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ELS has promoted Kim-Van Truong and William Gordon to Principal.
We are pleased to recognize the tremendous impacts that Kim-Van and William have made on ELS. These promotions honor the exceptional leadership, mentorship and dedication they have brought to the firm over the past decade. They are an essential part of our success.
Kim-Van Truong, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Assoc. DBIA – Principal
Since joining ELS in 2007, Kim-Van Truong has overseen a variety of projects, including recreational and sports, college and university, retail, and master planning on all aspects of project delivery from start to finish. Kim’s current focus is on recreation, sports and aquatic projects. She is currently managing the City of Piedmont’s all-electric Community Pool and the City of South San Francisco’s new Aquatic Center. She also oversaw College of Marin’s newly opened New Miwok Center, where she led the team in preparing project documents, met with the client and user groups, and coordinated with the consultant and design-build team. Kim has experience in leading projects that have obtained LEED certification, has a strong interest in creating healthy environments for building users, and is an active participant in ELS’ sustainable design group. Kim-Van, who has served on the board of directors of the AIA East Bay as secretary/treasurer, continues to look for ways to enhance our community, whether by designing the built environment or volunteering her time. She regularly participates in career outreach events for architecture students. Kim-Van received a bachelor of arts in architecture with high honors from UC Berkeley.
William Gordon, AIA, LEED AP BD+C – Principal, Director of Interior Architecture
William Gordon joined ELS as a designer in 1998 and has worked on a wide variety of community, retail, mixed-use, entertainment, aquatics, recreation, and education projects. William is currently working on the South Oxnard Aquatics Center for the City of Oxnard and the LEED Platinum Veterans Memorial Senior Center for the City of Redwood City. He recently concluded the design-build Millbrae Recreation Center for the City of Millbrae. One of the first cross-laminated timber (CLT) hybrid structures in the Bay Area, Millbrae Recreation Center is an inclusive, multigenerational facility that provides classes, fitness and childcare to the community. He also managed the City of Elk Grove’s Regional Aquatics and Recreation Center and oversaw interior architecture for the Hillsdale Shopping Center customer service and conference center in San Mateo, as well as the Men’s Locker Room and Mind Body Center at the LEED Gold-certified Downtown Berkeley YMCA and the Gender Inclusive Locker Room at UC Berkeley’s Recreational Sports Facility. He received a bachelor of science in art and design from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master of architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.
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