January 29, 2025

Makers architecture and urban design

Roussel

Fenstermacher

Miller

Makers architecture and urban design has three new partners: Rachel Miller, Andy Fenstermacher, and Cecilia Roussel.

Miller is a leader in equitable planning work with over 15 years of experience in urban design and community planning. She uses multidisciplinary urban design thinking and community co-creation to solve multiple challenges simultaneously and develop actionable and community-owned plans. She has organized and presented numerous APA and Walkable Washington conference sessions, mostly centered on urban design and equitable transit-oriented development. She is influenced by her prior work and studies in several West African, Asian, and European countries.

Fenstermacher has been a Seattle-based planner since 2005 and focused exclusively on federal clients for the past decade while at Makers. Since joining the firm in 2012, he has worked closely with the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard to develop specialized facility studies and installation plans throughout the country. As partner, he will help co-manage a team of 20 planners, architects, and designers dedicated to the firm's federal sector.

Roussel has 13 years' experience helping clients envision how their spaces can best support their work. She is a leader of Makers' facility planning studio and is recognized for her ability to synthesize complex functional, operations, and financial considerations into compelling and defensible facilities investment recommendations. She joined Makers in 2015.

The new partners join existing partners Julie Bassuk, Stefani Wildhaber, Bob Bengford, and Brent Huizingh as firm leaders.