M. Russel Feldman, a registered Architect, received A. B. and B. Arch degrees from Syracuse University as well as a Masters degree in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts. He is presently Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Boston Architectural College as well as being a long-standing member of its faculty, a board member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and is an active member and former chair of the Governmental Affairs Committee for the Mass AIA and Boston Society of Architects. He is also a Trustee of the City Museum of Newton and former president of that board. As a principal in TBA, Mr. Feldman specializes in financial analysis, project planning and coordination, economic development, historic preservation and construction administration.
Gerald T. Takano, a registered Architect, obtained his architectural degree from Syracuse University, New York. As a Principal of TBA West, Mr. Takano's focus is on project planning and analysis, architectural design, historic preservation, cultural diversity and heritage tourism. He was appointed by the Governor of Hawaii to serve as Commissioner to the State's Historic Sites Review Board and represented Hawaii as Advisor to the National Trust. He is currently a Board member of the National Japanese American Historical Society and the Friends of 1800, a local San Francisco preservation organization.
Robert S. Jefferies
acquired his architectural degree from Syracuse University. He is a member of the Construction Specifications Institute,
Board of Selectmen in Westford, Massachusetts and the Permanent School Building Commission. Mr. Jefferies
was also past Chairman of the Planning Board of Westford. As a principal of TBA, Jefferies' strengths include
on-site quality control, energy conservation techniques, cost estimating, cost control, construction methods,
construction systems, technical specialties and knowledge of historic construction materials techniques and specifications.