Jeremy Bartz

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Jeremy is the senior executive director of MOREgroup’s healthcare practice and the executive director of our Southeast region. With over two decades of experience in healthcare and health science industries, he’s a vital voice in shaping how MOREgroup approaches healthcare, and a facilitator of growth and collaboration among all of MOREgroup’s practice areas. Though designers come together out of a shared passion for the built environment, he believes the profession is really about people and the communities we serve—connecting with them, aligning them with opportunities, and designing to their individual needs. In the realm of healthcare, he’s an advocate for personalized health, moving away from care based on statistics and toward models that account for the whole biological person.  

Jeremy’s leadership is rooted in service. He stays present with his teams, directing the work and living it with them.  In his free time, he enjoys mountain biking with friends, running with his wife, and spending time with family. Jeremy also volunteers at his community church, where he helps with youth services. 

Erica Bish

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Erica is MOREgroup’s senior executive director of public architecture and the executive director of our West region. For nearly a decade and a half, she has displayed passion and talent for public architecture, working with communities, understanding their needs, and generating lasting impact. Now, she’s both the voice of MOREgroup’s public practice and a partner in bridging expertise between public architecture, education, and healthcare. With a keen understanding of the way trends in one practice area forecast opportunities in another, she’s fostering development, communication, and collaboration across them all. 

Open communication is integral to Erica’s leadership. She believes every team member has a voice, valuable thoughts, and worthwhile opinions. Among a communicative team, she knows there’s talent and wisdom, and within that talent and wisdom, success to be won, and excellence to be achieved. 

For over a decade Erica was involved in CSI, the Construction Specifications Institute, which brings the A/E/C community together to set standards for how the industry writes specifications. She has also given her time to local outreach programs, Metrocon, and AIA’s Committee on the Environment. 

Bergen Hashemian

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As Director of Strategy, Bergen supports Huckabee’s strategic growth and leads the firm’s business development and communications efforts. She has been with Huckabee for more than seven years, developing and implementing comprehensive strategies and solutions that respond to the complex needs of public education. Bergen also works with our clients and the Huckabee team to share the stories that shape public education and celebrate the impact we collectively have on the success of all students.

Marty Massey

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Marty provides leadership to our firm as the Sr. Executive Director of Construction. He has a hand in every project at Huckabee—overseeing our construction team members and ensuring quality delivery at all levels. With nearly four decades of industry experience across Texas, Marty understands that every region is unique. He is a champion for continual improvement and a firm believer that people are at the core of everything we do. 

Luke Powell

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Luke is well versed in project planning, design, documentation and administration. For nearly 20 years, he has overseen initiatives related to design, code compliance, client satisfaction and strategic growth. Luke is known for his commitment to due diligence and his meticulous, process-driven approach to project management. With experience in commercial, residential and interior design, Luke understands the need to build spaces that create community and maximize functionality. 

Brendon Hoffman

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Brendon is the executive director for MOREgroup’s South Texas region. With a decade of architectural experience in education and half a decade in healthcare, he promotes growth, develops strategy, and facilitates collaboration across MOREgroup’s practice areas. Throughout his career, client service has been at the top of his priorities. Cultivating relationships with clients, witnessing their success, and growing with them are among his greatest fulfillments. Whether it’s about how they operate their buildings or how to eliminate learning loss through design, he thrives when thinking critically with his clients. 

As a leader, Brendon believes in growing others. By trusting his teammates to lead important tasks, he elevates them to reach their full potential. Under this approach, he has grown the Houston office substantially and continues to grow MOREgroup as a whole. He believes in partnering with his team and surrounding himself with the best so everyone can go further together. 

Brendon enjoys teaching students and coaching clients in leadership when they visit the Houston office. Brendon is also a board member for A4LE, which brings together school districts and the people who serve them to enrich the learning environment. 

Darrick Jahn

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Darrick has served educational clients for more than 20 years, providing expertise in interior design for a variety of academic, workforce development and athletic facilities. He leads Huckabee’s interior design team, providing mentorship, development and best practices around the comprehensive interior design of a project. Darrick also works closely with school districts and design teams to create spaces that foster connectivity, that encourage engagement and that represent campus and district culture.

