MEET THE TEAM

ANNA GRAY

INTERIORS PROJECT COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “We will never know all the good a simple smile can do.” – Mother Teresa

Favorite Project: Dance studio in South Boston

Something Fun/Interesting About Anna: I am an identical twin!

Personal Strengths: Activator, Individualization, Empathy, Relator, Responsibility

TOM TABOR

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”– Michael Jordan

Favorite Project: 5117 Meadow Lake

Something Fun/Interesting About Tom: I worked together with a group of 26 students to design and build a single-family home for my 5th year graduate program.

Personal Strengths: Restorative, Relator, Analytical, Futuristic, Responsibility

GRACE DANIELE

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Favorite Project: At my first internship I was able to assist in the design of Airbnb’s in the Manchester mill building, The Factory. Each room was a different theme, making for a range of uniquely designed spaces.

Something Fun/Interesting About Grace: I’m a huge fan of going to concerts and have grown up listening to a lot of various genres of music with my family. I also enjoy playing the guitar with my Dad and brother.

Personal Strengths: Futuristic, Positivity, Harmony, Developer and Relator

ADAM HOLMES AIA

SR. PROJECT ARCHITECT

Favorite Project: The George and Barbara Bush Center @ UNE or The Brody Learning Commons at Johns Hopkins University

Personal Strengths: Achiever,  Includer,  Consistency,  Focus,  Analytical 

MORGAN PALMER

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.” -Maynard Keynes

Favorite Project: During my final year at RPI, I worked to develop my final project, which revolved around the rehabilitation of the mid-nineteenth century neo-Gothic church St. Joseph’s in Albany, NY. The language of the church typology and its aesthetic motifs were analyzed to develop new formal characteristics in a manner that would suit the buildings’ redeployment as a performance hall and community center.

Something Fun/Interesting About Morgan: My favorite ways to spend my weekends are working on my car. My favorite place in the world in a small lake in the Adirondacks called Lake Eaton where my family and I spend time camping during the summer.

Personal Strengths: Input,  Learner,  Achiever,  Responsibility,  Intellection

ANDY ENGLISH

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

Favorite Project: Kittery Trading Post Addition and Renovation, Kittery, ME.

Something Fun/Interesting About Andy: I have been to ten different Major League Baseball stadiums, with the ultimate goal of seeing a game in all 30 stadiums.

Also, I have performed six weddings to date (legally) in Maine, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.

Personal Strengths: Woo,  Harmony,  Communication,  Positivity,  Includer

SHIROOK SALAMEH

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it” George Bernard Shaw

Favorite Project: Long Avenue, A Residential building in Nashville TN.

Something Fun/Interesting About Shirook: As a teenager I got addicted to playing Sims, to the point where I do it for a living now, I can speak, read and write Arabic fluently.

Personal Strengths: Achiever, Learner, Futuristic, Relator, Responsibility

PATRICK WEBER, AIA, LEED AP

DIRECTOR, MIDWEST REGION

Favorite Quote: “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right” – Henry Ford

Favorite Project: ‘The Phoenix on 51st’ Mixed-Use project in the Nations neighborhood of Nashville.  The client saw the potential for the site and the project set the tone for more mixed-use projects in the neighborhood.

Something Fun/Interesting About Patrick: I am a former endurance mountain bike racer.

Personal Strengths: – Context, Learner, Input, Responsibility, Ideation

RYAN HAINES

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “You can and you will, because you believe you can, and you know you will.”

Favorite Project: Toray Aerospace Manufacturing Facility

Something Fun/Interesting About Ryan: I won free ice cream for a year in a rock, paper, scissors tournament.

