Jonathan Orpin

When in his creative mode this VIP is head of the architectural team. We send Jonathan to meet with clients who are in the designing stages of their dream home process because his acute sense of room transition and home design panache are matched only by his subtle wit and crazy hair styles.

Jonathan keeps a personal blog about his journey at: vermontstreetproject.com

Brian Mosch

After a decade of heading up the engineering department and timber frame division, Brian is now the general manager for NEW. When he's not scheduling production, ordering timbers and designing frames, running into the shop, managing, you get the idea, he's running around agter his daughter Madeline and spending time with his wife Christy.

Ty Allen, LEED AP

Joining us after attending Cornell & years specializing in ecclesiastical architecture at a Rochester architectural firm - Ty made himself at home in the loft next to our engineers. He & wife Kellie are adjusting to being new parents of young toddlers Seth & Elijah. A few things have stayed the same - like his dedication to the NY Giants, his love for cycling & his busy social schedule with his family [who also happen to be his neighbors.]

John Nihart

John just surfaced from years designing trade show booths and now he's part of our architecture department. A sculptor at heart, John spends a great deal of his free time in the art world exhibiting his work in regional & national shows. And then there are the times when he's simply away from it all - just him & wife Jamelle, daughters Alison & Heather, their dog Luca and his kayak.

Maxine Bromfield

Maxine is our west coast interior designer and chooser of color, texture, shape and form. Although you can sometimes find her in clients' projects or scouting Portland, OR showrooms, you'll have better luck tracking her down if you first look for her young son Jake. Maxine will be the woman about four paces behind him with arms outstretched.

Tanya Lillehoff, LEED AP

Tanya spent her formative years in Bismarck, ND., so Rochester seems like the Caribbean in comparison. She splits her time at NEW between interior & architectural design which is a pretty good fit, seeing as how her academic work focused on the interplay between human consciousness and architecture. She enjoys Scrabble, exploring the culinary traditions of India, running & keeping in touch with her five siblings.

Mike Beganyi

Mike left our design-loft a few years back for the sugary forests of Vermont to act as our New England Representative. The move's been refreshing and he’s found a whole new set of challenging hills for his long distance cycling habit. He & Jen manage to squeeze in a bit of personal travel once in a while but they're starting to settle now that they have daughter, Eva. We expect she'll soon learn the finer points of trail running & snowshoeing.

Mike Harvey

When not hacking divots out of the fairway, Mike is responsible for designing and estimating timber frames. His background is in the aeronautical field, designing aircraft for Boeing, but he prefers wood to aluminum. Other hobbies include coaching soccer and woodworking on both a large and small scale - he recently fabricated the timber frame trusses for his garage.

Dave Gruschow

Dave's been with us for a little over a year now and he's been accepted by the timber framers as he rides a motorcycle & a '68 ford pickup. Recently married in a museum, (no kidding!) he comes from a family of farming engineers and he's just bought a house to fix up. An RIT grad, he swapped designing tractor trailers for timber frames.

Eric Fraser

Another RIT graduate - Eric went straight from school to being a mechanical engineer for an aerospace company and then to his desk upstairs. He's been trying out his wings as husband since he & Heather married - and now she tries to catch him as he dashes down a snowy mountain on his skis or down a muddy incline on his mountain bike.

Dave Emmi

The newest addition to engineering, Dave brings his smile and enthusiasm to every project. A native of Syracuse with degrees from both SUNY ESF and SU, we’re working hard to make him love his new home city of Rochester. Between skiing, golfing, kayaking, competitive rifle shooting and brewing beer, Dave spends time with his girlfriend - now fiancé - Molly. We know he’ll be making room for 2010 wedding planning!

Don Naetzker

A native of Fairport, Don returned ‘home’ (well, to Pittsford) to become facility planner for the Rochester School District and to work with the Monroe County Dept of Planning and Economic Development after a handful of years consulting in Maine and Vermont for private residences. There is no questioning that his BA in Landscape Architecture has proven useful. Joining the NEW team, Don’s experience will come into play with commercial and residential builds. With Jenn, Hayden, Hannah and the twins he is a busy man but can still occasionally be seen out on the water enjoying a good head wind.

John Adamski

John is one of our designers and has more experience in the building industry than just about anyone here, having run his own construction company, design firm and created over 2000 homes. John's other interests include travel and fishing. He's also a freelance writer and superb wildlife photographer.

Visit John's photography website here: www.jbadamsgallery.com