AEDIS ARCHITECTURE - Key Persons


Adrian Gaudia

Job Titles:
  • Designer

Afsha Ali

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Principal

Andrew Mikkelsen

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager
I joined the Aedis team in 2017, my first year after graduating college. I use design thinking, in-field construction experience, and architectural technology expertise, as the foundation of my design process. This combination has helped my teams to incorporate innovative ideas into our projects when the opportunities arise. One of the most rewarding aspects of being an architect is seeing the progression of our designs - from digital lines on a screen, to real life physical buildings. Public schools are an integral part of a community & play a pivotal role in shaping the youth, the experience of knowing that I'm a part of that process is extremely fulfilling. I've always wanted to make a difference with my life, and I appreciate that my work at Aedis allows me to make positive and lasting impact on the communities where we work.

Annalee Marschel

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Project Manager

Brittany Sicat

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Project Manager / California Polytechnic State University

Bryan Reyes

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Project Manager

Cassie Cunningham

Job Titles:
  • Designer

Daisy Penaloza

Job Titles:
  • Designer

Deedee Mendez

Job Titles:
  • Construction Closeout Administrator
I have been a part of the Aedis Family since 1993. For the past eleven years, I've been the Construction Closeout Administrator. I've always been interested in architecture and construction since I was a little girl. I started at Aedis typing specifications and addenda, and putting plans and specs together for the various projects out to bid. I enjoy the family environment of Aedis and take pride in organizing contracts, files, creating docs to simplify/streamline tasks, etc., and love architecture, and construction. In my free time I love to crochet while watching TV series and movies, making no-sew fleece blankets (which I'm covering pun intended all my many family members and close friends), attending summer music series concert events, wine tastings, sporting events, traveling, and hiking with my grandkids when not attending their sporting and dancing events.

Elise Koufos

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Eve Mantha

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Hamdam Mozaffar

Job Titles:
  • Designer

Janelle Selness

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Project Manager / California Polytechnic State University

Joe Vela

Job Titles:
  • Principal

John Diffenderfer - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Principal

Kaitlin Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager
Since joining Aedis in 2017 as an assistant project manager, I've loved being able to make an impact in the community I lived and played in as a child. Whether it's exterior painting for a site we visited during badminton away games, modernizing the track and field facilities for an old marching band ‘rival,' or building a new facility at the community college generations of my family attended, the impact of my daily work is tangible and fulfilling. I enjoy being surrounded by people who care about improving the lives of others, and who understand the opportunity for architecture to be a means for equity and a venue for inspiration. When I'm not reminiscing or contemplating on our role in the built environment, I'm often venturing out to explore a new hiking trail or introduce generations of friends (and strangers) to slacklining - with no major injuries to date! If I'm not out at a county park, then I'm usually baking up a sweet treat and rarely following the recipe as written.

Kris G. Shien

Job Titles:
  • Construction Administration Manager

Liam Hanlon

Job Titles:
  • Designer

Matt Puckett

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Meuy Saechao

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Project Manager

Michelle Netzley

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Pascal Najem

Job Titles:
  • Construction Administrator

Robert Rudd

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Sanjana Kulkarni

Job Titles:
  • Designer

Scott Burnham

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Shuai Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Designer / Master of Architecture, Taubman College, University of Michigan

Thang Do

Job Titles:
  • Managing Principal for Three Decades
Thang Do (1959-2022), a managing principal for three decades, lives on in our hearts, memories and in the countless projects where he left a positive lasting impact.

Tricia Tanimura

Job Titles:
  • Senior Project Manager