Koplin Design Partners

JO ANN KOPLIN KOPLIN DESIGN PARTNERS [email protected] [email protected]

JoAnn has over 15 years of experience in the field of school architecture, design and construction. In 1998 she formed Koplin Design Partners, inc., a consulting firm that developed a focus on charter school facility assistance. KDi currently specializes in school facility master planning, programming, project management and assistance with funding applications and emergency plans.

Work experience includes: GIS Mapping Studies, Project Management, Educational Facility Planning, Feasibility Studies, Space Planning, Emergency Planning, and Interior Design and Graphics.

As the Director of Facilities for the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) JoAnn had the opportunity to visit charter schools across California, gaining a strong understanding of the challenges with finding, constructing and moving into new facilities. Working with architects, to permit and construct new and renovated buildings, she developed a strong grasp on entitlement and code compliance issues.

Emergency planning became an area of interest through work with the State Architects office and through a REMS grant she became the project manager for 35 Oakland schools in 2009-2010.

Having served on two charter boards, JoAnn has the owner’s perspective when it comes to budget and finance ability for new projects. Community service continues to be of great importance; elected to the Beverly Hills Board of Education for two terms in 1993; the State Architects Advisory Board in 2001; James Jordan Middle School Board in 2009 and Synergy Charter School Board in 2010. She was appointed to Senator Roberti’s Select Committee Task Force on Education in 1994, and the CASH Grant Advocacy Task Force in 2003. JoAnn currently serves as the Housing Chair for the Hollywood West Neighborhood Council and sits on the local Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) committee.

EDUCATION

JoAnn received a BA in Cultural Anthropology with a minor in Fine Art from UC Berkeley and a Masters in Architecture from UCLA

WORK EXPERIENCE 1985-1997 Designer, Beverly Hills, California Medical Space Planning and Residential Design Services 1993-1997 Member Beverly Hills Board of Education President of the Board 1995 1998-2000 Formed A consulting company (currently KDi) Community Outreach Consulting-; Los Angeles, California 2000-2003 Associate, Fields Devereaux Architects & Engineers; Los Angeles, California (Currently: Harley Ellis Devereaux) k-12 studio Project Manager

2003-Present Principal, Koplin Design Partners, Inc

Project manager -New Roads Construction 2003-2004 KDI Consultant- 2004-2005 California Charter Schools Association: Director of Facilities 2005 - 2008 Project Manager: RMA Construction Management 2008-2009 Project Manager: Oakland REMS Grant 2010 Principal, TFO Architecture- 2011 - 2013 KDI Consultant 2013- present AFFILIATIONS

. Green Building Council Member . Division of the State Architect Advisory Board (DSAAB); chair- Emergency Preparedness Committee; co- chair- Excellence Committee, member policies & procedures committee and Green Action committee 2001 -present . Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH); Grant Advocacy Task Force; presenter- annual conference 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 . California Charter School Association (CCSA); presenter-annual conference 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Technical Assistance and training- ongoing . California School Board Association (CSBA); legislative action committee 1994-1997 (Annual conference presenter 2006) . New Orleans public schools- consultant to Louisiana Superintendent of Schools . National Charter Schools Association Annual conference- presentation 2008 conference in New Orleans . Coalition of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) . Instructor: City of Los Angeles partnership for E-1 Occupancy training classes . Red Cross; Certified Earthquake Instructor . Disaster Communication Systems (DCS); FCC licensed ham radio operator

PUBLISHED ARTICLES/ PRESENTATIONS

 Planning and Teamwork for Success: The Big Picture  District wide master planning; An overview  Educational Specifications: An Outline  District Roles and Responsibilities in Facilities Planning: Team Building  New Directions in School Facilities: Case Studies  Design to Maximize Student Safety: Introduction  Use of Color and furniture to support teaching  Facility Feasibility: The Charter School Board Governance Summit  Emergency Planning Pitfalls: DSAAB  A Learning Community: National Charter School Conference  Charter School Construction under the Local Jurisdiction: CASH  Process for Facility Development: 2012 CCSA

SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Educational Facilities:

