staff bios
joni monroe

Joni Monroe, AIA, CNU

Executive Director

Joni Monroe, AIA, is one of the founding members of the RRCDC and has served as the Executive Director since 2003. Under her leadership the RRCDC has extended its outreach to the nine county Greater Rochester Region as the area’s only non-profit community-driven advocate for planning and design of the built environment offering technical assistance, facilitation and educational programs. Joni, who holds Masters degrees in Architecture from Yale University, Historic Preservation from Columbia University and Education from the University of Rochester, is committed to providing community connections to design and planning resources.

Dedicated to civic engagement, she is active in local and national civic design and community organizations, serving on the Boards of Directors of ARTWalk, Pathstone and the Association for Community Design. In her civic design role she sits on the City’s Stakeholders’ Committee for the Midtown Redevelopment Project and chairs the RRCDC’s Downtown Task Force.

Joni directs much of her energy to working with community-based groups and design professionals to improve neighborhoods. She is a frequent presenter at conferences as well as to regional groups including visiting students and design/planning studios working on projects in conjunction with the RRCDC. Joni is directly involved with developing the education and training programs offered by the design center in an effort to encourage thoughtful policies effecting communities. A key motivating force in her work with the RRCDC is the belief that educated citizens are better equipped to make good decisions about the built environment.
roger brown

Roger E. Brown, AIA, CNU

Creative Consultant

Mr. Brown has been a practicing architect in New York State for over 35 years. He is an Associate Partner with Barkstrom & LaCroix Architects (1981). Roger is a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Congress for the New Urbanism. He is a founding member of the Rochester Regional Community Design Center (2003) as well as its predecessor organization, the AIA Rochester Urban Design Committee (1998). Roger has designed many AIA Rochester award winning residential projects around the Rochester area including Cornhill Landing, the Crescent, Elmwood Manor Townhouses, and Cornhill Commons along with the neighborhood and community vision plans for Pittsford Village and Hilton Village. Roger regularly gives presentations on urban and community design to neighborhood groups, municipalities, and professional organizations. He has helped plan and facilitate numerous community design charrettes and design conferences/workshops on urban design and planning issues.
Janet

Janet Shipman

Administrative Assistant

Janet joined the RRCDC in 2008 after many years at home with her children. An accomplished calligrapher, artist and musician, she also brings with her experience in architectural administration. Social Service experience includes working with preschoolers as a Child Associate in the Primary Project Program through Children’s Institute in Rochester. Volunteer organizations include Rochester Oratorio Society, Rochester City Ballet, Safe Journey and Fairport Schools. Janet’s roles in Reshaping Rochester include research, correspondence, volunteer coordination, interface with venues, scheduling, meeting coordination, and radio talent.
angela

Angela DiGiulio

Graphic/ Web Designer and Imaging Consultant

Angela graduated Magna Cum Laude from Roberts Wesleyan College in 2008 where she received a degree in Studio Art with a concentration in Graphic Design. After interning with the RRCDC in the fall of 2008, she went on to join the team in November 2008. In addition to working on various projects, publications and exhibitions at the Design Center, Angela also works as a free-lance Graphic Designer.

  board members

Roger Brown, AIA, CNU

President

Principal
Urban Architecture
65 Castlebar Road
Rochester, NY 14610

Dean Biancavilla, AIA, CNU

Vice President

Holmes King Kallquist & Associates, LLP
Architects
575 North Salina Street
Syracuse, NY 13280

Timothy Raymond, AIA, CNU

Secretary

Architect
Bureau of Buildings and Zoning
City of Rochester
City Hall, Room 125 B
30 Church Street
Rochester, NY 14614

Malinda Gaskamp, RLA

Board Member

Senior Associate
Stantec Consulting Services
2250 Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road
Rochester, NY 14623

Craig Jensen, AIA

Board Member

Principal
Chaintreuil, Jensen & Stark Architects
266 Alexander Street
Rochester, NY 14607

Mark Pandolf

Board Member

PLAN Architecture Studio, P.C.
4 Commercial Street
Rochester, NY 14614

Al Pardi, AIA

Board Member

President
Pardi Partnership Architects
399 Alexander Street
Rochester, NY 14607

Paul Tankel, AIA

Board Member

Clark Patterson Lee
186 N. Water Street
Rochester, NY 14604