ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF PRESENTATION NIGHT

June 8, 2021 Zoom Virtual Meeting OURABOUT PROJECT ACE

The ACE Mentor Program of Washington is just one affiliate of the ACE Mentor Program of America, based in Washington D.C. There are 77 affiliates all over the country.

ACE is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. The program’s mission is to engage, excite, and enlighten high school students to pursue careers in the integrated construction industry through mentoring; and to support their continued advancement in the industry through scholarships and grants.

ACE in Washington started in 2001, with just one team with 11 students. It continued to grow, expanding to Bellevue/Eastside in 2006 and Tacoma/SouthSound in 2017. In all, thousands of students have met with hundreds of mentors to learn about architecture, engineering, and construction.

To date, $864,000 in scholarships have been awarded to seniors going on to study these fields in college, and another $120,000 will be awarded later this month.

And the best part? Several ACE alumni are back here working for the firms that mentored them -- and mentoring for ACE!

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This year, 160+ students from 57 area high schools completed ACE. Eleven ACE teams hosted students from Bainbridge to Black Diamond and Gig Harbor to Mukilteo, and everything in between. The groups met over Zoom for a total of 20 sessions, learning every step of the building process, from the initial architectural designs to the final construction components. Each team responded to an “RFP” (Request for Proposal) and tackled a design challenge.

This year’s project is a public STEAM technology classroom/ laboratory for high school students. Details include: Î Prominent Seattle Center site Î Budget of $12 million Î 10,000-square-foot building with computer labs, wet labs, meeting space, kitchen/dining, and flexible areas Î Estimated completion date of Sept. 2023 Î Incorporate sustainable design to achieve LEED Gold Î Design should integrate into the existing campus site

Special thank you to Seneca Group for providing the 2021 RFP and serving as an “Owner” mentor during sessions this year.

Because this year was 100% virtual, the students are once again presenting their final designs over Zoom, instead of in lecture halls around Puget Sound. PROGRAM

INTRO

Executive Director Angela Gottula ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF WASHINGTON

TUESDAY TEAM 1 “Seattle STEAM School”

Mentor Leader Erik Lofthus KPFF CONSULTING ENGINEERS

Mentor Leader Leah Meer ZGF ARCHITECTS

TUESDAY TEAM 3 “The Green”

Mentor Leader Higinio Turrubiates INTEGRUS ARCHITECTURE

ACE would like to give a THANK YOU to OAC Services for managing the technology for all the Presentation Events this week. PANELISTS

PANELISTS Thank you to our three industry panelists:

Nick Diede Associate Principal SENECA GROUP

Sarah Holstedt, RA, NCARB Associate Principal CALLISONRTKL

Kristina Low, PE Structural Design Engineer CKC STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS STUDENTS Seniors in BOLD and four-year student***

TUESDAY TEAM 1

Aleksandra Martynovych, Seattle Preparatory School Alexander Wright, O’Dea High School Anthony Cabrera, O’Dea High School Aurora Kreyche, Holy Names Academy Ava Simmons, Seattle Preparatory School Ayden Kamvanh, Blake Weld, Seattle Preparatory School Bridget Frauenheim, Seattle Preparatory School Carter Cole, Mercer Island High School David Nyberg, Seattle Preparatory School Elsa Ostenson, Garfield High School Hailey Pittiglio, Holy Names Academy Ian Lewis, O’Dea High School Isebella Bergsma, The Center School Luke Handler, O’Dea High School Madison Blackmore, Holy Names Academy Margo Frauenheim, Seattle Preparatory School Meryl Ramirez, Seattle Preparatory School Mikayla Morris, The Center School Nathan Pittiglio, O’Dea High School*** Nia Fletcher, Holy Names Academy Piper Newman, Holy Names Academy Will Hostetter, Garfield High School STUDENTS

