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PERSONNEL

DON MILLS - ARCHITECT / PRINCIPAL



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998 -  Present / Co-Founder & Principal / MILLS WHITAKER ARCHITECTS, LLC

1997 - 1998 / Co-Founder & Principal / MILLS WHITAKER ARCHITECTS

1993 - 1997 / Founder & Principal / DON MILLS ARCHITECT / Boston MA


EDUCATION

Master of Architecture / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Cambridge MA / Jan 1984

Bachelor of Environmental Design / University of Colorado / Boulder CO / Dec 1980 / Magna Cum Laude

Teaching Assistant / MIT – Design With Microclimate / Professor Timothy E. Johnson

Academic Awards / University of Colorado / Martin Luther King Jr. Housing Award

Academic Awards / University of Colorado / Monarch Tile Scholarship


REGISTRATION & MEMBERSHIP

NCARB Certificate /  Number: 62823

Registered Architect / Commonwealth of Massachusetts / Current -- No. 7407

Registered Architect / State of Maine / Current -- No. ARC3384

Member / National Trust for Historic Preservation

Member / Historic New England

LEED Accredited Professional / Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design


COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPERIENCE

Founder & Director / Healing Prayer Ministry / Covenant Church, Arlington MA / 2005 - Present

Elder / Park Street Church / Boston MA / 1996 - 1999

Volunteer Architect / United Mission to Nepal / Butwal NEPAL / 1990 - 1993

Resident Caretaker / Historic Wilson House / Cambridge MA / 1984 – 1987

Little League Coach / Arlington Little League / 2000 – 2003

Eagle Scout / Boy Scouts of America / Houston TX


RESIDENCY

Arlington MA Resident (1995-Present)


PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

Massachusetts Accessible Design and Historic Preservation Award – Park Street School / 2006

Massachusetts Historical Commission Preservation Award – Park Street School / 2007

2006 - Statewide Historic Preservation Honor Award for Excellence in Restoration for the Restoration of the First Parish Church      (1846 by Richard Upjohn) in Brunswick ME

2012 - Statewide Historic Preservation Honor Award for Excellence in Restoration for the Restoration of the Winslow Homer Studio (1884 - 1910) in Scarborough ME for the Portland Museum of Art

2013 - Victorian Society in America Award for the Restoration of the Winslow Homer Studio


CRAIG WHITAKER - ARCHITECT / PRINCIPAL



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998 - Present / Co-Founder & Principal / MILLS WHITAKER ARCHITECTS, LLC

1997 - 1998 / Co-Founder & Principal / MILLS WHITAKER ARCHITECTS

1993 - 1997 / Founder & Principal / WHITAKER ARCHITECTS / Cambridge MA


EDUCATION

Master of Architecture / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Cambridge MA / May 1983

Teaching Assistant / MIT – Design Studio / Professor Barry Zevin

Bachelor of Arts in Architecture / University of Washington / Seattle WA / Aug 1979 / Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Academic Awards / Boston Society of Architects Chamberlain Prize / MIT / May 1983

Academic Awards / Naramore Scholarship for Graduate Study at MIT


REGISTRATION & MEMBERSHIP

NCARB Certificate /  Number: 52402

Registered Architect / Commonwealth of Massachusetts / Current -- No. 9392

Registered Architect / State of Maine / Current -- No. ARC2561

Registered Architect / State of New Hampshire / Current -- No. 3392

Member / Maine Preservation, Portland ME


COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPERIENCE

Member / Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Association, 1990 - 2000

Design Instructor / Boston Architectural Center, 1996 - 1999    

Furniture Design Instructor / Massachusetts College of Art, 1998

Thesis Advisor / Boston Architectural Center, 1999 - 2000   

Trustee / Deertrees Cultural Theatre, 2000 - 2002

Trustee / Bridgton Community Center, 2002 - 2006


RESIDENCY

Cambridge MA (1979-Present)

Bridgton ME (2000-Present)


PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

1999 - City of Cambridge Preservation Award – 132 Antrim Street Carriage House

2006 - Statewide Historic Preservation Honor Award for Excellence in Restoration for the Restoration of the First Parish Church      (1846 by Richard Upjohn) in Brunswick ME

2012 - Statewide Historic Preservation Honor Award for Excellence in Restoration for the Restoration of the Winslow Homer Studio (1884 - 1910) in Scarborough ME for the Portland Museum of Art

2013 - Victorian Society in America Award for the Restoration of the Winslow Homer Studio



LAURA GILL - PROJECT ARCHITECT


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998 - Present / Project Architect / MILLS WHITAKER ARCHITECTS, LLC

1992 - 1998 / Associate Architect / DEWING & SCHMID ARCHITECTS, INC.

