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SLAM Promotes Team Members

Glastonbury, CT – The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM) announced the following team members have been promoted to senior associate: Tracy Caisse, AIA, NCARB; Eleana Lynch, NCIDQ, IIDA, LEED AP, WELL AP; John McClure, Assoc. AIA; and Robert Zygmunt, PE, SECB, LEED AP.

Tracy Caisse

Caisse joined SLAM in 2005 and is a registered architect, serving as a designer and healthcare planner who manages and provides technical expertise for the firm’s national healthcare and medical education projects. 

She is a director on the board of Professional Women in Construction’s Conn. chapter. In addition to serving on the board, she also serves on multiple committees focused on mentoring and providing opportunities for students interested in pursuing careers within the architecture, engineering, and construction industries. 

 

 

Eleana Lynch

Lynch joined SLAM in 2007 and currently serves as lead interior designer on higher education projects with a focus on health sciences facilities across the country.

She recently completed a WELL Accredited Professional and will utilize her certification to create interior spaces that enhance the health and well-being of its users.

 

 

 

John McClure

McClure joined SLAM in 2008 and currently serves as the director of marketing. He directs the firm’s business development, marketing, brand, and public relations initiatives and manages a team of talented marketing professionals. 

He is an associate member of the American Institute of Architects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Zygmunt

Zygmunt joined SLAM in 2007 and serves as a structural engineer in the corporate, municipal, hospital, laboratory, education, and entertainment resort markets. 

He is a registered engineer in the state of Connecticut and is chairperson of the Connecticut Structural Engineering License Committee and a member of the Connecticut Structural Engineers Coalition, and National Council of Structural Engineering Associations (NCSEA). He is a committee member on the NCSEA and Connecticut chapter of the Structural Licensure Committee, leading a local effort in Connecticut to establish a structural engineering licensure bill. 

 

SLAM also announced the following team members have been promoted to associate: Nick Campanelli, PLA, ASLA; Kristen A. Furtak; Amanda Hastings, NCIBQ, IIDA; Karen Glass Parzych, AIA, NCARB; Michael Pritchett, AIA, NCARB; Ellen Santos, LEED GA; and Emily Sperini.

Nick Campanelli

Campanelli joined SLAM in 2012 and is a registered landscape architect providing project management services. 

His portfolio includes several award-winning projects in the education, healthcare, and corporate markets and he serves as a mentor to SLAM team members. Campanelli is also a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

 

 

 

Kristen A. Furtak

Furtak joined SLAM in 2007 and currently serves as a programmer/planner for the public and higher education markets. She works with clients in the early stages of design and is a resource for programming spaces from classrooms to residential halls.

 

 

 

 

Amanda Hastings

Hastings joined SLAM in 2012 and currently serves as interior design lead on numerous public school projects in Connecticut. She also has completed work on higher education projects in Connecticut.  

Hastings serves as a committee chair for the local chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and assists in the annual IIDA gift drive for Covenant to Care, providing gifts to foster children throughout Connecticut.

 

 

 

Karen Glass Parzych

Glass Parzych joined SLAM in 2013 and is a registered architect, serving as a project architect in the higher education and healthcare markets. She specializes in research laboratories, interprofessional immersive simulation suites, interactive instruction classrooms, emergency rooms, and surgical suites.

She is a member of the American Institute of Architects, the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, CANstruction team leader, Perkins Grant Advisory Board Member, Rocky Hill High School, and building committee member, Calvary Fellowship Church. 

 

 

 

Michael Pritchett

Pritchett joined SLAM in 2016 and is a registered architect, serving as a senior project manager for the healthcare market, having worked with several healthcare systems in Mass., Maine, and Texas. 

He brings more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of project and program management, including space planning, facilities and property management, business development, operations, and administration. Pritchett is also a member of the American Institute of Architects.

 

 

 

 

 

Ellen Santos

Santos rejoined SLAM in 2014 and serves as a job captain on projects in the education and healthcare markets.  

She has developed an expertise in the latest industry technologies resulting in production of high-quality design documentation for clients. She is past president of the Windsor Jaycees and a past mentor of FIRST Windsor Robotics.

 

 

 

Emily Sperini

Sperini joined SLAM in 2014 and serves as a staff architect on projects in the higher education and healthcare markets. 

Most recently she has worked on the Providence College Science Complex addition and renovation in Providence, R.I., as well as the University of Mary Washington Science Center renovations and building addition in Fredericksburg, Va.