Steve offers nearly 30 years of experience managing a broad spectrum of work ranging from publicly funded in-fill housing projects, to large-scale high-rise and mixed-use planned developments.

As project manager, Steve has played a significant role in projects that have positively shaped and revitalized many urban neighborhoods in Chicago, including: New Homes for Chicago, Providence St. Mel Residences, River Park Place, and the Embassy Club, deemed by its developer as "perhaps the most important and influential residential development in Chicago..."

His early career began in Denver, Colorado, where he worked at Engle Keiding Design Associates as an intern while attending undergraduate school. Shortly after earning his undergraduate degree, he returned to Chicago where he resumed his education and worked as a project designer on a variety of commercial assignments at MPS, Inc.

He later expanded his repertoire at A.M. Kinney Associates in Evanston, Illinois, as project architect/designer for large corporate research facilities before joining Pappageorge Haymes Partners in 1987.

education:
University of Illinois at Chicago, Master of Architecture, 1983
Bachelor of Environmental Design, College of Environmental Design, University of Colorado, 1980

active licenses/certifications:
Licensed Architect, State of Illinois, 1989
Accredited Professional by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Building Design and Construction (LEED BD + C), 2008

professional associations:
American Institute of Architects (AIA), Member
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Member

selected projects:

Buckhead, Parcel C, Atlanta, GA River Oaks District, Houston, TX Museum Park Place, Towers I, II, Chicago, IL St. Stephens Terrace, Chicago, IL The Emerald, Chicago, IL Huron Pointe, Chicago, IL

Lakeview Station II, Chicago, IL The Royalle, Chicago, IL Metropolitan Bank Group, various branches throughout northern IL The Ellington, Detroit, MI Whole Foods (Ashland Avenue), Chicago, IL