Today’s guest is Graciela Carrillo, AIA. Graciella is a licensed Architect working as a Senior Manager at Nassau BOCES Facilities Services overseeing capital and operational projects for County school districts.

Annie recently retired as a Partner from FXCollaborative where she was the Director of the firm’s Cultural and Educational practice. Annie’s work embraces the pragmatic and creative- cultivating new integrations of program and design.

As managing principal at Brooks + Scarpa, Angela Brooks is responsible for growth in the firm’s housing and policy sectors, leading the firm’s sustainable initiatives, and overall firm management. 

Join Architectette Host, Caitlin Brady, in a fun, informal podcast to wrap up 2024. Thanks for listening and see you on January 13, 2025 for our Season 3 launch!

As behavioral health subject matter specialist at Stantec, Robyn has a broad range of healthcare experience and finds that her biggest joy is working with clients. She gravitated toward healthcare because she believes the built environment can be a partner in supporting healing. She focuses on behavioral health to help destigmatize facilities through design. 

Chrissie is a general contractor and founder of San Jose based, Incorage. She partners with developers, subcontractors, and the larger development community to build multi-family and mixed-use housing across the Bay Area.

Darla is an award-winning interior designer, podcast host, social media speaker, and former police detective. But she is also the founder of Wingnut Social; a marketing firm that specializes in strategic planning, social media management, and SEO for interior designers.

On today’s episode of Architectette we are joined by Ming Thompson and Christina Cho Yoo, the founders of Atelier Cho Thompson (ACT), a New Haven and San Francisco based multidisciplinary practice working between architecture, interiors, graphics, and strategy. 

Maria is a decorator, stylist, educator on all things colour, and pioneer in the design industry with over 500,000 followers online. Maria’s brand is built on the solid foundation of timeless design principles and her groundbreaking system for identifying and describing colour. She’s been a featured colour expert everywhere from House Beautiful and HGTV to Apartment Therapy and the Washington Post. 

Joanna Smerina is an architectural designer actively pursuing licensure. As a graduate of Drexel University’s 2+4 Architecture program, she earned a Bachelor’s in Architecture with a minor in Construction Management, completed her AXP hours, and is now preparing for her Architectural Registration Exams. She has received awards for her leadership and design skills and was President of Drexel’s AIAS Chapter.

Maithili Awasarikar is a passionate architectural designer and planner in the healthcare sector. She strives to design healthcare facilities beyond the medical program, integrating human well-being with innovative medical planning. She graduated from Clemson and works in Philadelphia.

Victoria Clarke holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Oregon, where she focused on advanced building technologies and sustainability. Now working at The Miller Hull Partnership in Seattle, she continues to develop her interest and skills in high performance design across project types.

Lauren Maloney recently graduated from the University of Kansas as a part of their 5-year Master of Architecture program. While there, she developed a focus in Health and Wellness architecture and looks forward to making a difference in healthcare settings as an Associate at a firm in the Midwest.

Sofia Daly is a recent Master of Architecture graduate from the University of Oregon. After feeling unfulfilled in business school and isolated during the pandemic, Sofia decided to make a major career shift with hopes of establishing close client relationships and promoting empathy through design. Sofia is now navigating the architecture field through single-family residential projects at a design/build firm in Eugene, OR.

Nikita Daptardar is an architect and artist who graduated this year from BNCA, Pune, with a focus on digital architecture and computation. She likes to blend traditional Indian techniques with modern design trends.

Katerina is a licensed architect in California, owner of Katerina Burianova Architecture Inc, and host of From the Honeycomb podcast which features discussions about architecture, design, and women’s stories. She studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology after which she moved back to Orange County and joined a small high-end residential firm. In 2022 Katerina obtained her architecture license and in 2023, she became a firm owner.

Jes is an architect at Nick Deaver Jes Deaver Architecture. She grew up in New England and Texas which encouraged her to develop an interest in people’s place and the environment. Our episode today takes on a special format as we focus our conversation on Jes’ recent project, OFFBeat.

Melissa is a Facilities Project Manager in Maryland and is the creator/ host of the Architecture is Political Podcast, where Black and Brown folks discuss architecture. She received the 2022 AIA Whitney M Young Award and the 2018 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Associates Award. Melissa serves as past Chair for AIA Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community and is a Steering Committee Member to the DC Legacy Project, Barry Farm-Hillsdale.

Morgan is a licensed architect turned stress management consultant. After experiencing the stress and exhaustion known by many in the industry, she developed stress management tools that she now shares with architects that help them DESIGN and BUILD a healthier relationship with their careers.

Olivia is an architect, design researcher, and accessibility advocate based in Oakland, California. She was appointed to the US Access Board and recently completed a Fullbright Fellowship studying elementary school accessibility in the Philippines.