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Katie Powell had her own business as an architectural and corporate interior designer prior to joining MPF.  Her background prior to coming to Oregon included teaching at UCLA for seven years  and guest lecturing for other institutions and for ASID / IBD.  At UCLA she served on the Guidance Committee, developing seven core courses for the school of design, and also participated in the student thesis program.  

RESUME

Six Years, BECK & ASSOCIATES, Venice, CA.  Architectural Design, specializing in large scale projects.  Clients included:  Mattel Toys, Inc.; Arco; Allied Bendix, Inc.; Fred Sands, Realtors.  Worked alone or in a team with: George Kaneko Design; Welton Becket, Architects; Rockefeller/Hricak, Architects.

Seven Years, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, CA.    Architectural Design Instructor.  Besides teaching core classes, primary responsibilities included writing and developing four corporate classes dealing with project management & design and construction drawings, to round out their corporate design program.  I also taught one-day courses on resume writing, marketing strategies, and other management-oriented disciplines.     

In addition, Katie worked as an employee with:    

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KANEKO/LAFF, Los Angeles, CA. (Arco); 

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GENSLER & ASSOCIATES, Los Angeles, CA.  (Project Manager/Designer Twentieth Century Fox, Wells-Fargo Bank, Crocker Bank.); and

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IBM, Los Angeles, CA.  (Project Manager/Designer for Western Region, including responsibility for writing the first standards program for remodeling of all facilities to conform to new Handicapped Access Codes.)

PORTFOLIO

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Crater Lake National Park Science and Learning Center:  We had the pleasure to conserve three dozen pieces of Imperial Monterey Furniture for Crater Lake National Park's Science and Learning Center, as well as assist them in Interior Design appropriate to the period of the first Superintendent's House. 

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Mattel Toys

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Arco Transportation

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Decray Miller & Wanglin

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Fred Sands

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Glenn Glen Sound (PDF)

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The Market (PDF)

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Ixtapa Hotel Condominium (PDF)

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      UCLA

EDUCATION        

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, Bachelor of Architecture.

University of California, Los Angeles.  Classes in Writing, Marketing, and Business.

Katie is also a painter whose primary medium is acrylics.