NEMS PACE – How This Medical Facility Reimagines Elder Care In San Jose

​2025 Best of Year Winner for Small Healthcare

Core team responsible for the design and construction of this project:

  • Project Director / Manager:  Luke Kwan (no longer with IA);
  • Design Lead:  Becky Kilian (no longer with IA);
  • Project Architect:  Sophy Shi (no longer with IA);
  • Junior designer:  Elizabeth Willis (no longer with IA);
  • Lighting design team:  Gary Bouthilette and Ashley Mikels;

Others:

  • Michelle deBrestian – early design phases oversight;
  • Blanca Delgado – QA/QC;
  • Vicki Salgado – Architect of Record;
  • Danelle Vogel – technical support toward the end of the contract administration phase;
  • Heidi Mathews – involved in the dental clinic outside of the PACE center;
  • Rhonda Jensen – design support during contract administration phase;
  • Michelle Hoffman – QA/QC for early phases of the project;
  • Richelle Nolan – Managing Principal, involved at the end of the project;
  • Kristofer Tendall – involved after completion of the project;