WHAT WE DO

As a 501(c)3 non-profit, the Design Center observes existing conditions and visualizes potentials for improvement, advancement, and optimism. Whether our client is a business looking to create improved operating conditions, a commercial corridor striving to revitalize itself, or a neighborhood in search of an enhanced identity, the Neighborhood Design Center is ready to assist in the process. Our staff and interns pursue projects in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, planning and graphic design.

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WHO WE ARE

FULL TIME STAFF

Al Berthold, AIA NCARB
Executive Director

Katie O'Lone, ASLA Associate
Landscape Design & Community Relations 

Jennifer Saunier, ASLA Associate
Landscape & Artistic Design  

GRADUATE INTERNS

Naiying Cheung
OSU Landscape Architecture Graduate

Kent Miller
OSU City & Regional Planning

John Myers
OSU Architecture 

INTERNS

Torrance Abrams
OSU Landscape Architecture

Shellie Miqbel
OSU Landscape Architecture

Devon Seery
UC Architecture

Benjamin Baaske
OSU Architecture

Dyani Robarge
OSU Architecture

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President
Vince Papsidero, AICP
City of Columbus, Planning Administrator

Vice President
Shawn Conyers, AIA NCARB
Meyers + Associates Architecture

Treasurer
Reggie E. Johnson
Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority

Immediate Past President
Kelly Borth
GREENCREST

Jennifer Anne Adair, Esq.
North Linden Area Commission

Laura Bidwa
Columbus College of Art & Design

Jacob Ross Boswell
The Knowlton School of Architecture

Jack Decker
Attorney

Al Edmondson
Mt. Vernon Avenue District Improvement Association

Shane Farnsworth
City of Columbus, Economic Development

Gretchen James
Columbus City Council

David Keenan
Managing Council Nationwide

Brian Kinzelman, RLA ASLA AICP
MKSK

Lisa Minklei
Homeport

Kimberly Moss, AICP
Campus Planner, The Ohio State University

Jim Sweeney
Franklinton Development Association

Steve Wittmann
Wittmann Company

ADVISORY BOARD

Ruth Gless, AIA
Lincoln Street Studio

Keith Myers, ASLA
Associate Vice President of Physical Planning
The Ohio State University