ADAM WAGNER AIA, LEED BD+C, ACHA

FOUNDER, PARTNER

Adam is a Founder and Partner of Market Square Architects (MSA) in Portsmouth, NH and Austin, TX. Adam has been an instrumental leader in the New England region for the past 20 years helping two prior firms make the Inc. 5000 list for fastest growing companies in consecutive years. He leverages his experiences at each of those firms to provide executive level leadership to both the office and also the projects and clients that he works with.  A member of the prestigious American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA) and New Hampshire Board of Architects, Adam has worked extensively in the design of multi-family housing, industrial, commercial office, medical, education, assisted living, and education sectors.  Contributing to new buildings throughout Texas, New England and the East Coast through his design. Adam received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Syracuse University and a MS in Real Estate and Construction Management from the University of Denver. He lives in Dover, NH with his wife Beth and their two German short-haired pointers.

Favorite Quote: “There are many qualities which we need in order to gain success, but the three above all—for the lack of which no brilliancy and no genius can atone—are Courage, Honesty and Common Sense.” – Teddy Roosevelt

Favorite Project: Elliot at River’s Edge, Manchester, NH . We had an amazing team and worked in complete collaboration toward a common goal.  It was a difficult time across the industry; 2008, but we made the most of it and created lasting friendships.

Something Fun/Interesting about Adam: I’ve never had a hole-in-one in golf, but once holed out from 253 yards away.  #2 at Atkinson Country Club during a scramble tournament (we used my playing partner’s tee shot!)

Personal Strengths: Self-assurance,  Competition,  Arranger, Futuristic,  Strategic

DAYNA MERROW

PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR

Favorite Quote: “If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it, and above all, become passionate about it.” – Roald Dahl

Something Fun/Interesting About Dayna: I have been an avid dog person for my whole life – can’t remember a time without having multiple dogs. I have been active in showing, training and breeding our Bernese Mountain Dogs under the kennel name “Spellbound” since 1999. After a decade living out of New England, we recently moved back to New Hampshire to be closer to family, specifically our first grandchild.

Personal Strengths: Context,  Responsibility,  Arranger,  Achiever,  Relator

HANNAH PETRONIC

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.” – Mary Oliver

Something Fun/Interesting About Hannah: I have been to Ireland and England, and during the winter my favorite things to do are ski and snowboard!

Personal Strengths: Adaptability, Harmony, Achiever, Consistency, Empathy

SYDNEY PENNELL

PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR

Favorite Quote: “Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify.” – Henry David Thoreau

Something Fun/Interesting About Sydney: I am trying to complete the NH48 by the time I’m 30!

Personal Strengths: Empathy, Developer, Connectedness, Discipline, Consistency

MEGHAN KING

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “Be a little kinder than you need to.” – E. Lockhart

Favorite Project: My thesis was focused on breaking the boundary between interior and exterior in elementary schools. It dealt extensively with child psychology and environmental education, an educational philosophy that I strongly believe in.

Something Fun/Interesting About Meghan: She is a lover of dogs and books and is also an aspiring author.

Personal Strengths: Adaptability, Input, Woo, Arranger, Communication

MEAGHAN PANSACOLA-ROUCHON

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “Life is trying things to see if they work.” – Ray Bradbury

Favorite Project: My favorite type of project is a adaptive (building) reuse. I enjoy working with the aspects of historic preservation and the challenges of repurposing an existing structures and space to breathe new life into it.

Something Fun/Interesting About Meaghan: If I hadn’t gotten into architecture school, I would’ve been an industrial designer/product designer.

Personal Strengths: Achiever,  Focus,  Relator,  Consistency,  Arranger

MEGAN BROWN

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.” – Richard Rach

Favorite Project: I like re-purposing projects though (I did one for my Capstone), I love seeing how spaces can be reused after their prior tenant has moved on, so out of the ones I’ve been helping on I’d say Seabrook Track.

Something Fun/Interesting About Megan: With a team of other students, I organized and ran a 1,000-person Relay For Life event during college that, in one year, raised over $100,000 for The American Cancer Society!

Personal Strengths: Includer,  Belief,  Discipline,  Arranger,   Developer

AUBREY BENNETT

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “You can spend all your time making money, you can spend all your love making time…” (Take it to the Limit/ Eagles)

Favorite Project: I don’t really have a favorite. All my projects have something unique and exciting about them. Whether it was the best collaborative team project, the project that taught the most, the best client, the most challenging; they all have made their lasting impressions.

