People
Chapter Director
Sarah Macdonald
Chapter Director
smacdonald@classicist-ne.org
Sarah Macdonald serves as the Chapter Director and is responsible for overall administrative coordination and the operation of the ICAA’s New England chapter as well as acting as the central communication link between the Board, Chapter, its committees and the National ICAA office in New York. She works alongside the Board in maintaining the chapter’s brand and furthering the mission of the ICAA. Sarah is a graduate of Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, and has been working as a marketing and communications professional focused on nonprofits and cultural organizations for over 20 years. She has extensive experience working with nonprofits, museums and galleries. Sarah lives in Duxbury, Massachusetts, with her husband, two little boys and a lazy labrador retriever.
Sarah can be reached by e-mail: smacdonald@classicist-ne.org or phone 617.913.2277
Nancy E. Berry is a nationally published writer and editor of magazines, on-line content, and home design books. She has written extensively on the subject of traditional design, preservation, restoration, and sustainability. Currently, she is the editor of the regional publications Northshore Home and Northshore as well as the national publications Ocean Home, Traditional Building, and New Old House. Nancy is a champion of tasteful modern and classical design, and she is also an art, antiques, and old house enthusiast.
Michael J. Tartamella, AIA
Vice President
Michael is a Senior Associate at Patrick Ahearn Architect in Boston, Massachusetts. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island.
Michael is a member of the Boston Society of Architects and the American Institute of Architects. In addition, he has obtained a NCARB certificate from the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. Michael’s professional experience includes both commercial and residential projects and has worked with architectural firms in Boston, New York, and Washington D.C. prior to joining Patrick Ahearn Architect over 12 years ago.
Dan K. Gordon, ASLA
Treasurer
Dan is a professionally licensed landscape architect with a practice in Wellesley, MA. He was born and raised in the Boston area, and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design. He received his Master of Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1986.
Dan has received numerous design achievement awards, including his work on the Central Artery Project, two Boston Society of Landscape Architects Merit Awards for residential design, a design competition for the University of California Davis Arboretum, a Tucker Design Award for design excellence with stone, and a Prism Award for design excellence.
Eric Inman Daum, AIA
Secretary
Eric Inman Daum is a Registered Architect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the States of New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island. He received his Master of Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University and a Bachelor’s Degree from Columbia University in History and Urban Studies.
He established his own practice in 2017 and is a former partner at Merrimack Design Architects, LLC. He currently sits on the Board of the New England Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art having served as President of the chapter from 2005 through 2009. He has taught design at the Boston Architectural College and has lectured at Build Boston, The Traditional Building Conference, and at the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America in New York. Daum was featured on WCVB's "Chronicle" in 2006 discussing great contemporary architecture in Boston as an advocate for the city's rich architectural heritage.
Prior to joining Merrimack Design, Eric served as Design Director at The Classic Group in Lexington. During his apprenticeships, Eric also worked in the offices of Graham Gund Architects in Cambridge, Ferguson, Murray and Shamamian Architects and Kohn Pedersen Fox in New York, and for noted American Classicist John Blatteau Associates in Philadelphia.
Mr. Daum lives in Andover, Massachusetts where he has served on the Design Review Board since 2010.
Board Members
David Andreozzi, AIA
David Andreozzi, past president 2016-2022, started Andreozzi Architects in 1988 specializing in historically based residential architecture; expressive of its sense of place, attentive to its detail and proportion, and timeless in its beauty. Commissions exist from Commonwealth Avenue, to the shores of New England, to the Bahamian Islands.
David now leads a group called Architectural Delight educating the public that that all design should have a cultural and contextual connectivity to people, history, and place irrespective of style.
Before the ICAA David has spent six years on the national board of the AIA’s Custom Residential Architects Network, CRAN concluding as 2014 National Chairman. In that role David opened up communication with the National ICAA in a effort to develop an alliance between the two organizations. At CRAN David spearheaded CRANtv, a new series of videos intended to educate the public on the importance of hiring an architect, to help the public understand the value of the architectural process, and to give the public tips on finding the most qualified architect for a project. Videos are hosted on the CRANtv YouTube channel.
