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 Consultant
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 and is currently working on new development prototype called Collaborative Housing™ which promises to shift the way we work and live in urban areas toward a higher level of economic and ecological sustainability. He is also working on applying ecological footprint metrics to green building analysis and is developing a new green building protocol, Net Positive Ecological Design™.
An avid environmentalist with a strong interest in ensuring the health of our environment and our children, Mr. Jersey created The Living Laboratories Project in 1996 to work with teachers and students to build teaching ecosystems at local schools. Since the inception of Living Labs, Mr. Jersey has donated hundreds of professional hours building ponds, wetlands, and gardens at schools in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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 Consultant
Susan's background spans the for- and non-profit worlds. After graduating from Stanford University with a degree in international relations, Ms. Andres held senior executive positions at prestigious advertising firms Goodby, Silverstein & Partners and Foote, Cone & Belding where she helped build brands such as Levi's Dockers and Jeans for Women, Sega of America, and Alaska Airlines. She also held management positions in non-profit organizations including Director of Marketing, Communications and Membership for The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, and Executive Director of the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association in San Francisco. She currently consults with for- and non-profits through her company, Strategic Mission Marketing.