Professional to Focus on Talent Recruitment, Retention, and Training
Quinn Evans, a leading national planning and design firm, has announced that Sarah Kesher has joined Quinn Evans as team development director, serving all six offices in the Midwest and mid-Atlantic. Kesher brings more than 25 years of experience to the role and will focus on staff development and retention, professional education, training, and coaching, with a focus on team-oriented leadership development.
Kesher brings broad-ranging experience and skills to the firm, including expertise in business strategy and growth initiatives, institutional training, brand development, team coaching, marketing, and client engagement. As team development director, a new position at Quinn Evans, she will lead efforts to foster productive engagement with the firm’s diverse staff, practice areas, and client communities; facilitate ongoing professional growth and development; and encourage the recruitment of top-tier talent.
“Quinn Evans’ success lies in the diversity of our talent, and the multidimensional perspectives and experiences we bring to the table,” says Alyson Steele, FAIA, LEED AP, president and CEO. “Within our creative, people-oriented culture we are continually looking to open diverse pathways for our employees to thrive and contribute to the best of their abilities. Sarah will play a key role in maintaining our longstanding commitment to talent development, teamwork, and collaboration across our firm. We continue to believe that team development and growing diverse leaders is the key to leadership and innovation within our changing profession and essential to address the complex challenges of a more sustainable and equitable built environment.”
About Quinn Evans
Quinn Evans provides services in architecture, interior design, planning, landscape architecture, urban revitalization, and historic preservation, including sustainable preservation and stewardship. The firm has employs more than 200 professionals in six office locations in Washington, D.C.; Ann Arbor and Detroit, Michigan; Madison, Wisconsin; Baltimore, Maryland; and Richmond, Virginia. Nationally ranked in its sustainability practice, Quinn Evans is a charter signatory of the AIA 2030 Challenge and a member of the Center for the Built Environment.
Established in 1984, Quinn Evans specializes in cultural, institutional, commercial, and educational projects, including museums, historic parks, theaters, mixed-use buildings, government buildings, schools and campus facilities, libraries, and major civic landmarks and infrastructure. Current projects for the firm include the modernization of the National Air and Space Museum and the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.; renovation of the Old City Hall and Virginia Commonwealth University’s new STEM building in Richmond, Va.; and the redevelopment of Baltimore’s Penn Station.
Additional projects underway include the design of security improvements to support ferry transit operations to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty and the restoration of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina, both for the National Park Service. For Ford, Quinn Evans is currently designing the restoration and adaptive use of the landmark Michigan Central Station in Detroit. Other Michigan projects include the adaptive use of the Walter French High School into housing in Lansing and the Farmer’s Market at the Henry Ford Greenfield Village. For more information, visit www.quinnevans.com.
