Erin Gehle, BNIM Phone: 816-783-1582 egehle@bnim.com
San Diego, Calif. (May 23, 2014) — BNIM announced today that the firm has appointed new leadership, including Principals, Associate Principals and Associates firmwide. Matthew Porreca, AIA, has been named a Principal in the San Diego, Calif. office and will add day-to-day operations to his role, in addition to continuing design and project related work to fully represent the growing BNIM office in San Diego.
Matthew is joined by Maria Maffry, Dev Malik and Kevin Nordmeyer, who have also been named Principals of BNIM. The four will become the new operational leadership team for the firm and have full operating authority over the firm’s five offices, working with BNIM’s existing leadership group to enhance firm operations. This structure bolsters BNIM’s ability to support and sustain steady expansion that has resulted in additional offices in other markets, international work and an increased staff.
Looking toward the future, BNIM is committed to identifying and developing young leaders to carry the legacy of the firm into the future. As such, BNIM is pleased to announce the addition of new Associate Principals to the BNIM leadership team. In San Diego, Elif Tinney, IIDA, has been named an Associate Principal.
“We are fully committed to a singular, yet diverse and multidisciplinary ‘One BNIM’ in order to achieve consistency in our brand across all offices and markets where we maintain a presence,” says Casey Cassias FAIA, Principal, Director of Practice. “These individuals have demonstrated leadership and expertise by achieving excellent results in design, performance and client service.”
Each of the firm’s new leaders possesses the qualities of design leadership, thought leadership, client leadership, and talent leadership. The newly promoted staff is spread across BNIM’s Kansas City, Mo., Des Moines, Iowa, and San Diego, Calif. offices.
These organizational changes and new leadership appointments are a proactive step to address the opportunities ahead and prepare the next generation of leadership and succession to secure the firm’s position as a leading-edge design firm into the future while delivering the conscientious service that BNIM is known for.
BNIM’s work includes local, national and international models of High Performance Integrated Design such as Qualcomm’s Building AY at the Pacific Center Campus in San Diego, Calif., which will be completed later this fall; the Omega Center for Sustainable Living in Rhinebeck, N.Y., which was the first building to achieve both LEED Platinum and Living Building Status; and an IDIQ contract for the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Overseas Building Operations which will include the renovation of such projects as embassies, consulates, and diplomatic buildings internationally.
About BNIM With 43 years of experience, BNIM is one of the most important architectural firms working to redefine practice in the realm of green architecture today and is the recipient of the 2011 AIA National Architecture Firm Award. As early pioneers in the arena of sustainable design, BNIM continues to shape the national and global agenda for responsible architecture and design excellence. Established in 1970, the firm has emerged nationally as a leading resource for established methodologies, innovative technologies and cutting-edge research in architecture, planning, landscape, education and workplace design. The firm has offices in Kansas City, Mo.; Des Moines, Iowa; Houston, Texas; San Diego, Calif.; and Los Angeles, Calif.
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