1991 - 1992 / Intern Architect / NASHAWTUC ARCHITECTS / Concord MA

1989 - 1991 / Intern Architect / DAPHNE PETRIE & ASSOCIATES / Newton MA

1984 - 1988 / Intern Architect / PAUL D. MINOR, ARCHITECT / Concord MA


EDUCATION

Bachelor of Architecture / Boston Architectural Center / Boston MA / June 1986

Bachelor of Science / Colby Sawyer College / New London NH / June 1968 / Cum Laude


REGISTRATION & MEMBERSHIP

Registered Architect / Commonwealth of Massachusetts / Current -- No. 8948

Registered Architect / State of Maine / Current -- No. ARC2562

Member / Portland Museum of Art / Committee of One Hundred


COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPERIENCE

Member / Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Association


RESIDENCY

Cambridge MA (1995-Present)

Bridgton ME (2000-Present)


PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

City of Cambridge Preservation Award – 132 Antrim Street Carriage House / 1999



SARAH WHITAKER - SENIOR DRAFTSPERSON


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998 - Present / Draftsperson / MILLS WHITAKER ARCHITECTS

1995 - 1998 / Founder & Principal / SARAH WHEELER DESIGNS / Cambridge, MA

1991 - 1995 / Manager of Design Services  / CLOSET WORLD / Whittier, CA

1990 - 1991 / Custom Design Consultant / FEDCO, INC. / San Bernadino, CA

1987 - 1990 / Custom Design Consultant / J. C. PENNEY CUSTOM DECORATING / La Puente, CA


EDUCATION

Citrus College Covina, CA   1980 - 1987

Architectural Studies, Boston Architectural Center, 1997-1998


RESIDENCY

Cambridge MA (1996 - 2000)

Tucson AZ (2000 – Present)



EILEEN MILLS - DRAFTSPERSON & WRITER


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006 - Present / Draftsperson / Writer  / MILLS WHITAKER ARCHITECTS, LLC

1999 - 2006 / Freelance Writer  / Self-Employed / Arlington MA

1989 / ESL Teacher / CELOP, BOSTON UNIVERSITY / Boston MA

1989 / Apprentice ESL Teacher / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / Cambridge MA

1987 - 1988 / Director of Admissions / ELS Language Institute / Boston MA


EDUCATION

M.A. in TESL/TEFL / University of Massachusetts / Boston MA / December 1989

B.A. in Mass Communications / Video Production / Emerson College / Boston MA / 1987


COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPERIENCE

Leadership Team / Healing Prayer Team / Covenant Church, Arlington MA / 2005 – Present

Women's Retreat Committee / Covenant Church, Arlington MA / 2000 -

Pioneer Girls Leader / Grace Chapel, Lexington MA / 1999 - 2000

Steering Committee / Covenant School, Arlington MA / 1998 - 2000

Women's Retreat Committee / Park Street Church, Boston MA / 1995 - 1998

Volunteer EFL Teacher / United Mission to Nepal, Butwal, Nepal / 1990 - 1993

Volunteer ESL Teacher / International Institute, Boston MA / 1989

Volunteer ESL Teacher / FOCUS, Park Street Church, Boston MA / 1988


RESIDENCY

Arlington MA (1995-Present)


AWARDS

Most Outstanding Apprentice Teacher –  Harvard University (Summer ESL Program) 1989

EVVY Award - Most Informative Documentary – Emerson College 1987



ROSS HOLDEN - ARCHITECTURAL INTERN


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008 - Present / Summer Architectural Intern  / MILLS WHITAKER ARCHITECTS, LLC


EDUCATION

Bachelors of Architecture Program / Philadelphia University, Philadelphia PA / Graduation - May 2011


COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE

Philadelphia University Chorus / 2008

Lake Region Theater / 2001 – 2007


RESIDENCY

Bridgton ME (summers)

Philadelphia PA (academic year)


AWARDS

North Bridgton High School Scholarship Foundation: 2007, 2008

Philadelphia University Faculty Grant: 2007, 2008