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SGPA Announces its 46th Anniversary and Transition Success
As part of its overall firm perpetuation strategy, this transition brings opportunity for new promotions and role transitions through a process that began in early 2010.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (March 18, 2015) – SGPA Architecture and Planning announces today the completion of a transition to a new management team with Stuart Lyle as President/Director of San Francisco, Keith Pittsford as Vice President/Director of San Diego and Marla Martin as of Vice President/CFO.
Stuart Lyle has been with the firm since 1988, when he joined as an intern. Continually progressing through the ranks, Stuart became a Principal in 2004, Director of San Francisco Operations and then Director of the San Francisco office. Stuart becomes the fourth President of SGPA.
Keith Pittsford began with the firm in 1993 as a Project Architect and became a Principal in 1999. As SGPA’s Director of Business Development and as its Vice President/Director of San Diego, Keith’s dual focus will be the comprehensive performance of the San Diego office as well as the firm’s marketing efforts and opportunities.
Marla Martin started with the firm in 1997 as a Controller and became a Principal in 2000. She will continue her role as CFO, managing and controlling all financial and contractual related activities of the firm, as well as provide leadership in the overall management of the firm.
After 18 years, Dave G. Reinker steps down from the role as President but will remain with SGPA. Utilizing his vast experience to provide support as a Project Principal, Dave will continue to mentor staff and direct the firm as Chairman of the SGPA Board of Directors. During his nearly two decades in the role, Dave provided forward-looking leadership, oversight of firm operations and promoted the firm’s perpetuation strategy, paving the way for opportunity and new promotions to transition naturally under his mentorship.
“On behalf of the entire SGPA Board of Directors, we are pleased and excited to make this transition and provide the opportunity to further our firm’s mission under the new leadership,” said Reinker.
About SGPA Architecture and Planning
Forty-six years ago, SGPA was founded when Donald Schoell, Eugene Geritz, Robert Paul and Arthur Allard merged their architectural practices to form a new entity. Since opening its doors, the firm has retained and refined its Retail and Mixed-Use expertise while building diversified design studios specializing in Education, Wellness and Housing. SGPA has served its long list of new and repeat clients on project assignments across the United States as well as in Mexico, Canada, the Pacific Islands and Eastern Europe.
SGPA consists of 40 people across two offices in San Diego and San Francisco. The collaborative technologies that allow us to function as one team across time and distance have expanded the scope of SGPA’s work immensely. We believe that the ever-evolving marketplace will continue to change over the next few decades, especially as densification and mixed use become more viable and desirable. SGPA aims to meet these changes by keeping its focus on what’s important: creating places that enrich daily life.
Additional information can be found at www.sgpa.com.