David lives in Bristol RI, half way between Providence and Newport, where he served on the local historic district commission as chairman for years. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, David is the son of a second generation carpenter, contractor, and developer. He grew up working construction sites specializing in carrying junk to the dumpster and over time graduated to framing, fine carpentry, bidding, drafting, and running complex jobs, which eventually led to furniture design/building at RISD. David continued with his education at Shope Reno Wharton in Greenwich, CT in the mid eighties.
Fred Atherton
Fred Atherton is a designer and historic preservationist in Providence, RI. He graduated from Harvard with a degree in architectural history, theory, & design (VES) in 1990, then decamped for the University of Oregon for his M.Arch. (1996), purposely avoiding eastern schools in order to leave the fashionable nonsense of ‘Deconstruction’ behind and focus on the timeless essentials of good construction and spatial order from a number of Christopher Alexander’s most capable disciples.
After returning to his native Boston, Fred worked some years as a project manager and junior designer for a small firm whose focus was new and restored traditionally-styled Roman Catholic churches and private secondary school and college buildings around the region. Given an opportunity to design the grand ballroom a rambling 1880s NH summer house always could have had (but didn’t), he leapt at the chance, and has since spent the last 20 years in private consulting for clients and colleagues in New England, California & Oregon, specializing in regionally appropriate traditional design & detail. This he strives, always, to update to modern technical standards while upholding the level of visual, spatial, and material delight set by centuries of subtle precedent.
David Brussat
David Brussat is the director of the Architecture Here and There blog, where he champions the classical revival at the expense of modern architecture. For a quarter of a century he did the same as the weekly architecture critic for the Providence Journal. Since his departure in 2014, he has written and edited for clients. His first book, about architecture and change, called Lost Providence, was published by The History Press in August 2017. In 2002, he won an Arthur Ross Award for his architectural writing, and he has been on this chapter’s board since 2007. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, based in London since the time of Benjamin Franklin, who was also a fellow. David was born in Chicago, grew up in the District of Columbia, and has resided in Providence since 1984. He lives with his family on the city’s East Side.
Liz Caan
Liz Caan is the Principal and founder of Liz Caan & Co., a full-service interior design firm specializing in creative solutions that honor tradition. The Liz Caan & Co. Design Studio is based in Newton, Massachusetts where Liz is personally involved in every project, and is dedicated to cultivating talent within the firm. Liz is an active member of the Design Leadership Network, The Leaders of Design Council, and the Soane Foundation. Liz holds a degree in Fine Art from the University of Wisconsin and previously spent over a decade in sales and marketing in New York and Chicago.
Liz’s work has been showcased in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Traditional Home, Luxe Interiors, Better Homes & Gardens, HGTV Magazine, Design New England, Boston Magazine, Boston Home, The Boston Globe, Boston Common, and New England Home. Her work has also been featured in the book, Linens: For Every Room and Occasion by Jane Scott Hodges, the book, Decorating with Carpets by Ashley Stark Kenner and Chad Stark, and the book Farrow and Ball Recipes for Decorating by Joa Studholme. Liz Caan & Co's work will also be featured in the Gibbs Smith book New England Modern by Jaci Conry and Michael J. Lee, slated to be released Spring 2020.
Michael Carter
Michael Carter is owner and principal designer at Carter and Company, a residential interior design firm located in Boston’s Back Bay. The company’s portfolio spans nearly three decades, with featured projects primarily located in New England. In 2016, Carter was inducted into the New England Design Hall of Fame, and has twice been the recipient of the ICAA Bulfinch Award for interior design. His work has been published in Traditional Home Magazine, New England Home Magazine, Design New England, and ID Boston, as well as numerous books including the cover of Spectacular Homes of New England. Versed in the classical tradition, Carter enjoys working on a wide range of projects as diverse in genre as modern New York and Boston skyscrapers to traditional and historically significant properties. Carter currently serves on the Board of Governors of Gore Place and the Advisory Council of Historic New England.
J.B. Clancy
J.B. Clancy studied architectural history at Brown University under Dietrich Neumann, writing his honors thesis on Léon Krier’s then unbuilt Poundbury project. J.B. went on to study architecture at the Yale School of Architecture and was a TA for Alex Garvin’s popular Study of the City course. J.B. joined Alex in New York City in 1996 to help develop a master plan for the city’s Olympic bid. J.B. then moved to Boston and worked for Arrow Street for several years before joining ART in 2002. His interests include sustainable design, and he is a Certified Passive House Consultant. J.B. also enjoys drawing and sketching and helps organize ART’s annual drawing class. He became a partner in the firm in 2008.
