Women in Leadership Profile
Crocker Art Museum
Crocker Ball
The Crocker Art Museum’s 58th annual Crocker Ball fundraiser took place Dec. 7, 2019. The sold-out black-tie event’s theme was Winter
Wonderland, and it included a cocktail reception, dinner, dancing and a live auction. Some of the funds raised are for the museum’s Art
on the Spectrum program, which makes art accessible to children who are on the autism spectrum or have developmental differences.
Photos by Tia Gemmell
HGA Architects
“I’m a strong
Designing success through teamwork
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proponent of
collaborative
eth Young, AIA, DBIA, EDAC advises clients, but are also known locally for our
women in architecture, “Don’t be unique workplace design for clients in The
afraid to speak up and ask for what Cannery and the Ice Blocks,” she says.
you want. Being assertive is so important.”
As principal and newly promoted Vice
President of HGA’s public corporate practice
group in Sacramento, Young knows what it
takes to succeed in this industry, and notes
that HGA is committed to equity on every
front and fosters an environment where all
voices are heard.
A multi-disciplinary design firm rooted
in architecture and engineering, HGA has
more than 850 people in 11 offices nationwide
working to make a positive, lasting
impact for clients in healthcare, arts and
culture, community, corporate, education,
government, science and technology, and
energy markets.
Young and her team focus on corporate
interiors and public projects, primarily
office-related, for the State of California
and other public agencies. “We specialize in
large-scale office projects for public sector
leadership, and
1 Chris Espinosa, retired real estate agent; and Kate Renwick-
invite the voice
Espinosa, leadership,
president, VSP
Vision Care 2 Michelle Christian,
A proponent of collaborative
Young
attorney, Seyfarth Shaw; Glenn Sorensen
Jr., president,
of the
team to Sutter
invites differing viewpoints and appreciates
Commercial Properties; Terilynn Diepenbrock, senior council,
team members challenging
each other Tiedemann
to do
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& Girard;
and Jim we
Diepenbrock,
ensure
provide
managing
director,
investments, Diepenbrock Chapman
their best work. She’s
known for
assembling
the
best of
service
Investment Consulting Group 3 Ed Lee,
husband
Jennifer
the best teams to serve specific projects, which
Lee, CEO, Elim Care 4 Chrisa Sioukas, co-owner, Pappas
may mean bringing Investments;
in expertise from
other Sioukas, CEO, Magilla
and design
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and Dean
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HGA offices. She explains,
“We’re
a local office
Mulvaney
and Patrick
Mulvaney, owners, Mulvaney’s B&L
with national resources, and I leverage that as
much as I can.”
every project.”
— BETH YOUNG
Impressed with HGA’s commitment to gender
Principal, Vice President
equity, Young credits that emphasis on diversity
with greatly strengthening the HGA culture and
helping the firm feel like a community.
Young is passionate about lean and design-
build project delivery – anything that’s
collaborative, cuts waste, and moves forward
with a project-first attitude. She also takes
follow-through and reliability very seriously.
“If you say you’ll do something, you do it.
It’s that reliability that builds trust with your
team and your clients,” she concludes.
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