April 9, 2003

Callison Architecture

Callison Architecture, Inc. announced the promotion of three senior staff members to principal. The new principals are Tom Bowen, Steve Harmon and Ro Shroff. John Cochran is Callison’s new director of technical services.

Bowen is a principal in Callison’s stores studio and manages operations in New York City, responsible for design services, client relationships, business development and account management for the East Coast retail programs. Since joining Callison seven years ago, Bowen’s experience ranges from Nordstrom stores, numerous U.S. retail centers and many specialty retail projects, giving him a broad understanding of the retail store business. Bowen is currently working with national brands William Sonoma, Cole Haan, Guess, Yves Saint Laurent and Nike.

Harmon is a project manager working on mixed-use developments. Harmon is managing the Meydenbauer Center mixed-use development in Bellevue for Schnitzer Northwest. For the past year Harmon has also been acting as Callison’s coordinator to Insight Alliance, connecting with counterparts to facilitate alliance efforts at the office level. He is active on a number of large-scale projects in the Middle East for Dubai Palm Development including concept designs for the development of a new island off the coast of Dubai, the Al Nakheel residential community and The Gardens in Dubai, U.A.E.

Cochran was recently appointed by Gov. Gary Locke to the Washington State Building Code Council and to chair the Building, Fire and Plumbing Codes Committee. Cochran is an active member of the Construction Specifications Institute, the National Conference of Specifications Institute, the National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards, the Seattle AIA Continuing Education Committee, the National Fire Protection Association, the International Conference of Building Officials and BOCA International.

Ro Shroff has spent more than 20 years focused on planning and designing large-scale mixed-use, retail and entertainment-oriented developments around the world.