GFF 2021 Promotions

At GFF we are all excited to welcome the start of this New Year (good riddance 2020!) and we are pleased to kick off 2021 with the announcement of 21 well deserved promotions for members of our team. Each of these individuals has made significant contributions to GFF, demonstrating professionalism, perseverance and professional growth through the course of a trying year, and we are extremely fortunate to have them as part of our GFF family.

We congratulate each and every one of you on your accomplishments and can’t wait to see how you help us Create Memorable Places in 2021.

– Evan Beattie, Chairman/CEO

RICARDO
MONTOYA
AIA
Associate Principal

“I strive for quality and integration in the work that I do.”

JAMES
LAWRENCE
AIA
Associate

“Design should always strive to meaningfully improve the wellbeing of our communities and the environment we all share.”

KIPP
SCHECHT
AIA
Associate + Senior Leader

“I am determined to craft spaces and environments that evoke a positive emotional experience and enhance the well-being of others through purposeful and inspirational design.”

MARIAH
TREVIZO

Associate

“Good design shapes both the community and those who experience it, my goal is to make sure this purpose is never lost throughout the process.”

LOREN
BOYNTON

Senior Design Leader

“To be a designer is in the simple acknowledgement that our job primarily is to listen, troubleshoot problems, and resolve to bring clarity to the solution.”

MORGAN
HARRISON

Leader

“My goal is to create buildings that withstand time and leave a positive impact on the people and communities around them.”

ROSS
CHARBA

Senior Coordinator

“If we can agree on the Vision, everything else will fall into place.”

GAVIN
NEWMAN

Senior Coordinator

“I aim to improve everyday environments through studied responses to context, shaping buildings in their nascent stages and carving spaces for the public in-between.”

TUESDIE
ALONSO

Coordinator

“My goal is to create meaningful places that impact people’s lives in a positive way and improve communities.”

MARISSA
CLINESMITH

Coordinator

“My goal as a project coordinator is to always keep learning and grow my experience with design and construction.”

BRYANA
COZART

Coordinator

“My goal is to make sure each client feels heard, value our impact in the community but ultimately my goal is to help make a lasting influence.”

MATTHEW
CROWNOVER

Coordinator

“I am guided by the direction and flows of the design process. I seek opportunity to be meaningfully creative. I dream to enhance the communities and environments for which we design.”

JOSH
HAFEL

Coordinator

“My goal is to continue to design within the intersection between technology and space, and from there I hope to advance architecture.”

TAYLOR
HANTTULA

Coordinator

“I aspire to work on impactful, city-shaping projects that celebrate the identity of their communities, and activate the lives of its inhabitants.” 

BECCA
VAHLDICK

Coordinator

“I find inspiration though communities and their ability to change lives. My hope is to impact those communities through art and the enhancement of spaces.”

NICOLE
CAPPS
Team Member

“One of the beautiful things about being a designer is there is something new to learn every day.”

NOE
FLORES

Team Member

“My goal is to design buildings that foster better livability and enhance the relationship between humans and architecture.”

SYDNEY
GALLOSO
Team Member

“My goal is to design meaningful architecture that is unique and leaves a positive impact for years to come.”

TIFFANY
NGUYEN
Team Member

“My goal is to impact each inhabitant mentally in a positive way through the design of architecture.” 

ANDRE
SIMON
Team Member

“I view architecture of this generation as a means of proving lower negative impacts of the built environment on our health and natural environment through high performance and sustainability, while still allowing for fulfilled livelihood.”

SARAH
WHEELER
Team Member

“I aim to design architecture that acts as a prosthesis, as a complex and thoughtfully designed extension of the body capable of enhancing our mental and physical abilities far beyond that which we previously thought possible.”