TUESDAY TEAM 3

Ava Hall, Bishop Blanchet High School Bryden Punsalan, Puyallup High School Delila Anaya, Puyallup High School Ella Comstock , Lake Washington High School Emma Boctor, Lake Washington High School Iliana Gonzalez, The Northwest School Jayden Saechao, Franklin High School Nadia Laigo, Franklin High School Natalya McConnell, Franklin High School Olivia Duong, Cleveland STEM High School Shoshana Rosen, The Northwest School Xiao Lan Deng, Cleveland STEM High School SENIOR INSTRUCTIONS

Seniors! Before you move on to a bright post-ACE future, we need you to take two more important steps: provide ACE with a permanent email address and register as an ACE alumnus.

Update Email Address If you currently use a school email address, it will expire soon and we will we lose contact with you!

Instructions: Log into your existing ACE profile. (Do NOT reg- ister as NEW student!) Go to the “profile” section, and look in the top right corner for the ACTION area. From the drop-down select “edit,” and then hit the blue “Apply” button. This will allow you to update your primary email address.

Register as an ACE Alum ACE alumni receive periodic e-newsletters with opportunities for jobs, scholarships, and mentoring, as well as ACE news.

Instructions: Log into your existing profile. (Do NOT register as NEW student!) At the top of the home page, you will see the “Alumni Request” button. Click “Register.” It’s that easy!

Good luck in your future endeavors. ACE is proud of you! MENTORS Team Leaders in BOLD

TUESDAY TEAM 1

Andrew Schiffer, ZGF Architects Andrew Techico, Sellen Construction Austin Gehman, ZGF Architects Caley Larson, Sellen Construction Catherine Bausinger, ZGF Architects Christian Shook, ZGF Architects Connor Schneider, Sellen Construction Emma Petersen, ZGF Architects Erik Lofthus, KPFF Consulting Engineers Givens Lam, KPFF Consulting Engineers Jeremy Stavig, Sellen Construction Kaj Junglov, Sellen Construction Leah Meer, ZGF Architects Leonard Maya, Design West Engineering Melinda Wind, ZGF Architects Michael Palm, Sellen Construction Sabina Beg, ZGF Architects Sudarshan Iyengar, ZGF Architects Turner Solterman, KPFF Consulting Engineers Valerie Ragsdale, ZGF Architects MENTORS Team Leaders in BOLD

TUESDAY TEAM 3

Alex Mischke, Integrus Architecture Anna Assarsson, Skanska USA Austin Edge, Design West Engineering Brian Rezentes, Integrus Architecture Brianne Tomlin, Renton School District Chien-Yi Chu, Integrus Architecture Higinio Turrubiates, Integrus Architecture Johnny Hong, Integrus Architecture Joseph Knight, Integrus Architecture Karen Chiu, Integrus Architecture Matthew Haggen, Skanska USA Nicole Olaes, Design West Engineering Paul Tosello, Skanska USA Sam Schafer, Integrus Architecture Sara Wilder, Integrus Architecture Theresa Daniel, Integrus Architecture Will Crothers, Integrus Architecture GALLERY

Even over Zoom, the ACE teams had some great fun this year!

Thursday Team 2 used the Miro whiteboard program to share ideas.

The Tuesday Team 2 mentors drew “selfies” to test out the “Annotate” function in Zoom.

The Wednesday Eastside Team got a virtual tour of the renovation of the ClimatePledge Arena. SUPPORT ACE

PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF WASHINGTON It costs about $250 per student to run the ACE Mentor Program. Donations from corporate firms and individuals like you allow us to continue to offer our $1-million program free of charge to students all around Puget Sound. Please accept my gift of: Payment method:  $1,000  Check enclosed  $500  PayPal  $250  $100  $50  Other: $______Name: ______Address: ______Email: ______

Mail to: Online: ACE Mentor Program of Washington To find our PayPal link, go to c/o Magnusson Klemencic Associates acementor.org/seattle 1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101

Thank you for your continued support!