MEET THE TEAM
At Market Square Architects we have built a diverse team of professionals ready to help with a wide range of projects. We love a fun challenge and helping a client achieve their goals. Meet the team at Market Square Architects and learn more about who we are and what we do.
VERNON APGAR
Project Coordinator
DANIEL AWAD
Project Coordinator
WHITNEY BELTON
Project Coordinator
GAVIN BOURBON
Project Coordinator
BEN BROWN
Director of Business Development and Marketing
DANIELLE CAIN
Administrative Assistant & Marketing Coordinator
CHRISTINE CASTALDO AIA
Senior Project Architect
SOTHEA CHENEY AIA
Project Architect
TODD GIBB
Project Manager
ROBERT HARBESON AIA
Founder & Partner
SARAH HOWARD
Project Manager
MICHAEL MURPHY
Project Manager
JASON NIEUWEBOER
Project Manager
ALLAN NUTT
Principal Emeritus
CHRISTINA O’BRIEN AIA
Project Architect
COURTNEY PATRICK, LEED AP
Interior Designer
JOHN RAMSAY
Project Manager
REBECCA RUBY
Project Manager
ALLY RUGG
Project Coordinator
PHILLIP SALTMARSH
Project Manager
PETER SLOWIK
Project Coordinator
LYLE SMARR
Project Coordinator
ADAM WAGNER AIA, LEED BD+C, ACHA
Founder & Partner

ADAM WAGNER AIA, LEED BD+C, ACHA
Founder, Partner
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 interesting/fun 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

LYLE SMARR
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Favorite Quote: “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.” – Bill Gates
Favorite Project: SMC Edgebrook
Interesting/Fun thing about Lyle: I’ve hiked in 24 national parks in the US and have plans to visit all 58.
Personal Strengths: Strategic, Learner, Relator, Input, Intellection

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 interesting/fun 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
Project Architect
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 interesting/fun about Christina: When I grow up, I want to be a pastry chef.
Personal Strengths: Restorative, Harmony, Learner, Relator, Futuristic

CHRISTINE CASTALDO AIA
Senior Project Architect
Favorite Quote: “There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” –Douglas Adams
Favorite Project: Triple C5 Hangars for Lt Col Burkhart and the 167th AW West Virginia ANG
Something fun/interesting about Christine: I have backyard chickens and brew my own beer.
Personal Strengths: Ideation, Achiever, Arranger, Relator, Input

DANIEL AWAD
Project Coordinator
Favorite Quote: “There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?” – Zaha Hadid
Favorite Project: The Residences at Crosspoint
Something fun/interesting about Daniel: I have a three-year-old pup named Rocky.
Personal Strengths: Strategic, Individualization, Achiever, Adaptability, Relator

WHITNEY BELTON, Assoc aia
Project COORDINATOR
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

MICHAEL BOISVERT
Project Coordinator
Favorite Quote: “Imagine you had a great idea and shared it with the world” – Stephen Koziatek
Favorite Project: Factory on Willow
Reason – “I’ve always loved my hometown of Manchester, taking part in any project that helps promote & improve the built environment for the community is worth the challenge. Especially a place such as Manchester, which has given so much to me over the years. Being integral in the Existing Documentation & Setup of Drawings for Factory on Willow reminds me that the smallest impact can make a huge difference no matter where you’re from.”
Something fun/interesting about Michael: Dare to be Different
Personal Strengths: Restorative, Learner, Ideation, Responsibility, Achiever

DANIELLE CAIN
Administrative Assistant and 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
Favorite Quote: “Time’s fun when you’re having flies”
Favorite Project: Lahive and Cockfield LLP at One Post Office Square
Something interesting/fun 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

COurtney PATRICK, LEED AP
INTERIOR DESIGNER
Favorite Quote: “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone”- Neal Donald Walsch
Favorite Project: The Fresh Press, York, Maine
Something interesting/fun about Courtney: I am an Interior Designer by day, a yoga, nutrition, and fitness junkie by night.
Personal Strengths: Achiever, Input, Individualization, Focus, Adaptability

