Todd Jersey, Architect/Owner, Principal in Charge of Design
Michael Donohue, Designer, LEED AP
Trey Farmer, Director of Living Labs Project, LEED AP
Susan Andres, Marketing Director
Shani M Lyons, Graphic Designer, Marketing Manager, Office Manager
Todd Jersey, Architect
Owner, Principal in Charge of Design
Todd Jersey was educated at the University of California and received a masters degree in architecture at the University of Washington. He also studied environmental design with Arthur Loeb at Harvard University and permaculture design through the Permaculture Institute of Australia. Mr. Jersey has taught college-level architecture at Boston Architectural Center and the San Francisco Institute of Architecture.
Mr. Jersey is one of the San Francisco Bay Area's leaders in the innovation and application of sustainable design principles and strategies.
An avid environmentalist with a strong interest in ensuring the health of our environment and our children, Mr. Jersey co-created The Living Laboratories Project in 1996. Since the inception of Living Labs, Mr. Jersey has donated hundreds of professional hours building ponds, wetlands, and gardens at schools.
Michael Donohue
Designer, LEED AP
Michael received his Masters of Architecture from the
Trey Farmer
Director of Living Labs Project, LEED AP
Trey is LEED AP and an aspiring architect, moved by the traditional ideals of simplicity and self-sufficiency. Originally from New Hampshire, Trey received an English degree in 2007 from Otago University in New Zealand, before relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area. As Director of Todd Jersey Architecture’s non-profit Living Labs project, Trey practices the principles of sustainable design at work and at home, where he tends an organic vegetable garden, raises three laying hens and is putting in place a simple grey water system to keep his yard and garden happy during the dry California summers.
Susan Andres
Marketing Director
After graduating from Stanford University with a degree in international relations, Ms. Andres held account-management positions at prestigious advertising and marketing firms such as Goodby, Silverstein & Partners and Foote, Cone & Belding. Ms. Andres was Director of Marketing and Membership for The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, and Executive Director of the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association in San Francisco. She currently continues to work on a project basis with non-profits while also applying her strategic planning and marketing skills to the business development of Todd Jersey Architecture, a firm dedicated to green design.
Shani M Lyons
Graphic Designer, Marketing Manager, Office Manager
Shani graduated in 2009 from the Academy of Art University with a Bachelors of Graphic Design. There she served as President of the Graphic Design Club and had her work featured in the r3 Lifecycle book, recipient of 3rd place honors in the AIGA Cause & Effect 2009 graphic design competition. R3 (Rethink/Reimagine/Redesign) is a collaborative effort by the graphic design students at the Academy of Art University and John Roberts Printing to promote sustainable design. The R3 approach focuses not only on redesigning better things, but on better user experiences as well. Shani is always looking for opportunities to use her artistic and organizational talents and we are happy to have her doing so at Todd Jersey Architecture.