Susan Close
Susan Close grew up in Boca Raton, Florida and returned to Massachusetts where she received a B.S. in management. Susan is principal with her husband Carl Close of Hammersmith Studios, an architectural metal studio in Newton, Massachusetts.
Janet Gorogne
Janet Gorgone is the Director of Business Development and Marketing for Woodmeister Master Builders, where she also serves on the Executive Committee. In this role, Janet connects Woodmeister’s 40 years of building and millwork experience with a national network of Architects, Designers, Real Estate Brokers & Professionals, Owners Reps, Sub-contractors, vendors and design industry experts to help bring their visions to fruition for the homeowner with passion and precision.
Janet’s career began with nearly a decade at Hearst’s House Beautiful, Elle Decor and Veranda magazines, where she developed a deep reverence for the Designers, Architects, Photographers and Editors who filled the pages. Enamored with the creative and entrepreneurial spirits surrounding her, she sought a more active role in this dialogue; she first completed the NYU certificate program in Interior Design for a better understanding of how to support and serve this group, and then began working in a business development capacity with premier residential builders - including I-Grace and Sea-Dar Construction - to promote their competencies to her growing network of trade professionals.
Janet is perpetually inspired by the exceptional craft, exuberant originality and innovative thinking that defines her industry - expressed in the enthusiasm and curiosity she brings to her work. She is a graduate of Boston College, an eternal optimist (she was once told by a renown tastemaker that she “glows in the dark”), and – as a rule - is never far from the water.
Robert Orr , FAIA, FCNU, FSY
Robert Orr is a national award-winning architect and urban planner and one of the originators of the New Urbanism, which aims to create affordable, sustainable, mixed-use, walkable, mixed-income and prosperous communities. His collaboration with Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk on the first such community at Seaside, FL in 1982 was honored by Time Magazine as "...the most astonishing design achievement of its era and one might hope the most influential." Robert’s firm furnished more than 4,000 hours of mostly pro-bono planning and architectural services to storm-ravaged Gulf Coast Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina. A practitioner, professor, lecturer, and writer, Robert lives with his wife and four children in New Haven, CT.
Stephen Payne
After dropping out of college in 1972, Stephen Payne, worked in a woodshop in New Mexico. He then moved back to Boston where he worked at Downes Millwork, where the main focus was short runs of 19th century reproduction standing and running trim. When that business sold, he moved first to another Boston shop owned by the Dixon Brothers, where he built cabinets and made sash and doors, and then to the West coast.
After a couple of years of cabinetwork and construction in the Los Angeles area, Steve again returned to Boston to join with his brother Tom and Oliver Bouchier, to found Payne/Bouchier. The threesome started out as a woodshop that fabricated and installed custom architectural millwork. In the mid-1980’s they began to expand from a custom woodshop to a full service General Contractor: Payne/Bouchier, Inc., Fine Builders.
Christopher N. Regan, ASLA
Christopher Regan is a senior associate at LeBlanc Jones Landscape Architects in Boston, Massachusetts. As a lead designer and project manager focusing on urban design and commercial mixed-use projects, he brings more than 25 years of experience spanning large-scale commercial projects, streetscapes, urban roof terraces, private landscapes, and intimate residential gardens. Christopher is a member of the Boston Society of Landscape Architects and the American Society of Landscape Architects. He received a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Lee Reid
Project Executive at Payne/Bouchier Fine Builders
After a first career working as a scientific advisor on Natural History documentary films, Lee moved over to the dark side and joined Payne/Bouchier Fine Builders in 2004. She is a project executive with a portfolio including both new construction to historically authentic restorations.
Andrew Spindler
Andrew Spindler is the owner of Andrew Spindler Antiques & Design, a shop he founded in Essex, Massachusetts in 1998 where he offers an eclectic mix of fine period furniture, 20th century design, works of art, decorations, lighting, and curiosities from the 17th-20th centuries.