JOHN RAMSAY
PROJECT MANAGER
Favorite Quote: “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein.
Favorite Project: The Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Something interesting/fun about John: I am the 4th generation John Harold Ramsay.
Personal Strengths: Achiever, Developer, Consistency, Competition, Relator

REBECCA RUBY
PROJECT MANAGER
Favorite Quote: “Important learning occurs when a struggle is examined and analyzed, diagnosed, and a prescription offered. Ergo, make it work.”- Tim Gunn
Favorite Project: Woods at Merrimack, Methuen, MA
Something interesting/fun about Rebecca: I LOVE to cook. And, so I cook then I watch the Red Sox if they’re playing. Everyone is invited! I’m a huge Red Sox fan. I like to watch every single game start to finish so I don’t miss anything. I have an entire wall in my place with different types of memorabilia dedicated to the Red Sox.
Personal Strengths: Woo, Communication, Restorative, Achiever, Significance

PHILLIP SALTMARSH
PROJECT MANAGER
Favorite Quote: “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” – Seneca
Favorite Project: Monarch School of New England
Fun Fact 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
Project Manager
Favorite Quote(s): “I’m gonna give you an engine low to the ground… extra thick oil pan to cut the wind from underneath you. It’ll give you thirty or forty more horsepower. I’m gonna give you a fuel line that’ll hold an extra gallon of gas. I’m gonna shave half an inch off you and shape you like a bullet. I’ll get you primed, painted and weighed, and you’ll be ready to go out on that racetrack. Hear me? You’re gonna be perfect.” – Harry Hogge in Days of Thunder
Favorite Project: Crossroads Center, San Marcos, TX
Something interesting/fun 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
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.
Interesting/fun thing 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
Project MANAGER
Favorite Quote: “Stop, collaborate and listen”- Vanilla Ice
Favorite Project: Mill240
Something interesting/fun about Sarah: I can juggle.
Personal Strength: Relator, Responsibility, Deliberative, Maximizer, Consistency

JASON NIEUWEBOER
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

ALLAN NUTT
PrINCIPAL EMERITUS
Favorite Quote: “The mind is like an umbrella – it functions best when open.”- Walter Gropius
Favorite Project: 26 Doors Shopping Center in Austin. A boutique retail center designed around 26 sets of magnificent old wooden doors found in central America.
Fun/Interesting fact about Allan: My wife thinks it is funny that I was president of the Slide Rule Club in high school. Pretty geeky!

GAVIN BOURBON
Project Coordinator
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
Project COORDINATOR
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

PETER SLOWIK
Project COORDINATOR
Favorite Quote: “I am as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we do.” – Steve Jobs
Favorite Project: Revision Military
Something interesting/fun about Peter: I am a bit of an old soul with a passion to create — I love classic cars, woodworking, and bourbon.
Personal Strengths: Ideation, Analytical, Competition, Individualization, Strategic

ALLY RUGG
PROJECT COORDINATOR
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 interesting/fun 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

MICHAEL MURPHY
PROJECT MANAGER
Favorite Quote: “Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt” – John Muir
Favorite Project: Residence Inn / Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott – Waltham, MA
I enjoyed the challenge of overseeing one of New England’s first dual-brand hotels. This property has 190 guestrooms with brand-specific design requirements. I like creating spaces that become homes.
Something interesting/fun about Michael: I completed the Presidential traverse in 2017, one of the great hikes in the eastern United States. It’s so-called because hikers climb all the 10 mountains over 4,000 feet in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains in one continuous hike that’s nearly 23 miles long with close to 9,000 feet of elevation gain. This journey ended in just over 16 hours.
Personal Strengths: Consistency, Positivity, Adaptability, Restorative, Achiever