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Category: Staff Spotlight

Spring Team Building

From pie slices to team-building pickleball swings, we are grateful for a team that works hard, plays harder, and always makes room for dessert. Happy March!

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March 18, 2025

Welcome Nita Tjahjana

Help us welcome our newest Job Captain, Nita Tjahjana, to our team! With a strong background in BIM, sustainability, and construction coordination, Nita will help us continue to

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February 25, 2025
Dan Salvey, Ben Stewart, Will Sloman
From Left: Dan Salvey, Ben Stewart, Will Sloman

Three Cheers for Our Newly Licensed Architects

This past year, three members of our team, Dan Salvey, Ben Stewart, and Will Sloman, achieved one of the biggest milestones in their careers: becoming licensed architects in

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December 13, 2024

Congratulations Ben Stewart

Ben Stewart just reached a major career milestone by becoming a licensed architect! His commitment to excellence and quick journey through the licensing process has been nothing short

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November 8, 2024

Celebrating 10 Years at Clark/Kjos

We are excited to congratulate and thank Scot Jahn for reaching an incredible milestone—10 years with Clark/Kjos Architects! Over the past decade, Scot has been a key figure

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September 10, 2024

Panarella’s Promotion to Associate

We are thrilled to announce that Meghan Panarella has been promoted to Associate. Over the past two and a half years, Meghan has been an incredible contributor to

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June 18, 2024

AIA24 Insights

Clark/Kjos staff member, Evon Calabrese, brought back some valuable insights on trauma-informed and human-centered design from the AIA24 conference in Washington, DC, this year. We are once again

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June 12, 2024

A Fun Day Out

Last week, we stepped outside the office for a fun Spring Team Building Scavenger Hunt through the streets of downtown Portland! It was a blast exploring our neighborhood,

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May 1, 2024

Congratulations Dan Salvey

GREAT NEWS: Dan Salvey, LEED Green Associate is now a licensed architect! With a rich 25-year background and currently leading healthcare projects at CKA, his contributions have been

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March 27, 2024

Celebrating 25 Years at Clark/Kjos

Whenever we look back at our accomplishments, there's a standout figure – Scott Combs. For 25 years, Scott has been a main ingredient of our team, driving our

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September 17, 2023

Megan McKinnie achieves Living Future Accreditation

And just as we are welcoming Megan to our team, we also are congratulating her on recently becoming Living Future Accredited! Becoming Living Future Accredited is no small

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July 12, 2023

Welcome Megan McKinnie

We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Megan McKinnie to the CKA team! With over 10 years of invaluable experience in the field, her arrival brings an abundance of

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June 22, 2023

Welcome Dan Salvey

Clark/Kjos Architects is thrilled to welcome Dan Salvey to our team as our newest Project Manager. With an impressive 25 years of experience in architecture, design, and construction,

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June 6, 2023
Larz Hitchcock

Meet Larz Hitchcock!

We are thrilled to introduce our newest Project Manager addition, Larz Hitchcock! Larz brings with him a wealth of inside knowledge and know-how with over 30 years of

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February 28, 2023
Michael Fisk

Meet Michael Fisk!

Have you met Michael Fisk yet? He has been with us for almost a year and has proven to be an invaluable team member, tackling any architectural problem

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February 8, 2023
Man wearing medical PPE

The Many Hats of Architects

Architects wear many hats but when you're a healthcare designer, you never know what you might get to wear!

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February 1, 2023
Evon Calabrese

Evon is EDAC Certified!

We're so proud of Evon Calabrese who very recently passed the EDAC exam and is now certified! Taking the EDAC exam is a great way to demonstrate your knowledge and

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January 13, 2023
Casey Braunger

Meet Casey Braunger

We're thrilled to welcome Casey Braunger, ASMP to Clark/Kjos as our Multimedia Specialist. He brings to CKA 16 years of experience in the A/E/C field in multiple facets of marketing,

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November 17, 2022
Evon presenting at conference

Evon Presents Her Fellowship Project to Oregon Designers

This year at the annual AIA Oregon Design Conference, Evon Calabrese presented her fellowship project “A Built Environment for Mental Wellness”. The theme this year was ‘LINK’ which

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June 8, 2022
Ben Taylor

Welcome Back Ben Taylor

We are pleased to announce that Ben Taylor has (re)joined Clark/Kjos Architects as a Project Manager! Ben has worked in architecture for over 17 years, beginning his career

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April 5, 2022
Ben Stewart

We Have a New Team Member

Meet one of our newer staff members, Ben Stewart. Ben holds an architectural degree from the University of Arizona and has previous experience working on healthcare, civic, and

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March 1, 2022
Adam McSorley

Congratulations to Adam McSorley

Clark/Kjos Architects is pleased to announce that Adam McSorley has been named our newest associate. Adam has been a valuable member of our team since 2016 and his

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January 27, 2022
Evon Calabrese

We Have a New Team Member

Evon is a design professional who recently joined our team and is working to help create engaging healthcare spaces. At CKA she is our Evidence-Based Design/Research Lead, assisting

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December 8, 2021
Shawn Fernandez

Welcome Shawn Fernandez

We are excited to introduce Shawn Fernandez, our new Office Manager. She has extensive experience in accounting, human resources, and financial management. Her years of proven leadership and

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November 2, 2021
Happy retirement

Connie Ables is Retiring

For those who don’t already know, we have big retirement news to share about Connie Ables!  As an integral part of Clark/Kjos’ success for almost three decades, Connie

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October 25, 2021
Welcome back Alex

Welcome Back Alex!

Bike month is here! How do we know it’s going to be even more awesome this year than it has been in the past? Because this month we

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September 7, 2021
Congrats Uran

Staff Member Receives Honor for Design Competition

A shoutout goes to one of our newest staff members, Uran Sokoli, for receiving an honor in the AISC/ACSA 2021 Steel Design Student Competition. The competition recognizes eleven

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August 31, 2021
Newest team members

Meet our Newest Team Members

We are so happy to be expanding our team at this time and are pleased to welcome additional staff members Charles Westerholm , Teresa Kruse, Rebecca Kiefer and

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August 15, 2021

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