Our Team | Maine Design-Build Experts

Team

We are a team of designers, artisans, and craftspeople with a deep love for the place we call home. You will find it in the work we do, the relationships we cultivate, and the care we put into every detail. We thrive when we are collaborating and innovating with people who love Maine as much as we do. Together, we create exceptionally crafted homes and buildings to last.

Knickerbocker Group is 100% employee-owned and woman led.

Kg cULTURE

Our collaborative studio culture is centered around flexibility and wellbeing: putting people at the heart of everything we do.

About

Steve Malcom

Founder/CEO

As Founder/CEO of Knickerbocker Group, Steve Malcom has set the tone for a company culture that creates an environment where employees truly love where they work and are encouraged to be passionate about what they do. In transitioning Knickerbocker Group to an employee-owned ESOP, Steve has empowered each person to model and carry on his leadership, values, and vision.

Read Steve’s Bio

Our Employee-Owners

Danielle Betts, PE

President

Katryn Mitchell

Vice President

Rick Nelson, AIA

Vice President, Licensed Architect, ME

Greg Norton

Director of Design

Bob Francisco

Creative Design Director

Kerry Lewis, PLA

Landscape Architecture Practice Leader, Licensed Landscape Architect, ME + MA

Jessica Rodenhizer

Construction Practice Leader

Tom Burrill, LEED AP

Construction Practice Leader

Derek Libby

Field Operations Practice Leader

Kendra Furber

Project Designer, Architecture

Nanette Tanner

Project Designer, Interiors

Taylor Hickey

Project Designer, Interiors

Jaime Kershner

Administrative Assistant

Daniel Pellerin

Preconstruction Project Manager

Mary Kate Leonard

Senior Marketing + Content Strategist

Dianna Smith

Construction Project Manager

Emily Belanger

Construction Project Coordinator

Jared Prentiss

Senior Site Manager

Allyson Wyand, NCIDQ, CID

Senior Project Designer, Interiors

Sarah Prak

Senior Marketing + Brand Designer

Debbie Hilscher, SHRM-CP

Director of People + Business Operations

Tyler Fish

IT Manager

Katherine Penley

Senior Human Resources Manager

Gretchen Giumarro, PLA

Senior Project Designer + Operations Leader, Licensed Landscape Architect, ME

Jeff Labanara

Site Manager

Sheena Glover

Construction Project Coordinator

Sig Sandzén

Senior Project Designer, Landscape Architecture

Jim Hall

Property Caretaker

Debra Wallace

Client Services | Licensed Broker

Brent James, LEED AP BD+C

Senior Project Designer, Architecture

William Ryan

Property Care Project Manager

Eric Wittman

Senior Project Designer, Architecture, Licensed Architect, ME, KS