Monica Ponce de Leon, an educator and award-winning architect, has been selected as the next dean of Princeton University’s School of Architecture. Her appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2016. Ponce de Leon has served as dean of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor since 2008, where she is also the Eliel Saarinen collegiate professor of architecture and urban planning.
North American design firm Stantec has named Derk Jeffrey its new education sector leader for the Mid-Atlantic region. A registered architect, Jeffrey has managed a growing design practice, and led strategic business development initiatives and the successful delivery of innovative design for education clients in the Mid-Atlantic and nationally.
SmithGroupJJR, a national architecture, engineering and planning firm headquartered in Detroit, promoted Craig Passey, AIA, to leader of the health studio at the firm’s Phoenix office. Passey’s past projects include the master plan for the University of Las Vegas Shadow Lane Campus, a proposed 18-acre shared health sciences campus, and the recently completed patient tower expansion and renovations to Banner Estrella Medical Center, located in Phoenix.
Philip Riedel, AIA, CEFP, LEED BD+C, an architect in NAC|Architecture’s Seattle office who specializes in educational planning and design, has been promoted to principal. Riedel is currently managing the replacement and modernization of Wilson High School for Tacoma Public Schools, bond planning for Sumner School District and the construction of Sierra High School, a new Seattle charter school.
Quintron Systems Inc., a leader in advanced interoperable voice systems and physical access control/intrusion detection systems, announced the promotion of James St. Pierre to the position of vice president of sales and marketing of the Security Systems Division. St. Pierre joined Quintron in June 2013 as director of sales and marketing. In his new role, St. Pierre will continue to be responsible for the expansion of the sales, sales engineering and sales operations.
Rob Andrejewski is the new director of sustainability for the University of Richmond. Andrejewski formerly served as the outreach and education coordinator for the Office for Sustainability at the University of Virginia, where he engaged students, faculty and staff in university-wide sustainability initiatives. Andrejewki has also worked as a writer, facilitator and educator, and is a senior fellow in the Environmental Leadership Program. He received a PhD.
C.W. Driver, announced the promotion of Chris Graber to project director in the firm’s San Jose office. The 16-year industry expert will oversee projects within the company’s Northern California region, which continues to expand to meet the growing market demands of the technology, hospitality and education markets.
Pradeep Sharma is the new provost of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Sharma has served as RISD’s acting provost since the beginning of 2014. Before coming to campus as dean of architecture and design in 2012, he was head of the Bath School of Art and Design at Bath Spa University in England, where he managed the school’s operations, finances, facilities, assessment and academic program development, as well as the student experience.
Dr. Dennis Rittle is the new president of Cowley College in Arkansas City, Kan. Rittle previously served as provost and executive vice president of learning at Ozarka College in Melbourne, Ark. He began his higher education career in 1995, earning a Ph.D. in organizational leadership with a major in human resource development from the School of Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship at Regent University.
NAC|Architecture announced the addition of Tonya Dooley, CPSM, as regional marketing and business development manager in the firm’s Los Angeles office. With 18 years’ experience in the architecture and engineering industry, Dooley has worked with global design leaders including HOK, HNTB and DLR Group.
