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 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 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’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 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 […]
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 […]
Pam has recently completed affordable multi-family housing projects for formerly homeless veterans in Mountain View and in Colma, California. She has worked on senior affordable housing in Marin and is currently working on family affordable housing projects throughout the Bay. Pam has focused on sustainability […]
Elitsa works closely with clients, consultants, engineers and city staff to ensure that projects meet the needs of the owner, the future residents, the city and the neighbors. She oversees projects from initial conception to completed construction. Elitsa is the project architect of Vivalon Healthy […]
Licensed in California. Ben joined VMWP in 2002 and became a Partner of the firm in 2021. He holds master degrees in both Architecture and in City Planning from UC Berkeley. Prior to attending graduate school, Ben was an accomplished classical pianist, earning an
undergraduate degree in […]
Licenced in CO. As one of the Associate Principals at VMWP, Mr. Kloefkorn brings a mixture of experience in California, Colorado and Australia including furniture, interior design, commercial/retail, mixed-use, residential, multi-family residential, adaptive reuse and construction. He joined VMWP in 1998 and relocated to Colorado in […]