Shea Homes, Thousand Oaks, California (2003) New Millennium, Carson, CA (2009) RiverPark Development, Oxnard, California  Project  Strategic Planning Management, New Construction  Three new  Site Search schools for Rio School District  DSA &  Retrofit of a shopping mall CDE Site & Plan Approval  OPSC  Project Management Funding Applications

Compton Unified School District, Compton, California Golden Valley Charter, San Juan Unified (2012) (2003)  Master  Programming workshops Planning- Completed in 2000  Implement  Master planning studies ation of Master Plan- Community Outreach  Assistance with district Inglewood High School, Inglewood California (2003)  Assistance with financing  Project Management  Master Tracy Learning Center, Tracy CA (2013) Plan for an existing campus  New  Feasibility Study Construction & Modernization  Site Search Cahuenga Elementary School, LAUSD, (2003)  Space Planning  Programming  Assistance with Funding applications  CHPS certification  New Construction- 800 students Yu Ming Charter School, Oakland CA (2014)  Review of potential sites View Park Preparatory , South LA  Prop 1-D application  Project Management (2003)  Design & Planning new site  Master Planning for a new Middle/ High  Assistance with district School campus (2004)  Agency Approvals  Construction Management  Applications for funding  New Construction-800 Students Kipp LA Leadership, Los Angeles (2005)  Misc. Site Studies New West Charter, West Los Angeles, (2005)  Project Management  Site Studies  Adaptive Reuse of an existing Calif. Academy Liberal Studies, LA (2005) warehouse  Plan Approval  Design & Project Management  6,000 sq ft Adaptive Reuse City Life Downtown Charter, LA, CA (2004) (2009)  Plan Approval (2 projects)

 Site Studies  Programming & Fundraising Leadership Public Schools (LPS), Hayward, San Jose & Richmond CA (2015)  Adaptive Reuse of an existing office  Assistance with projects on multiple sites building  Plan Approval (2 projects)  Review of plans developed by project architects  Owner’s rep at project meetings Escuela Popular Charter, San Jose CA (2015)  Assistance with Furniture, Fixture & Equipment selection  Project Management  Emergency plan diagrams  RFP and interviews for architects  RFP and interviews for CEQA Our Community School, Granada Hills, CA (2015)  Assistance with Bond Financing  Review of architectural plans  Assistance with District  Assistance with DSA approvals  Assistance with OPSC submittals School of Arts & Enterprise, Pomona CA (2014)  RFP & interviews for construction team  Review of plans for renovation of an  Coordination with existing office building LAUSD  Code studies and recommendations for  Development of compliance General Conditions & assistance with Bid Package  Interior Design and Graphics  Owner’s rep during construction  Furniture, Fixture & Equipment  selection  Budget studies- Master Plan Budget Amethod Public Schools, Richmond CA (2015)  Site search North Valley Military Institute, North Valley LA (2015)  Feasibility study on selected site  Portable Plans & permits  Selection of design team  CUP revisions  Selection of Construction team (Design-Build Project)  Site Search  Space planning  Assistance with financing options  Selection of interior detailing/ graphics  GIS Mapping Studies  Assistance with Budget and financing

Additional Project List: Crane School, Santa Barbara Para Los Ninos, LA Envision Kipp Gilroy Public Library Save our Future Jack London High School Lionel Wilson Hebrew Union Westwood Pre School King Chavez Millsmont New Orleans Public Schools Synergy, LA LA International Monarch Sage Charter, Santa Barbara Barack Obama Multi-cultural Learning NOCCS Thatcher, Ojai Los Feliz Albert Einstein OMI Ivy Academia ASDP Lighthouse Oakland School for the Arts Ivy Bound Valor Manzaneta Oasis Today’s Fresh Start Alliance New Los Angeles Unity High School Arise Charter, Oakland Bert Corona One World School World/ Achieve BASE, Alameda Clerity SOAR Environmental High School Berkeley Maynard CHAMPS Stella Full Circle Learning Cal Prep, Oakland Discovery West Angeles Gabriella Civi-corps ES & HS, Oakland New Heights Academia Moderna Global Education Academy Cox, Oakland PUC Bright Star Larchmont Prime Ed Opportunities Goethe New Economics for Women Unlimited