A triplet born in Boston and raised in Wellesley, he earned his B.A. magna cum laude from Brown University and was a Sterling Prize Fellow at Yale University where he earned his M.A., both in Spanish Literature, before deciding that he thrived on the independence and creativity of being a self-employed antiquarian. He continued his training at Sotheby’s Institute in London before working for Devenish & Company, an exclusive dealer in fine antique English furniture in New York City.
Andrew has held various volunteer leadership positions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, including Chair of the Museum Council Fellows and Vice Chair of the Board of Overseers (Advisors). He currently serves on the Steering Committees of the Curator Circles for the Art of the Americas and the Prints and Drawings departments. In addition, he is a Benefactor and Honorary Life Advisor there. In addition, Andrew is a longstanding member of the Collections Committee and Council of Historic New England. His past volunteer work has included service on the Board of Directors and the Collections Committee of the Cape Ann Museum and the Council of Rockport Music.
Andrew resides in Gloucester, Massachusetts and is married to Hiram Butler, a contemporary art dealer, based in Houston, Texas. In addition to antiques and contemporary art, together they collect ancient Greek pottery.
Michael Tyrrell
Michael Tyrrell, ICAA New England Board Member Emeritus, is an award-winning designer with thirty years of experience in the Architecture, Planning and Urban Design profession. An educator-advocate, his past efforts with the Institute include planning and guidance for tours of New England’s larger cities and their civic landmarks. A graduate of the Boston Architectural College, he holds a Master of Design Studies Degree from Harvard University, majoring in Real Estate and Urban Development.
An urban visionary with a passion for civic design awareness, Michael has teamed with numerous local civic and environmental-advocate groups such as the Boston Society of Architects, WalkBoston, and The Boston Preservation Alliance. He is a co-founder of the Fort Point Neighborhood Association; assisting in formalizing that neighborhood’s official designation by the city as a Boston Landmark District. Michael returns to the ICAA New England Board to help plan new tours and programs within a traditionalist-design and urban development milieu. A native of Fairfield, Connecticut, Michael currently resides in Providence, Rhode Island.
Kathleen Ustas
Kathleen is a Real Estate Analyst at Cameron Real Estate Group as part of their fix & flip and development team. She graduated from Northeastern University in 2019 with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance. She previously interned at Historic Boston Inc. and is also a Young Advisor of the Boston Preservation Alliance.
William Young
William’s lifelong interest in architectural history was sparked at an early age, growing up on the coast of Maine admiring local works by Richard Upjohn, John Calvin Stevens and McKim, Mead & White. After earning degrees in English from Boston College, he entered the Boston University graduate program in historic preservation; this led to more than two decades on the staff of the Boston Landmarks Commission, from which he retired as Director of Design Review. As an independent consultant, William now guides his clients to meet historic preservation regulations at the local, state and federal levels, while remaining active on the lecture and walking-tour circuit. His recent projects include residential renovations in the Back Bay and on Beacon Hill, and new-construction retail and life-sciences buildings on Newbury Street and in the South End. William has also served three times as a commercial juror for Traditional Building magazine's Palladio Awards, most recently in 2022.
Past Presidents
David Andreozzi AIA, 2016 - 2022
Sheldon Richard Kostelecky RA, 2014 - 2016
John P. Margolis AIA, 2009 - 2014
Eric Inman Daum AIA, 2005 - 2009
Board Emeriti
Rosemary Battles Foy
Adam Bonosky
Oliver Bouchier
Kenneth Castellucci
Thomas Catalano
Carl Close
Nick Daveline
Jan Gleysteen
Michael Gray
Kahlil Hamady
Jason Harris
Aaron Helfand
Patrick Hickox
Doreen Joslow
Steven Judge
Sheldon R. Kostelecky
Gregory Lombardi
John P. Margolis
Donald Powers
Gary Restaino
Teresa Silverman
Steven Spandle
John Tittmann
John Tschirch
Leslie-jon Vickory
Sandra Vitzthum
Sally Wilson
Patrons
Laura and John Meyer, 2022
Richard Krysiak, 2020
Arnold B. Chace Jr., 2019
Ronald Lee Fleming, 2018
Sheldon Richard Kostelecky, 2017
Jonathan Nelson, 2016
Stewards
Eric Inman Daum, 2022
Latrobe Society Members
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