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Stephen Ellis

Stephen began his professional experience in the Bay Area with and has over 5 years practicing as a registered architect. During his time in the Bay Area, he developed an expertise in multi-family housing, primarily with high-rise and large scale projects sized over 200,000 sqft. […]

Jamilla Afandi

Jamilla was born and raised in San Francisco. Her passion for architecture and urban planning stems from growing up in the Bayview which shaped her view of the social injustices of the built environment. Her passion is designing affordable housing and socially just spaces for […]

Vrushali Sathaye

Vrushali is an Architectural and Urban Designer, who brings her eclectic background and design sensibilities to VMWP. Combining that with a varied design software expertise and code knowledge, she manages projects and teams working on master planning, feasibility studies, and area plan updates. She also […]

Yaner Chen

Yan was born and raised in Zhuhai, a coastal city with a diverse culture in China. She is passionate about architectural designs that focus on sustainability and create an interactive experience. During her undergraduate study in California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo, she had the opportunity […]

Preeti Srinivasan

As an architect and urban designer, Preeti is deeply passionate about the evolution of cities and the synergy between people and place. Having spent her life shuttling from one major Indian city to another, she is interested in understanding and curating the sociological impact of […]

Camille Lo

Camille’s expertise includes site planning, building design, and consultant and city coordination. She has 5 years experience working on ground up and renovation retail projects, predominantly in the design and entitlement phases. Camille loves architecture and urban design for the opportunities to create vibrant places serving […]

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 good urban planning […]

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