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PETER CARADONNA CHRISTINE CARUSO ERIK HEULER KATHRYN HALL MELISSA LEVIN TOBY SIMPSON
PRINCIPAL-IN-CHARGE / LEED ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL PETER CARADONNA HAS BEEN A REGISTERED ARCHITECT SINCE 1989 AND PRINCIPAL OF PETER CARADONNA ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING SINCE 1996. HIS EXPERTISE SPANS CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN, SUSTAINABLE AND GREEN BUILDING GUIDELINES, AND SCHEMATIC ENERGY ANALYSIS. HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE IN 1987 FROM THE NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, AND LATER RETURNED TO HIS ALMA MATER TO TEACH FUTURE ARCHITECTS. UPON GRADUATION FROM ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL, MR. CARADONNA WENT TO WORK FOR EMERY ROTH AND SONS. AS AN ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER, HE WORKED ON THE HUNGARIAN CONSULATE IN NEW YORK CITY, A 55-STORY CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX AND A COMPLEX OF OFFICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE DEA. IN 1989, MR. CARADONNA JOINED THE FIRM OF JOHN CIARDULLO ASSOC. IN NEW YORK. FOR TEN YEARS, HE GAINED DIVERSE EXPERIENCE IN LARGE-SCALE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION. HE TOOK ON CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION AND ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PROJECTS THROUGHOUT MANHATTAN, SINCE OPENING PETER CARADONNA ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING IN 1996, MR. CARADONNA HAS CONTRACTED WORK ON PROJECTS THROUGHOUT LONG ISLAND AND ALONG THE EAST COAST. MR. CARADONNA ALSO LECTURES AND TEACHES HIGH-PERFORMANCE AND GREEN BUILDING TECHNOLOGY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. SINCE 2000 MR. CARADONNA HAS GUIDED HIS FIRM IN GOOD STANDING MEMBERSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL, AND WAS THE FIRST LEED ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL ON LONG ISLAND. HE IS A FOUNDER AND PAST CHAIR OF THE U.S.G.B.C. LONG ISLAND CHAPTER, AND IS CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF THE CHAPTER STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE U.S.G.B.C. LONG ISLAND CHAPTER. HIS DEDICATION TO TRANSFORMING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT HAS GUIDED THE PHILOSOPHY AND DESIGN APPROACH FOR THE FIRM. VISION LONG ISLAND SMART GROWTH AWARD - 2005 RESOLUTION NO.860 ADOPTING LOCAL LAW NO. 40, TOWN OF BABYLON - 2006 LIPA CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION AWARD - JANUARY AND MAY 2008
PROJECT ARCHITECT / OFFICE MANAGER CHRISTINE JOINED PETER CARADONNA ARCHITECTS IN APRIL 2004 AS A PROJECT ARCHITECT AND OFFICE MANAGER, AND HAS CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION, AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION FOR VARIOUS RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROJECTS. HAVING GRADUATED WITH AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN LIBERAL ARTS WITH A MINOR IN FINE ARTS FROM SUFFOLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SHE WENT ON TO RECEIVE HER BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE DEGREE FROM THE NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN 2002. SHE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED N.C.A.R.B.'S INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR ARCHITECTURAL INTERNS, AND IS CURRENTLY STUDYING FOR THE N.Y.S. ARCHITECTURAL LICENSING EXAM. PRIOR TO JOINING THE FIRM, MRS. CARUSO WORKED WITH VARIOUS ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS AND PROJECTS. SHE HAS EXPERIENCE ON PROJECTS SUCH AS THE SUFFOLK COUNTY COURT BUILDING IN RIVERHEAD, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES TERMINAL IN MACARTHUR AIRPORT, AND FIRST AVIATION SERVICES AIRPORT TERMINAL IN NEW JERSEY'S TETERBORO AIRPORT. SHE ALSO HAS INTERIOR DESIGN EXPERIENCE FROM WORK WITH THE NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY'S TOWER HALL AND NEW BUILDING FOR THE BURSAR OFFICE AND LIBRARY EXPANSION. MRS. CARUSO IS A PAST PRESIDING BOARD MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL'S LONG ISLAND CHAPTER FROM 2004 TO 2006, AND A PAST PRESIDING CHAIR OF THE U.S.G.B.C. L.I.'S MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE, PROGRAM COMMITTEE, COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE, AND SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE.
LEED ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL / PROJECT MANAGER ERIK HEULER JOINED PETER CARADONNA ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING IN THE SPRING OF 2005 AS HIS FIRST JOB IN THE ARCHITECTURE FIELD. MR. HEULER HAS BEEN WORKING ON A VARIETY OF PROJECTS FOCUSING ON DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION AND MATERIALS RESEARCH. A PASSION FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE ARCHITECTURE IS WHAT ATTRACTED HIM TO THE FIRM, AND WAS SOMETHING HE PURSUED SINCE STUDYING AT NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE. WHILE ATTENDING N.Y.I.T., MR. HEULER ENTERED THE CRADLE-TO-CRADLE HOME COMPETITION WITH FELLOW STUDENT, ORGANIZED EVENTS FOR THE SCHOOL'S CHAPTER OF THE A.I.A.S. AND WAS ACTIVE IN NYIT'S SUBMISSION TO THE 2005 SOLAR DECATHLON. THE DECATHLON HELPED BUILD HIS INTEREST AND KNOWLEDGE OF SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE, AND HELPED BRING THE LESSONS LEARNED IN THE CLASSROOM INTO THE FIELD. HE IS CURRENTLY CO-DESIGNING THE ZERO ENERGY HOME IN WYANDANCH, NY PRO BONO, FOR THE TOWN OF BABYLON, AN EXCITING AND UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN. IN ADDITION TO BEING A PROJECT MANAGER MR. HEULER EARNED HIS LEED ACCREDITATION IN 2007 AND HAS RECENTLY BECOME ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY TO ATTAIN THE NEW LEED AP + HOMES ACCREDITATION. MR. HEULER HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE U.S.G.B.C. LONG ISLAND CHAPTER SINCE 2005 AND HAS SERVED AS THE CHAIR TO THE EMERGING GREEN BUILDERS COMMITTEE AND IT CURRENTLY CHAIR OF THE RESIDENTIAL GREEN BUILDING COMMITTEE. HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ON BUILDING LEED FOR HOMES CERTIFIED HOMES.