Something Fun/Interesting About Aubrey: I like overnight winter hiking. My husband and I used to do an annual hike up Adams on New Years Eve. We’d stay over at Gray Knob or the Crag, hike/snowshoe down in the morning. One year we trailblazed down after a storm had come through the night before. Then there was that one time we didn’t make it to the shelter and we overnighted on the side of the mountain… But that’s another story on a different mountain.

Personal Strengths: Strengths: Achiever, Arranger, Included, Context, Significance

BEN BROWN

DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING

bbrown@marketsquarearchitects.com

Favorite Quote: “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”  – Dr. Seuss

Favorite Project: I promise I’ve never designed a building (just marketing materials) and you should thank me for that.

Something Fun/Interesting About Ben: I’ve worked in Construction, Sports, and the Beer Industry.  Sounds like a fun weekend activity waiting to happen.

Personal Strengths: Individualization,  Competition,  Achiever,  Communication,  Arranger

CHRISTINA O’BRIEN AIA, CPHC

SENIOR PROJECT ARCHITECT

Prior to joining Market Square Architects in January of 2018, Christina O’Brien co-owned and operated SISR Architecture, LLC. SISR is an acronym for Sustainable, Innovative and Socially Responsive design. While there, Christina worked on a wide range of “green” residential and commercial projects, most notably an earth berm home in Alstead, NH and the W.S. Badger Facility in Gilsum, NH. Her focus as an architect is to help design healthy and sustainable buildings that create a positive impact both for the people who use them and for the communities in which they reside. In further advancing her skillset Christina is a Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC) and one of only 17 CPHCs in NH.  Bringing extensive knowledge on further ways to create long-term ecofriendly green design options for her projects. Christina has also worked extensively in the design of industrial and manufacturing, master planning, historical and mill renovation, medical, and education sectors within the New England and East Coast.

Favorite Quote: “Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Favorite Project: Haigh-Farr – it was exciting to see the project develop from some crude sketches on paper into a living, breathing facility.

Something Fun/Interesting About Christina: When I grow up, I want to be a pastry chef.

Personal Strengths: Restorative,  Harmony,  Learner,  Relator, Futuristic

WHITNEY APGAR, LEED Green Associate

PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.” – Leonardo da Vinci

Favorite Project: The Provident Bank Corporate Office in Portsmouth, NH

Something Fun/Interesting About Whitney: My family brought me on my first international trip to Scotland when I was 16 months old and I’ve had the travel bug ever since! In my lifetime I hope to visit 75 out of the 195 recognized countries. So far, I’ve explored nine different countries including Spain, Switzerland and Italy.

Personal Strengths: Context,  Achiever,  Learner,  Intellection,  Input

DANIELLE CAIN

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT & MARKETING COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.” – Roald Dahl 

Something Fun/Interesting About Danielle: I love cartoons and I like to collect children’s books. 

Personal Strengths: Harmony,  Restorative,  Adaptability,   Empathy,  Responsibility 

SOTHEA CHENEY AIA

PROJECT ARCHITECT/TECHNOLOGY MANAGER NH

Favorite Quote: “It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.” – A League of their Own

Favorite Project: Brightview Port Jefferson because of every single person involved. We made it a beautiful place for seniors to enjoy. 

Something Fun/Interesting About Sothea: I am first generation Cambodian American and speak Khmer; I played a USTA National Doubles Championship at Indian wells during the BNP PARIBAS in 2011. 

Personal Strengths: Includer, Adaptability, Deliberative, Consistency, Achiever 

BAILEY SULLIVAN

ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote:  “If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, that there are opportunities to change things, then there is a possibility that you can contribute to making a better world.” – Noam Chomsky 

Favorite Project: Cancer Facility – Linear Accelerator Project with Kaiser Permanente Press

Something Fun/Interesting About Bailey: If given the opportunity for an alternate career, I would be a filmmaker. 

