About Us

Great design is inspired by vision. We design buildings and spaces that allow people to thrive – physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Our unique service journey is rooted in effective delivery strategies and informed by principles of health and wellness. We believe that healthy spaces lead to healthy people, and healthy people lead to a healthy world.

Designed to Thrive

Desmone was founded in 1958 when Luke Desmone joined forces with his uncle, John Desmone. From day one, our founders believed in the art of design and its ability to create positive change in the world.

Our firm’s greatest strength is our dedication to service. We believe our role is to design for our clients’ needs — not our own. Successful projects, in our minds, use limited resources wisely and create places that people will embrace and make their own. We listen intently to the needs and desires of our clients and help them to develop a project’s vision. Our extensive knowledge and skills allow us to transform that vision into a reality and empower the end-users to thrive – physically, emotionally, and spiritually. 

Because we realize the importance of investing in the wellness of others, we make it our first priority to invest in the wellness of our team members. So much so that we designed our own office expansion to receive WELL Gold Certification, making it one of less than 100 private offices nationwide recognized for world-class health and wellness.

Health and wellness are the future of design and we are the proven experts who will design your project to thrive.

For more than 15 years, the Elmhurst team has and continues to work with Desmone to design strategies and building solutions for highly complex, innovative and time sensitive projects for our portfolio of office and light industrial developments.

Bill Hunt, 
CEO Elmhurst
Luke Desmone
Founder
Chip Desmone
CEO
Eric Booth
President
Travis Kreidler
Vice President
Thea Manos
Senior Principal
Brad Frankhouser
Regional Vice President
Nancy Policicchio
Associate
Jen Bee
Associate
Rebecca Lowe
Associate
Josh Frick
Associate
Jared Korchok
Associate
John-Edward Porter
Associate
Geoff Aiken
Regional Vice President
Stuart Coppedge
Senior Architect
Paul Becker
Senior Architect
Monica Blasko
Senior Architect
Theodore Ferringer
Senior Architect
Brian Gruendl
Architect
Travis Howard
Architect
Katelyn Walsh
Architect
Jacob Heaton
Architect
Alex Takacs
Architect
Elijah Dolly
Architect
Ingrid LaMay
Interior Designer
Emily Pietranton
Interior Designer
Kelsey Lewis
Designer
Brittany Craig
Designer
Elena Moret
Designer
Greyley Cook
Designer
Sidney Gandee
Designer
Sarah Schneible
Interior Design Intern
Farzeen Shaikh
Interior Design Intern
Anthony Boyd
Senior BIM Operator
Jeff Michelson
Designer
Michael Zielachowski
Senior Designer
Cathleen Matuzak
Designer
Matt Albaugh
Designer
Erik Frantz
Designer
Haley Kafana
Designer
Preston Frost
Design Intern
Laura Luksik
Controller
Courtney Schnitzer
Marketing Coordinator
Amber Koriath
Regional Growth Manager
Danasia Nicholson
Administrative Assistant

Awards

2020
WELL Gold Certification – 2 Doughboy Square
WELL

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Careers
At Desmone, we want you to thrive personally and professionally. Our culture is built around the health, wellness and individual goals of our team members. If you are inspired by helping others build their vision, we want you to join us.