MEND Design Collaborative is a multi-disciplinary design firm with an emphasis on mixed-use urban design, urban infill and caused-based planning and architecture.

We combine the disciplines of brand strategy, architecture, urban planning and communication design into one integrated approach we call Perception Design. With offices in Charlotte, Chicago and Los Angeles, Shook Kelley was founded in 1992 as an atypical design firm with a focus on leveraging consumer perceptions. Simply put, we help clients take complex business strategies and turn them into two-second icons that cue and trigger specific emotional values in consumers. Our approach is more… Show more We combine the disciplines of brand strategy, architecture, urban planning and communication design into one integrated approach we call Perception Design. With offices in Charlotte, Chicago and Los Angeles, Shook Kelley was founded in 1992 as an atypical design firm with a focus on leveraging consumer perceptions. Simply put, we help clients take complex business strategies and turn them into two-second icons that cue and trigger specific emotional values in consumers. Our approach is more encompassing than traditional design firms in that it builds a consistent 'brand image' that is communicated on all levels. Show less

Joseph's Exchange is a 501(c)(3) foundation currently working to create a new community called Mahanaim north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti that is founded upon five pillars: income generation, health care, food production + water, education and housing. www.josephs-exchange.org

I was invited to teach the Fifth Year post-professional degree Comprehensive Architectural Project (CAP) Studio for Semester 1 and as a visiting critic for Semester 2.

The Design Studio was created in 1990 to add to the range of design services offered by the firm, then known as Little and Associates Architects. As the fifth member added to the studio, I provided design services and managed client relationships for the various divisions within the 500+ person firm.

Works/5 was a design collaborative fashioned in the spirit of the early formations of Atelier 5. It consisted of four architects and a landscape architect who patiently crafted a wide-ranging catalogue of projects including a mausoleum, private residences, a children's museum and an equestrian enclave.

Sanskrit is UNC Charlotte's nationally recognized, award winning literary-arts magazine. It is published once a year, in April.