Personal Strengths: Restorative, Positivity, Includer, Adaptability, Developer

COURTNEY PATRICK, NCIDQ, LEED AP

DIRECTOR OF INTERIORS

Courtney Patrick is a fully certified NCIDQ designer for Market Square Architects in the New England region. With the ability to help clients create comfortable and spectacular environments through her interior design skills. A valuable asset to the MSA team, she brings a keen eye for style and knowledge through her previous work in multitude of sectors such as Single-Family, Multi-Family, Medical Office, Senior Living, and Commercial Office design experience in Portsmouth and throughout New England.

Favorite Quote:  “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone”- Neal Donald Walsch 

Favorite Project: The Fresh Press, York, Maine

Something Fun/Interesting About Courtney:  I am an Interior Designer by day, a yoga, nutrition, and fitness junkie by night. 

Personal Strengths: Achiever,  Input,  Individualization,  Focus,  Adaptability 

PHILLIP SALTMARSH

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” – Seneca 

Favorite Project: Monarch School of New England 

Something Fun/Interesting About Phillip: My wife Jen and I enjoy hiking, having climbed all 48 of NH’s 4,000 foot mountains together.  

Personal Strengths: Input,  Adaptability,  Communication,  Includer,  Activator 

TODD GIBB

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes

Favorite Project: Crossroads Center, San Marcos, TX

Something Fun/Interesting About Todd: I took a NASCAR driving school at Texas Motor Speedway. I’m an Eagle Scout and a brother of Order of the Arrow.

Personal Strengths: Adaptability,  Strategic,  Relator,  Competition,  Restorative

ROBERT HARBESON, AIA

FOUNDER & PARTNER

Robert J. Harbeson AIA, is a Founder and Partner of Market Square Architects (MSA) in Portsmouth, NH and Austin, TX.  With over 25 years in architecture and related fields, and the last 17 years in the New England region, Rob has successfully delivered a range of projects from single-family residential and commercial office to hospitality and industrial. This diverse background has developed an expertise with code and technical requirements as well as the approval processes for a wide range of project types. Rob has emerged as a leader in the local community and serves on several boards and agencies. Rob has worked extensively in the design of single-family residential housing, master planning, commercial office, medical, banking, recreation, restaurant, and education sectors.  Contributing to new buildings throughout Texas, New England and the East Coast through his design.

Favorite Quote: “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” – Albert Einstein 

Favorite Project: A Rye, NH Single Family Home Residence – As an office, it was our first ground-up design, with a really enjoyable project team, and for a wonderful client who trusted us to be creative and help create a vision for them. 

Something Fun/Interesting About Rob: I grew up in Delaware and once designed a bridge in Harrington for the State Department of Transportation, and I have visited 49 states. 

Personal Strengths: Restorative,  Ideation,  Strategic,  Achiever,  Belief 

SARAH HOWARD

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “Stop, collaborate and listen”- Vanilla Ice 

Favorite Project: Mill 240 

Something Fun/Interesting About Sarah: I can juggle. 

Personal Strength:  Relator,  Responsibility,  Deliberative,  Maximizer,  Consistency

JASON NIEUWEBOER

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”  

Favorite Project: Mill240

Something Fun/Interesting About Jason: I am a competitive person so I always enjoy friendly competition and watching sports. 

Personal Strengths: Adaptability,  Competition,  Achiever,  Analytical,  Positivity 

GAVIN BOURBON

ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “Your biggest competition is the person staring back at you in the mirror.” 

Favorite Project: Guyton Residence

Something Fun/Interesting About Gavin: My summer job for 4 years was making candy at The Goldenrod in York, ME. 

Personal Strengths: Responsibility,  Adaptability,  Includer,  Arrange,  Individualization 

VERNON APGAR

ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “If you could kick the person in  the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.”  Theodore Roosevelt 

Favorite Project: Revision Military 

Something Fun/Interesting About Vernon: I’m a twin. 

