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David Gregory

David has pursued his passion for environmental design and planning since the late 90’s across a range of countries, climates, and development contexts, from big cities to small mountain towns and rural areas in the US, South America, China, and the Caribbean. When not at […]

Pei-Chi Chen

Before coming to the States, Pei-Chi had five-year practical experience as a licensed architect in Taiwan where he worked on a wide range of architectural design projects including transportation facilities, campus buildings, commercial, mixed-use and housing. Then he came to UC Berkeley to study in […]

Hayley Wrubel

Hayley believes in the power of architecture; that responsible design of a built environment can offer social, economic, and ecological balance to communities. In joining VMWP, she melds her passions for marketing and sustainable design. Hayley has had the pleasure to work in the multi-family residential […]

Elaine Uang

Elaine is passionate about crafting human centered places and good community design, and has extensive experience both with physical design and engaging communities in the design process. She joined VMWP in 2018 to merge her residential architecture design skills with her interest in housing policy, […]

Ruchira Gaur

Ruchira is passionate about minimalist designs and sustainable community development. Prior to joining VMWP, Ruchira worked closely with developers and city planning departments in New York City and Stamford to design market rate and affordable housing. She also worked as an Urban Designer and Land […]

Gretchen Till

Gretchen began her career in the built environment bicycling through the forests and wetlands of New York City as a planner for the NYC Parks Department. By supporting the creation of greenways and bike paths throughout the many neighborhoods and ecologies of the five boroughs […]

Matthew Kaea

Matthew brings over 15 years of experience in accounting for small to medium businesses to VMWP. His previous position was the Controller for a VoIP (voice over internet) start-up. Before that, Matthew was a Staff Accountant for one of the Big Five CPA Firms in […]

John Doyle

John’s professional experience in urban design and architecture spans 16 years and ranges from designing multifamily residential buildings in the Bay Area to planning senior community campuses in Oregon. John has the unique ability to design and illustrate concepts in a variety of ways from […]

Sophia Zhang

Sophia is a native of the Bay area and developed an interest in architecture while traveling with her family at a young age. She decided to pursue architecture after volunteering for a summer at a skills training center for the blind and visually impaired. Sophia […]

Lilly Wellington

Licensed in CA. Lilly has always loved design and the functional beauty that comes with architecture. She finds the lasting impact of space on the individual to be fascinating and strives to design a positive and meaningful experience. After interning at VMWP in 2014, she finished […]

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