Meet our newest team members
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Hastings+Chivetta has recently hired four new staff members to join our St. Louis office.
Darryl Vandever, CSI, CDT serves as a contract administrator ensuring the firm’s quality, performance and aesthetic standards for built projects. Currently, he is working on the new Saint Louis University Residence Hall and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Falcon Center. Darryl possesses a wide range of experience managing a variety of building types and construction delivery systems and provides our clients a unique perspective having worked for architecture firms, general contractors, real estate developers and as an owner’s representative. He earned his Bachelor of Architecture and Design from Kansas State University in 1986.
Paola J. Badea, Assoc. AIA joined Hastings+Chivetta as a Junior Architectural Designer. She creates 2D and 3D visuals for presentations, drawings and elevations using architectural software. Additionally, she assists with project design development. She is currently working on 3D Model Renders and 2D site plans for Centre College’s new Soccer Field. Paola earned her bachelor of architecture from Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. She is an Associate Member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), a prestigious nonprofit, nonpartisan research and education organization that brings together professionals in all sectors of real estate development and land use from all over the world.
Catherine Elz is the firm’s Human Resources Director. She is responsible for employee relations and communications, benefits, recruiting and retention, and company culture, among other tasks. Catherine will be instrumental in helping the firm continue to recruit and retain the best talent. She earned her bachelor of arts in English from Truman State University in 2000 and graduated from New York University School of Law in 2005.
Laura Lancia has joined the firm as a Marketing Coordinator. In her role, Laura will assist the Marketing Department with updating the company website and social media sites, conducting market research, maintaining marketing collateral, as well as preparing statements of qualifications and request for proposal responses. Additionally, she will update lead tracking and contact databases and help coordinate trade shows and conferences. Laura possesses over eight years of marketing experience at companies throughout St. Louis. She holds a B.A. in communication with a minor in marketing from Saint Louis University.