Mark Sadowski / Architecture BS ’06 “After completing my degree at UB, I worked at a design-build A/E firm in Buffalo for one year. I then moved to New York to join a 90-person architecture firm, working on large-scale, high-end residential projects. Upon completing my IDP, I decided to switch gears and head back to school for a Master’s of Construction Management and a master’s degree in Real Estate Development at New York University. I have now been working as a resident engineer for Tectonic Engineering for almost three years. I manage a team of people and am in charge of projects ranging between $50 million–$100 million. I have also opened and began developing my own firm, mStudiosArchitecture LLC, offering feasibility study services for developers and investors.” Ana Hernandez-Balzac / MUP ‘07 “For the past two years I’ve been serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mexico. I have been working in the State of Puebla with SEMARNAT, the Mexican federal government agency charged with environmental protection and conservation. My job has been to assist the environmental education department chief with strategic and organizational planning, management of the grant funding program, management of an environmental certification program for schools, teacher-training workshops and interns. I’ve had the opportunity to travel extensively and share my cross-cultural experiences with both Mexicans and Americans. In fact, last April I talked about my experience as a planner working abroad at the APA National Conference in Los Angeles. I also have a photo blog on Flickr: flickr.com/photos/anahernandezbalzac/ sets/72157632014605474/. I’m now getting ready to return and readapt to life in the U.S. I look forward to continuing my career in planning with a focus on environmental issues, participation and capacity-building.” Kathy (Petrinec) Callesto / MArch ’08 “I am working at Cannon Design as an architect in the health care department. Recently licensed in August 2012, I represented Cannon’s Open Hand Studio during a pro-bono panel discussion at the School of Architecture and Planning's Beyond Patronage Symposium last fall, presenting the work of the firm and Grand Island’s Bethany Camp project in Sinclairville, NY.”
Robert Jones / MUP ‘08, Environmental Design BA ’06 “After working for four years as a transportation planner in Colorado, I’ve recently started to pursue my PhD at the University of Maryland. My current research focuses on transportation economics and equity planning in transit.” John Loercher / Architecture BS ’09 “I received my MArch from Parsons the New School for Design in 2011 and was hired immediately after as the summer instructor for the Design Workshop, a program that provides pro-bono architectural design/build services to not-for-profit organizations across the United States. In this position I provided instruction to Parsons’ students in creating construction document sets and oversaw the construction of “Splash House” at the Highbridge Park pool in Washington Heights, NY. I now work at LTL Architects in Manhattan where I have been employed since November 2011.” Michael Bouwmeester / Environmental Design BA ’11 “In July 2012 I accepted a part-time position at Ingalls Planning and Design, a Rochester-area planning firm. I work on comprehensive plans, Local Waterfront Revitalization Programs and many other projects for communities in New York and Pennsylvania. Later this year, I had the privilege of guestlecturing in PD 360. I felt at home on campus, and I look forward to returning again.” April Hickey / Environmental Design BA ’11 “Currently working finishing a Master of City and Regional Planning and Master of Engineering in Transportation Engineering at California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo. Also working as an engineering design trainee with San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s Transit Engineering Department. Current projects include the Transit Effectiveness Project and evaluating automatic vehicle location technology and its relationship to on-time performance of light rail transit. Also working as a consultant on the General Plan Update Project in Clearlake, California.”