Amber Long

SmithGroup, a Detroit-based architecture and planning firm, has added Amber Long to its team as a recreation and wellness design strategist.  

Long focuses on designing higher education, recreation and community spaces that foster healthy, positive experiences for users. She previously served as associate vice president for student wellness at Montana State University in Bozeman and as executive director of wellness and recreation services at University of Colorado Denver. In these roles, Long led strategic planning initiatives to create spaces that support collaboration, socialization and well-being.  

At SmithGroup, Long will draw on her extensive experiences to lead strategy and thought leadership in higher education, recreation and wellness architecture as well as in campus master planning, strategic planning and operations.

“I’ve had the opportunity to plan, open and lead teams in operations of two new facilities,” Long said in a statement. “I learned so much from these experiences and strive to use those lessons to help others going through similar processes.”