I gave myself one month to find the design team, and it only took three! There have been many sleepless nights, and days and days where I felt like I just kept kissing frogs. Now I feel like it’s all been worth the wait. As I would whine to my brother Tom, the banker in the family about how long it was taking, he would say, “I wouldn’t worry too much about it; you can’t make a bigger mistake.” He was soooo right; I feel great about the team I’ve assembled, and it was challenging to find people who had experience with green buildings, kitchens, and renovations of older buildings. This is a small project, but big in terms of all the elements in it.

My team is pretty international: Jean Dufrense, from Montreal is our principal architect; Sachin Anand, our LEED Engineer is from India; the Jeff’s, Jeff Prybil/Structural Engineer and Jeff Carlin/Kitchen Designer are All-American guys. They will be terrific, I just feel it.