INTERIOR DESIGNER KATHRYN JOINED PETER CARADONNA ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 AS HER FIRST JOB IN THE ARCHITECTURE FIELD. AS A STUDENT AT THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (FIT), MS, HALL WAS A DEANS LIST HONOR STUDENT. SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE INTERIOR DESIGN CLUB, WHICH ENTAILED HER VISIT AND STUDY OF ARCHITECTURE IN NEW ORLEANS AND RHODE ISLAND. SHE WAS INVOLVED IN SEVERAL COMPETITIONS DURING HER EDUCATION AT FIT WHICH INCLUDED DESIGNING FOR JOHNSON & JOHNSON FACILITIES IN SKILLMAN, NJ, AND DESIGNING FOR THE JUNIOR'S DEPARTMENT IN TARGET STORES. AS HER SENIOR THESIS PROJECT SHE TOOK ON THE RESTORATION AND RECONFIGURATION OF AN 8 STORY LOWER MANHATTAN BUILDING INTO A THEATRICAL ARTS SCHOOL AND PERFORMANCE HALL. MS. HALL GRADUATED FROM THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE SPRING OF 2007 WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE IN INTERIOR DESIGN. SHE IS NOW INVOLVED WITH RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND RESTORATION PROJECTS, CONTRIBUTING TO DESIGN, INTERIORS, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION, CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION AND RENDERINGS. A DESIRE TO RESPONSIBLY AND CREATIVELY DESIGN SPACES THAT WILL MAKE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE FUTURE IS WHAT BROUGHT HER TO THE LONG ISLAND FIRM. AS THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE FIRMS DESIGN TEAM MS. HALL HOPES TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE HER UNIQUE VIEWS AND DESIGN IDEAS TO EACH PROJECT THEY TAKE ON.
DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY / LEED ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL MELISSA JOINED PETER CARADONNA ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING IN THE SPRING OF 2007 AS THE DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY AND LEED CONSULTANT. MS. LEVIN HAS CONTRIBUTED TO NUMEROUS ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSULTING PROJECTS THAT EMPHASIZE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. PRIOR TO JOINING THE FIRM, MS. LEVIN WAS SENIOR PORTFOLIO ADMINISTRATOR WITH SCHAFER CULLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT. THIS SUCCEEDED HER STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO WHERE SHE GRADUATED MAGNA CUM LAUDE WITH HONORABLE DISTINCTION. PRESIDENT OF THE SIGMA IOTA RHO HONOR SOCIETY, SHE RECEIVED A DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND COMPLETED AN HONORS THESIS ON LATIN AMERICAN MICROFINANCE. WITH AN EDUCATION ROOTED IN GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY AND A HISTORY OF AVID ENVIRONMENTALISM, SUSTAINABLE DESIGN WAS A LOGICAL AND WELCOMED PATH. IN THE FALL OF 2006, MS. LEVIN ACHIEVED ACCREDITATION AS A LEED PROFESSIONAL AND DISCOVERED PETER CARADONNA ARCHITECTURE, IMPRESSED BY THEIR PASSION, DEDICATION AND SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE WITH GREEN BUILDING. DETERMINED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR MISSION AND ENCOURAGE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN, SHE WAS AN ESSENTIAL ADDITION TO THE TEAM. WITH LEED EXPERTISE IN SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AND ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSIDERATE MATERIALS, SHE HAS BECOME A KNOWLEDGEABLE SOURCE FOR BOTH THE FIRM AND THEIR CLIENTS.
LEED PROJECT MANAGER / LEED ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL TOBY JOINED PETER CARADONNA ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING IN THE SUMMER OF 2008 AS A LEED PROJECT MANAGER AND LEED CONSULTANT. MR. SIMPSON'S KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO NUMEROUS CONSULTING PROJECTS THAT EMPHASIZE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. PRIOR TO JOINING THE FIRM, MR. SIMPSON GRADUATED FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A B.S. IN AGRICULTURE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE OHIO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FOR EIGHT YEARS. IT WAS A UNIQUE COMBINATION THAT HAS MADE MR. SIMPSON AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM. IN THE FALL OF 2005, MR. SIMPSON WAS DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, ALLOWING HIM TO FINE TUNE HIS CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND CLIENT RELATIONS. UPON HIS RETURN, MR. SIMPSON MADE A COMMITMENT TO LIVE HIS LIFE TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. THIS ALONG WITH A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING, MR. SIMPSON WAS ABLE TO BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO THE FIRM'S PARADIGM OF FORWARD THINKING AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PRACTICES. WITH THE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT OF THE FIRM, MR. SIMPSON IS HELPING TO PROMOTE AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON UNDERSTANDING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AND HOW TO INCORPORATE SUCH IDEALS INTO EVERYDAY LIFE.
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