Somer Spencer, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, has rejoined the Orlando office of SchenkelShultz Architecture as an architect. With seven years of design experience, Spencer was most recently self-employed in Jamaica. She rejoins the company after having also worked in SchenkelShultz’s Tampa office for four years. Spencer holds a master’s of architecture from Florida A&M University and is a LEED Accredited Professional.
With more than 17 year of sustainable design experience and assistance in more than 30 LEED certified projects, Tim Murray has joined Houston-based WHR Architects as sustainable design leader. As sustainable design leader, Murray will strengthen the firm’s commitment to green facility design. He will also prepare WHR for the challenges of LEED version 4 and focus on the Stamford Health System New Hospital’s pursuit of LEED for Healthcare Silver.
PPG Industries has named Deron Patterson international sales manager, flat glass international. Patterson holds 14 years of experience in the U.S. glass industry with seven of those years handling architectural accounts in Texas, Louisiana and Mexico while also conducting strategic business development for PPG flat glass in Mexico.
Jeff Fishman has been appointed senior construction manager of McKinstry’s Spokane, Wash., office. With 25 years of experience in the mechanical construction industry, Fishman will manage mechanical renovation projects related to energy conservation and optimization as well as new construction projects. Most recently, Fishman was the senior project manager for the Limbach Company in both Maryland and California. He also ran his own construction remodeling business for 10 years.
McKinstry, a design-build-operate-and-maintain firm, has named Brent Tracy project director at the firm’s Spokane, Wash., office. With more than 20 years of experience in procuring and managing energy-efficiency systems, Tracy has a proven track record of successfully driving cost reduction and building improvement projects to support business needs, according to the company.
Jill Huskisson has joined Eppstein Uhen Architects Inc. (EUA) as a public outreach specialist for the Learning Environments Studio with an emphasis on working with educational clients and their surrounding communities. In her previous roles, Huskisson has worked with a variety of clients from various backgrounds to help align interests and agendas to achieve a common goal.
Amy Mays, IIDA, LEED AP, EDAC, joined HDR Architecture’s New York City Design Studio as interior design principal. With a significant body of experience and expertise in health care, Mays will lead interior design with a focus on health care projects in HDR’s offices across the Northeast.
Kingspan Insulated Panels appointed Kevin Franz as business development manager, a role that focuses on promoting Kingspan’s dedication to reducing energy waste. With more than 20 years of experience in the architectural profession as a project manager, client liaison and practicing architect, Franz is responsible for growing the company’s market share major cities such as Charlotte, N.C.; Raleigh, N.C.; Columbia, S.C.; Charleston, S.C.; Atlanta; and Nashville, Tenn.
Mike Thomas has been named vice president and business development director at Environmental Systems Design Inc. (ESD), an international leader in the consulting-engineering design of high-performance building systems. Thomas will be responsible for sales, business development, thought leadership and client relation strategies for the firm, in particular in ESD’s commercial, institutional, health care and science practices.
San Diego-based Stellar Solar, a California commercial and residential solar integrators that started in 1998, announced the addition of sales professional to its sales team. Mihelich has been a top performer in the San Diego solar industry in sales and sales management for the past five years. His hiring comes at a time when Stellar Solar is experiencing the most growth in the company’s history.
