Glastonbury, CT – The S/L/A/M Collaborative announced that the following individuals have been named Associates in the firm:
Paul A. Baldinger, AIA is an award-winning design architect, having shaped a new aesthetic for clients such as Stonehill College, The Stanwich School, United Illuminating and the State University of New York. Baldinger joined SLAM in 2005 and was previously an architect with Surber Barber Choate & Hertlein Architects, Pieper O’Brien Herr Architects and Cooper Cary.
Mark N. Rhoades, AIA is a design architect with more than 18 years experience, most notably designing academic facilities. He is currently lead designer for the implementation of the Master Plan at the University of Hartford, for the Center of Environmental and Life Sciences at Montclair State University and the Rhodes Hall Alumni Engineering Learning Center at the University of Cincinnati. Rhoades joined SLAM in 2008 and was previously affiliated with The Stubbins Associates and CBT/Childs Bertman Tseckares, Inc..
Catherine J. Ellithorpe, AIA is a project manager and joined SLAM in 1994. She served as an educator and lecturer, as well as a long-standing volunteer with the various organizations. Her recent work includes the award-winning Providence Career & Technical High School, renovations at the Kent School and the Ridgefield/East Ridge Middle School.
Kemp A. Morhardt, Assoc. AIA, EIT is a project manager with over 17 years of architecture, engineering and design/build construction experience. Since joining SLAM in 2005 he has specialized in managing large public school projects such as the Metropolitan Business Academy High School, The Waterbury Career Academy and the Hartford Capital Preparatory Magnet School.
Stephen Martocchio is a project manager with 14 years of experience and has worked on the development of education projects such as the Behavioral Neuroscience Research Facility at SUNY Binghamton and both the Nanotechnology Research Building and new Law School at the University of Notre Dame. Martocchio has advanced the firm’s mastery of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to achieve new levels of collaboration, sustainability and efficiency. He joined SLAM in 2004 having worked previously with Alderman & MacNeish Architects and Engineers and Kise, Straw and Kolodner.
Monika Avery, IIDA, LEED AP joined SLAM in 2008 and has been an active design professional and industry advocate for 12 years. Recent projects include Cornell University, University of Notre Dame and the Murtha Cullina, LLP law offices. Avery is an active member of the New England Chapter of the International Interior Design Association and Connecticut Real Estate Exchange where she currently serves as the organization’s President. Prior to joining SLAM, she was a senior designer with Perkins+Will, JCJ Architecture, bkm Total Office and GF Office Furniture, Ltd.
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Caption: l-r: Paul Baldinger, Mark Rhoades, Catherine Ellithorpe, Kemp Morhardt, Stephen Martocchio and Monika Avery.