Personal Strengths:  Analytical,  Deliberative,  Achiever,  Discipline,  Focus

ALLY RUGG

ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is worth forgotten.” -Irish Blessing 

Favorite Project: Anything residential! I like creating spaces that become homes.

Something Fun/Interesting About Ally: The best 10 days of my life were spent in Benin, Africa with my Masters studio. The people there were the most genuine and loving people and my class and I developed an amazing relationship with the community of Akpakpa Dodomey-Enagnon in Cotonou. When we got home, we spent the semester designing a health clinic for the community. Someday, my professor, classmates and I hope to go back and help them start building! 

Personal Strengths: Adaptability,  Maximizer,  Connectedness,  Strategic,  Relator

MIKE ADAMS AIA, LEED BD+C

QUALITY CONTROL MANAGER

SARAH BAGO

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “Everything works out in the end if it hasn’t worked out yet, then it’s not the end.” – Tracy McMillan

Favorite Project: My senior capstone project was the Ink City Tattoo Hotel, and it was a perfect merriment of my personal design style, and passion for tattoos. It also welcomed people to what is typically seen as an intimidating industry, overall creating a new perspective around the tattoo industry.

Something Fun/Interesting About Sarah: Tattoo addict & cat lover

Personal Strengths: Adaptability,  Command,  Restorative,   Strategic,  Achiever

BENNY FONTANA

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity” – Albert Einstein 

Something Fun/Interesting About Benny: I love to cook and try different foods. One of my favorite foods to cook is Italian.

Personal Strengths: Learner,  Responsibility,  Achiever,  Strategic,  Arranger

DAVID GARDNER

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough” – Mario Andretti

Favorite Project: My favorite project was the 9 story, 212,000 sf STEM Residence Hall at the University of Connecticut.

Something Fun/Interesting About David:  State pole vault champ 2 years in a row…and no, I’m not going to tell you what years.

Personal Strengths: Harmony,  Achiever,  Adaptability,  Consistency,  Relator

JAY LONGTIN, AIA

DIRECTOR OF QUALITY

Favorite Quote: “Trust, but verify” – Ronald Reagan

Favorite Project: Any one where everyone is happy afterwards.

Something Fun/Interesting About Jay: I do not have a middle name.

Personal Strengths: Input,  Deliberative,  Restorative,  Relator,  Consistency

SAMUEL SHACKELFORD

ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “So It Goes.” – Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

Favorite Project: My first commercial project was the Sunday River Condos. It was a great learning experience, and it solidified my interest in commercial design.

Something Fun/Interesting About Samuel: I have travelled to 8 different countries and plan to go to many more in my lifetime. One of my favorite experiences was going to a music festival at the 1936 Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany.

Personal Strengths: Restorative,  Discipline,  Relator,  Learner,  Responsibility

JOSEPH WENTWORTH

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” -Dale Carnegie

Favorite Project: A small single-family residence in Portsmouth. It wasn’t the biggest or most extravagant project, but it was the first project I got to work on from the earliest phases all the way through construction.

Something Fun/Interesting About Joseph: Whenever I’m not working I prefer to spend my time outside on the beach, on the lake or in the mountains hiking or skiing. 

Personal Strengths: Communication,  Achiever,  Positivity,   Woo,  Futuristic

Vajreshwari Patil

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” -Nelson Mandela

Favorite Project: ULI competition Project Miami – This project has taught me how to work in a team environment with different thinking minds and backgrounds.

Something Fun/Interesting About Vajreshwari: I have done glacier hiking in Alaska, Scuba Diving in Cancun. I love to eat spicy food.

Personal Strengths: Includer,  Restorative,  Achiever,  Consistency,  Harmony

BEN HARTH, AIA, NCARB

SENIOR PROJECT ARCHITECT

Favorite Quote: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci

Favorite Project: Casa Arabella in Oakland, California

Something Fun/Interesting About Ben: I have thru-hiked the entire Appalachian Trail and the section of the Pacific Crest Trail through California from the Mexican border to Oregon.

Personal Strengths: Ideation,  Input,  Connectedness,  Learner,  Relator