TLC was planned to support the growth of the University a…lnkd.in/gt6xtKZw
Monday marked the topping out of the steel structure for the new Science and Engineering Building at San Francisco State University. We are so appreciative of President Lynn Mahoney's words commemorating the delivery of this project and its significance i…lnkd.in/gikwtXsy
Week in Review: We speculate a lot now about the future of higher education in our current state of rapid change and disruption. One constant observed during our tours of the new University of California, Davis Teaching and Learning Complex and Californi…lnkd.in/gEnBu5-R
Highlights from the Week: The SquareFootage Healthcare Summit took place this past week in Berkeley and welcomed a panel of healthcare professionals speaking to the current challenges and opportunities delivery projects in Northern California. Thank you…lnkd.in/gTaBQiAY
This week ended on a construction progress tour of City of South San Francisco’s new civic community campus building, which will house South San Francisco Public Library, South San Francisco Parks and Recreation Department, and city council chambers. Ext…lnkd.in/gnzH5SZG
Thank you Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC) and Ignited for organizing AEC Experience Week. Our Higher Education studio enjoyed spending the day with teachers from John O'Connell Technical High School, Brenkwitz High School…lnkd.in/gKTy6cyG