RATCLIFF - Key Persons


Alfredo Perez

Job Titles:
  • Designer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Alfredo embraces all aspects of project delivery, from client interaction and big picture planning to construction management and detail oriented technical work. An active and valued member of the firm, he has provided his design skills and technical assistance for a number of the firm's healthcare projects. In addition, he chairs Ratcliff's Emerging Professionals Group and also has taken a very active role in guiding the firm's community outreach efforts.

Andrea Love

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Designer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
With a passion for creating beautiful spaces that meet and exceed client's programmatic needs, Andrea embraces all aspects of project delivery, from client interaction and strategic planning, to drawing documentation and visualizations, to construction management. As a talented designer she infuses a spirit of collaboration and enthusiasm into all aspects of project assignments.

Ayoung Moon

Job Titles:
  • Architect
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Barbara Speer - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Director of Marketing
  • Member of the Leadership Team
With over 20 years of experience in Marketing and Business Development for the A/E/C industry, Barbara provides a deep perspective on team building and industry and design trends. Her keen interest in exploring new ways of client and staff engagement while running day-to-day marketing activities at a healthy pace, makes her an essential member of the Ratcliff community.

Beth Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Project Manager
  • Senior Associate
  • Registered Architect
Beth is a registered architect and LEED Accredited Professional with 20+ years of professional experience. She has demonstrated strong leadership, organizational and communication skills, having managed the design and documentation of many large and small-scale projects throughout the country. Her master planning background and construction administration experience gives Beth the ability to maintain a consistent overview of vision, while keeping track of minute details. These skills make her a valuable asset to any project team.

Bill Blessing

Job Titles:
  • Designer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Principal
With Ratcliff for over 30 years, Bill has consistently demonstrated the ability to design buildings sensitive to their context and in alignment with the client goals and objectives. As project designer, Bill assumes the overall responsibility for the design approach, creativity, quality, contextual strategy, and the overall design conformance to the program. He is also adept in the requirements of historical renovations and additions and the mandates these put on building systems. In addition, Bill is a LEED Accredited Professional and an active member of the firms Committee for Environmental Design Resources (CEDR) group. He keeps abreast of the latest advances in this field and consistently incorporates green building strategies into his projects.

Bonnie Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Interior Designer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
In collaboration with project team stakeholders and project design team members, Bonnie provides the best-informed and most holistic solution for the interior environment. Responsible for the overall development of the interior design approach in conformance to the program and design intent and stated high performance goals, Bonnie focuses on the integration of an interiors approach during the planning and design phases of the project to include selection of healthy materials and products and the creation of an appropriate interior environment that enhances learning and discovery.

Chellene Wood

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Marketing Manager
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Cindy Xu

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Designer
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Dan Wetherell - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Principal

Danqing Li

Job Titles:
  • Designer
  • Member of the Leadership Team

David Dersch - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Principal
David, with over four decades of financial expertise, supervises both the finance and administration departments for the firm. He provides a thorough knowledge of financials, cost controls, budgeting, forecasting, and profit accounting for projects, thereby carefully monitoring the economic success of each and every Ratcliff project. Due to his 20 years of experience within the architectural industry, clients and owners can appreciate his specialized approach to budget and cost control throughout all phases of a project. David's career has included international work in Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong.

David Driver

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Design Technology Manager

David Hevesi

Job Titles:
  • Architect
  • Associate
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Associate AIA, LEED Green Associate
David's experience ranges from pre-project planning thru completion for a variety of project types: healthcare, academic, corporate office headquarters, and mixed-use residential. Serving as a senior project architect he has provided consultant coordination through all project phases, in addition to managing in-house project staff. As a talented designer he infuses a spirit of collaboration and enthusiasm into all aspects of project assignments.

Derrick Barron

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Member of the Leadership Team
With over 25 years of experience, Derrick is a well-rounded project manager with experience in healthcare, academic, corporate and mixed-use projects. Most recently, he has been focusing on a number of healthcare projects including medical office buildings and hospital departmental renovations. Proficient with applications such as AutoCAD and Revit, he is skilled in all aspects of project delivery. As a team player, he infuses a spirit of collaboration and enthusiasm into all aspects of his project assignments.

Diana Mizuhara

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Supervisor
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Senior Associate

Doug Strout

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Principal, Practice Leader
Doug's 38 years of experience is demonstrated in his extensive portfolio of master planning projects ranging from large medical campuses to small community hospitals. His design approach seamlessly combines the technical demands of modern healthcare facilities with the need for sensitive, healing environments.

