Perspectives

C. Steve Surprenant, MCR, LEED AP, Director of Development

Steve Surprenant is an expert in guiding owners through highly challenging projects and non-traditional delivery. He is an Executive Vice President within HDR Architecture where he has worked for over 20 years. With over 30 years of industry experience, he is proficient in assisting clients from strategic capital planning and financial feasibility through occupancy and start-up. His comprehensive experience includes real estate consulting, development advisory, financial feasibility, economic and risk analysis, urban redevelopment, public-private partnership transactions, design-build, programming, design criteria/performance specifying, RFEOI/ RFQ/ RFP/ contract development, design/construction program management, and litigation support services. Steve has been employed as a development program manager and owner's representative utilizing every major delivery method for private sector, federal, and local entities, and he works extensively with Public Private Partnerships (P3s). Steve is a member of HDR Architecture, Inc.'s executive management team.

Susan K. Oldroyd, FAIA, LEED AP, Director of Courts Program

Susan Oldroyd has developed a courts specialty through her practice as a justice facility planner and designer. She gained national recognition for the development of the California State Trial Court Facility Standards, published in April 2006, for the unified court system in the largest state in the country. This document is being used to administer the projected $10 billion in future projects and renovations to improve the court facilities of the State of California. Selected to design court spaces for the historic Nakamura U.S. Courthouse in Seattle, a GSA Design Excellence project, she implemented concepts of security, technology integration, and sustainability while creating monumental and majestic court spaces. As a result of her expertise, her clients receive buildings and spaces that improve the judicial system by providing judges and staff threat protection, advanced technical operability, and pleasant, universally accessible workplace environments.

David Yentzer, LEED AP, Director of Governmental Program

David Yentzer has over 38 years of management and senior executive experience with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Prior to coming to HDR, he was responsible for management of a $1 billion operating budget in the DHS that covered the diverse areas of Facilities and Engineering, Procurement, Logistics, Environment Occupational Safety and Health, Media Center, and a National Firearms Unit. He serviced a nationwide client base of 38,000 personnel involved in law enforcement, immigration services, and management functions. At the DOD, David managed the Army's Installations Planning Division, which oversaw the planning and development of the Army's 2,600 installations worldwide. In 1991, he was selected by the Secretary of Defense to serve on the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission, where he coordinated the economic analysis of the Army's proposals and prepared and delivered testimony on the proposals. In 2005, David was selected as a Principal to the Council for Excellence in Government. The Council for Excellence in Government is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, national body which works to improve the performance of government at all levels. Its members are personnel who served in leadership roles in government and are now in the private sector.