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€. f <br />DEREK JONES <br />t , ' AIA, LEED AP <br />' MANAGING PRINCIPAL <br />As head of Freelon's Project Management Group, <br />Derek oversees the service and execution aspects <br />of our practice, ensuring that management <br />continuously supports superior design and <br />personalized attention to our clients. Derek also <br />leads many of our cultural projects providing <br />project management, architecture and interior <br />design services on a wide range of project types <br />and sizes, including theaters, museums, and <br />libraries. His cross - cultural background helps him <br />navigate multiple perspectives and facilitate the <br />dialogue and expression of disparate cultures. In <br />his 20 -year career, Derek has completed large <br />complex projects for the World Bank, Kodak, <br />Scholastic Publishing, Hewlett- Packard, and <br />Goldman Sachs among others. <br />EDUCATION <br />Master of Architecture, <br />Princeton University <br />Master of Fine Arts, <br />Tama University of Art, Tokyo, Japan <br />Bachelor of Arts, <br />Wesleyan University <br />CERTIFICATION <br />Registered Architect: NC, NY, NJ <br />LEED Accredited Professional <br />FEATURED PROJECTS <br />• DC Public Libraries, Martin Luther King Library <br />Washington, DC <br />• Wake Forest Z Smith Reynolds Library <br />Winston - Salem, NC <br />• Columbia College Chicago Library I Chicago, <br />IL <br />• Durham Station Transportation Center <br />Durham, NC <br />• Gregg Museum of Art and Design, Phase I: <br />Feasibility Study, Phase II: Design Services, NC <br />State University Raleigh, NC <br />• NC Department of Health & Human Services, <br />Cherry Hospital Goldsboro, NC <br />26 FREELON I Southern Branch Library Facilitator Proposal <br />v <br />CHRIS GARRIS <br />AIA, LEED AP <br />SR PROJECT DESIGNER <br />As an Associate Principal and Senior Designer, <br />Chris is an advocate for design excellence both <br />on individual project teams and office -wide <br />design initiatives. His passion and curiosity <br />guides him to meaningful, award winning <br />solutions to complex problems. Design <br />concepts derived from client specific needs and <br />conditions form the foundation of his design <br />philosophy. Chris has been associated with <br />many large and complex projects during his ten <br />year tenure at Freelon. He has led teams to <br />think creatively about every project opportunity <br />from large planning exercises to project specific <br />detailing, each reinforcing a project's conceptual <br />ideas. <br />EDUCATION <br />Bachelor of Architecture <br />North Carolina State University <br />Bachelor of Environmental Design, Architecture <br />North Carolina State University <br />CERTIFICATION <br />Registered Architect: NC <br />LEED Accredited Professional <br />FEATURED PROJECTS <br />• DC Public Libraries, Martin Luther King <br />Library I Washington, DC <br />• Columbia College Chicago Library I Chicago, <br />IL <br />• Mississippi Civil Rights Museum I Jackson, <br />MS <br />• Wake Forest Z Smith Reynolds Library <br />Winston - Salem, NC <br />• Puppetry Museum Competition I Atlanta, GA <br />• Harvey B Gantt Center for Africatn- <br />American Art + Culture I Charlotte, NC <br />• Durham Station Transportation Center <br />Durham, NC <br />• International Civil Rights Center and <br />Musuem I Greensboro, NC <br />61 <br />