About

Located in the heart of the nation’s capital since 1984, our Washington DC office is a diverse practice delivering thoughtful, transformative, client focused solutions. As leaders in the marketplace, we are gratified by our significant roster of long term clients as well as new clients in practice areas such as civic, corporate interiors, government, healthcare, higher education, and science and technology.

Underscoring our commitment to sustainable design solutions, the Washington practice proudly occupies award-winning space which achieved LEED Platinum certification. In addition, we take great pride in having designed half of the total CI Platinum projects inside the District. Firmwide, we have nearly 200 Principals. Our DC office has 9 Principals and a total staff count of 70.


Leadership

Meet our creative thinkers with a passion for design and compassion for our communities.

Principals

Damon Sheppard, Managing Director

Carl Knutson, Design Director

Renee Rodriguez

Renee Rodriguez, Operations Director

Chris Morrison, Managing Principal

Paul Harney, S&T Practice Leader

Tom Butcavage, HE Managing Principal

Robert Grabarz, Managing Principal

Antony Yen, Managing Principal

Whitney Loke, Managing Principal

Catherine Heath Managing Principal

Associate Principals

David Cordell, Practice Leader

Rod Letonja, CCC Practice Leader

Nancy Gribeluk, Senior Project Manager

Tatiana Escobar, HC Practice Leader

Jon Penndorf, Senior Project Manager

Steve Wunder, Senior Project Manager

Kent McCullough, Senior Interior Designer

Armando Nazario, Senior Designer

Joshua Rubin, Technical Director

Jim Woody, Senior Project Architect

Company Holidays

  • Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of Nov)

  • Day after Thanksgiving

  • Christmas Day (December 25)

  • *Floating Holiday

  • New Year’s Day (January 1)

  • Memorial Day (last Monday of May)

  • Juneteenth (June 19)

  • Independence Day (July 4)

  • Labor Day (first Monday of September)