Stefanie Smith, Aia, Leed Ap Bd Email & Phone Number

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

With a focus on Parks & Recreation and Youth Recreation Camps, developed marketing strategy and led in-house and consultant teams through master plan, design, permit, bid, and construction phases to realize multi-site, multi-phase projects throughout the United States. Responsible for project communication, deliverables, team workload, budgets, and more..

Stark State College

• As the first sustainability leader at Stark State, initiated and delivered assessments, strategic planning and initiatives focused on curriculum, operations, planning, administration and public engagement. Integrated.
• Achieved a Silver Rating for sustainability efforts as documented in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS). Ranked 13th nationally among community colleges in 2012.
• Guided five campus building projects to LEED Certified, Silver and Gold certifications.
• Reduced 26% waste while maintaining a 67% recycling rate through annual participation in the national RecycleMania contest. Awarded: 10th place in 2012 and 16th place in 2013, Grand Champion Category.
• Created and directed Sustainability Across the Curriculum Workshops that reached over 160 educators, four higher education institutions and seven K-12 school districts. At Stark State, efforts resulted in.
• Executed over 30 interactive campus events and programs.

• Led multi-national teams through design and construction to meet LEED CI and NC certification requirements. Worked closely with Chinese colleagues to develop templates and business processes to improve communication.
• American Chamber of Commerce, “Sustainable Building” – January 2009.
• Asia Eco Green Building Congress, “Sustainable Building for Commercial Interiors” – March 2009.

Created in Fall 2005 to fill a void in the local expatriate community, the Suzhou Sports Club is a volunteer-run, non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality extracurricular activities for children. The organization coordinated 6 sports and engaged over 500 participants and volunteers.

Architectural design consultant for green-field manufacturing facilities in China. Led in-house design discussions and facilitated communications between corporate facility managers, plant directors and local Chinese architecture firms and general contractors. Worked within program constraints and budgets to prepare schematic floor plans, elevations and.

Master planning, programming, schematic design, design development and construction documents for a variety of project types including corporate, educational, medical and hospitality.

Project: Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH: Assisted with project design and documentation for a 200,000 SF renovation and addition.

• Projects:
• Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Headquarters (NEORSD), Cleveland, OH: Assisted project team with design and project documentation. Responsible for design of public areas and adjacent pedestrian plaza.
• The City Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio: Assisted project team with design and project documentation.

Education record

Barch, Architecture

Bs, Architecture

Activities and Societies: Alpha Chi Omega, Lacrosse, Cross Country, Crew, Baker House