Gary Jereczek

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Principal, Practice Leader

Holly Dunigan

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Manager
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Ian Wulfson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Senior Project Architect

Jing Cheng

Job Titles:
  • Designer
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Jon Gray

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Principal

Jonathan Shek

Job Titles:
  • Designer
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Jongsun Lee

Job Titles:
  • Architect
  • Associate
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Jorge Burbano

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Senior Associate
  • Senior Designer
Jorge brings over 25 years of experience in architectural design to his role as Project Designer at Ratcliff. His passion for design excellence has led to work on a variety of award winning public and private sector projects. Jorge guides the planning and design process for academic and healthcare projects by developing macro level organizational concepts arranged around whole structure sustainability, circulation strategies, adjacency logistics, site access requirements and urban context filters. His ability to analyze and plan for the present while anticipating the future is a welcome addition to any project.

Katherine Chiang

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Project Facilitator

Katy Taylor Ford

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Kelly Woods

Job Titles:
  • Interior Designer
Kelly has over 30 years of experience with a multitude of project types. With a commitment to providing the highest level of service to each project assignment, Kelly excels in project concept visioning, construction documents and details, material selections/specification and project management. Responsibilities include managing and coordinating contact with reps, dealers/vendors and consultants on all FF&E matters, from project inception, programming, RFP process, showroom visits, specifications, purchase orders, installation and punch listing. In addition, she ensures compliance with current international, local and national standards and codes. She brings great enthusiasm and energy to her work and is a valued team member.

Kit Ratcliff

Job Titles:
  • Principal
  • Generation Head
Kit Ratcliff is the third generation head of the firm and has guided the century-old, award winning, collaborative regional enterprise to its present stature as leaders in health care, academic, and civic architecture. He has pledged the firm's resources toward sustainable practice in concert with AIA's 2030 Challenge and ensures that sustainable concepts and technologies are incorporated into the firm's work. Kit crusades for the environment by urging clients and colleagues to reduce the greenhouse-gas emissions in their facility operations and strives to educate a global constituency through firm-sponsored efforts.

Laura Burpee Austin

Job Titles:
  • Librarian

Luis Cruz

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Specialist

Marcos J. Flores Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Designer
  • Associate AIA, LEED Green Associate
With nearly 10 years of experience, Marcos brings a unique perspective to the planning and design process for architectural projects. His project experience is varied, encompassing large hospital replacement facilities to higher education projects. For the past eight years he has focused primarily on healthcare projects. Marcos embraces all aspects of project delivery, from client interaction and big picture planning to construction management and detail oriented technical work.

Margarita Ku

Job Titles:
  • Designer

Mariana Gutheim

Job Titles:
  • Senior Project Architect

Mark McFarlin

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager
  • Senior Associate
With 16 years of experience as an architect in the design and construction industry, Mark is a seasoned team player. His experience entails new construction, modernization and renovation projects for education and civic clients. He has extensive experience taking projects through the Division of the State Architect approval, construction, and project closeout processes and, as a LEED accredited professional is keenly knowledgeable of sustainable design and construction practices. In addition, he has experience with historic structures, including presentations to historic design review bodies.

Michael Hsu

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate, Senior Medical Planner
With 25 years of experience, Michael has focused almost exclusively on the planning and design of healthcare facilities. He is adept at collaborating with clients, eliciting input, working with multiple stakeholder groups, and guiding them through planning options to build consensus. Focusing on the client's patient care processes and service workflows, he works to develop aesthetically pleasing, supportive physical environments that respond creatively to the project's spatial, operational, financial and technological requirements.

Mike Matson - COO

Job Titles:
  • COO
  • Principal

Minning Gao

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager
  • Senior Associate

Mirna McFarlin

Job Titles:
  • Project Facilitator

Nina Pakanant

Job Titles:
  • Architect
  • Senior Associate

Patricia Alarcón

Job Titles:
  • Principal, Practice Leader

Peter Tsugawa

Job Titles:
  • Senior Project Manager

Richard Steele - CIO

Job Titles:
  • IT Director

Ryan Hayashida

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Principal

Ryan Kong

Job Titles:
  • Designer

Sarah Knize

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Principal

Savannah Nota

Job Titles:
  • Designer

Sean Niu

Job Titles:
  • Designer

Sunhee Nam

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Senior Designer

Tony Keung

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate
  • Senior Designer

Wesley Lin

Job Titles:
  • Intermediate Designer

Young Ko

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Principal