Devin Wilson

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Devin is the senior executive director of MOREgroup’s education practice and the executive director of our Southwest region. Throughout his decade and a half of architectural experience in education, he displayed steadfast commitment to quality delivery for clients, overseeing work on flagship projects and promoting development in his teammates. In his current roles, he develops strategy and growth across practice areas while also advocating for the needs of education architecture at the highest levels of MOREgroup.  

 Devin believes in servant leadership. Whether he’s discussing an approach to a window detail or getting his boots dirty in the field, he serves alongside his team. He frequently relies on Collective Wisdom, bringing groups together to share approaches to similar experiences to ensure the best outcome. 

 Devin serves on the AGC/A4LE joint board, which focuses on school districts, their facilities and operations challenges, and lending support to the architectural, engineering, and general contractor community. He’s also involved in education foundations across the education industry. He believes in giving back to students, not only through the buildings MOREgroup creates, but by spending time with the kids who use them every day. 

Paul Thompson

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Paul has more than two decades of experience in architectural design. He has been with Huckabee since 2014 and has a proven track record of excellence in client service. Paul has worked on many of Huckabee’s most complex projects; his ability to see the big picture complements his technical mindset. There is not a problem that Paul can’t solve through his extensive knowledge-base or collective wisdom with his team.
As Vice President of Operations, Paul is innovative, resilient and considerate, and he is held in high regard by his team and those he serves. In his role, Paul provides leadership to the firm’s project practice team, focusing on quality, delivery, mentorship, growth and opportunity.

Tom Lueck

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Tom has made significant contributions to Huckabee throughout his 23-year tenure—providing leadership to the firm’s most notable projects, serving as mentor to countless colleagues and acting as an advocate for our partners across the state. Today, he serves as Sr. Vice President of Project Delivery, supporting the success of our project teams while also continuing to focus on personal service to clients, employees, and community.

Daren Kirbo

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Daren is a firm believer in people–in building them up and working with them on a personal level to better their communities. At Huckabee, he’s had many opportunities to practice this belief, and for over two decades he has helped our clients, employees and firm think strategically about education, design and community.

Konrad Judd

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Konrad is an internationally-recognized thought-leader in educational design. For over two decades, he’s focused on this one thing: partnering with educational clients to design facilities that excel in form and function. His philosophy is based on the belief that design should be holistic, human-centric and evidence-based in its execution. Konrad instills this approach in everything he touches, fostering innovation, collaboration and intention with clients and with his team.

Kerri Brady

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Kerri focuses on educational planning, educational research, school safety + security and change management. She helps clients shape the learning experience by facilitating in-depth conversations and explorations on vision, curriculum, experience and space. Kerri serves on the board of directors for the Texas School Safety Center as the architect member and plays an important leadership role in the LEx Collaborative, a partnership between Huckabee, ESC Region 12 and Baylor University that focuses on educational research and the built environment’s impact on student success. Most recently, Kerri led the charge to rewrite the School Facility Standards for the State of Texas and co-authored an international book about the role of Career and Technical Education in 21st century learning.

Christopher M. Huckabee

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Chris is the Chief Executive Officer of Huckabee, a nationally recognized architecture and engineering firm. He stepped into the role more than 30 years ago, poised to build upon the legacy that his father started in 1967 when Huckabee opened. Under Chris’s leadership, Huckabee experienced incredible growth by focusing on the expansion of services, expertise and impact. Chris built a national network of partners and firms that bring the best in planning and design practices to the communities we serve. He also adopted a culture of MORE for the firm, creating a comprehensive approach to design that extends beyond architecture and engineering services. As “More Than Architects,” Huckabee brings together specialists in planning, interior design, communications, branding, furniture, environmental graphics, research and construction to deliver holistic solutions to meet the evolving needs of our clients. Chris also serves on multiple boards and speaks frequently on topics relevant to education and the A/E industry. Chris was twice appointed to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and recently served a term as the Chairman of the Board of Regents at Texas Tech University, his alma mater.