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• OWA Panel Talk Series #2 - Owner's Rep

  • When
    23 Oct 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    2421 4th Street, Berkeley
  • Registered
    17 registrants

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  Hi fellow OWA members,

  This year, the OWA Steering Committee launched a new panel talk series, bringing together our members from diverse backgrounds to share their expertise and experiences. Our goal is to create a space where members can learn from one another, especially those who may not know where to seek guidance.

  For Panel Talk #2 we have invited 4 of our OWA members who have had experience as representatives and project managers on the owner’s side of projects.   We are excited to have Cammy White (Kaiser Permanente), Rita Ho (Kaiser Permanente), Mignon O’Young (Marx|Okubo Associates) and Yumi Chon(Starbucks) on the panel to share their paths to the owner’s side and any advice they may have for those looking to embark on this journey.

  Each speaker will have about 15 minutes to share their insights, followed by a Q&A session.

  This panel will be hybrid.  If you can join us in person, we will be meeting at my office at SDT Architects at 2421 4^th Street, Berkeley.  Since the conference room is a bit small, we will need to cap the in person attendance to 20.  Please indicate in your registration if you will be attending in person.

  For those joining on Zoom, here's the Zoom info:

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  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82415370298?pwd=QvdNnYeOjTU6PsbRuXYcoc64X8DuXF.1
  
  Meeting ID: 824 1537 0298
  Passcode: 021488

  Below are brief bios of the panelists:

  Yumi Chon - After years of working at large corporate Architecture firms, with 2008 financial meltdown I went back to practicing medical projects and ventured into education projects. I was introduced to Starbucks in 2013 as a program manger for the western mountain region and recently retired this year as senior design manager for Northern California territory.  

  Rita Ho is a licensed architect and has been working at Kaiser Permanente for the past 6 years as a project manager. Rita has been in the architecture field for 30 years in U.S. & Hong Kong, including 25 years in healthcare projects as a medical planner and project manager.

  Mignon O’Young is an architect working as a Senior Associate at Marx|Okubo Associates. Shortly after she graduated from Cal, she was recruited to join the OWA Steering Committee by Mui, her professor at Cal and one of the founders of OWA. 

  Cameron White, OWA member for over 50 years, worked as an Owner's Rep for Kaiser Permanente for 17 years. She managed several large projects in the Bay Area. She has been a Project Management Professional (PMP) and is an architect (retired). She believes it can be beneficial for architects to know about the principles of project management.

  Looking forward to seeing you at the event!

  Amy Chang

  OWA Steering Committee / Program Coordinator

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• OWA Peninsula Regional Meetup at Stanford

  • When
    25 Oct 2025
  •  
    11:30 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University

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  Let’s lunch, draw, and explore art together at the beautiful Stanford campus!

  Address:

  Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University

  328 Lomita Dr, Stanford, CA 94305
  

  Schedule

  • 11:30–1:00 pm – Arrival and lunch at Tootsies at the Cantor Arts Center
  • 1:00–3:00 pm – Sketching at the Rodin Sculpture Garden, visit the Cantor Arts Center, and explore the Anderson Collection (modern art)

  We’ll start with lunch and catching up, then spend the afternoon sketching and visiting the museums. Both the Cantor and Anderson are free to enter.

  Feel free to “choose your own adventure”—join for sketching, touring, or exploring at your own pace.

  Parking details to follow.

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• Mom Support Group for Design Professionals

  • When
    28 Oct 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  A supportive space for moms in architecture to connect, share, and navigate the challenges of balancing motherhood and practice.

  Join us for a virtual meeting to introduce ourselves, to share what we're working on, and to discuss topics like parental leave, childcare, managing sick days, flexible schedules, and supportive work environments. 

  
  

  This group meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month.

  https://zoom.us/j/3938376203?pwd=YWlaQ25HTUpqVVQ1eHIxMnRFeG1Hdz09
  Meeting ID: 393 837 6203
  Passcode: xM8S35
  

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• November Third Thursday

  • When
    20 Nov 2025
  •  
    7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Please join us for our Third Thursday Zoom Social, an informal gathering of members and guests to check-in, catch-up, and share news.

  Hosted by Nazila Duran 

  Zoom Meeting URL:
  https://zoom.us/j/3938376203?pwd=YWlaQ25HTUpqVVQ1eHIxMnRFeG1Hdz09
  Meeting ID: 393 837 6203
  Passcode: xM8S35

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• 2026 OWA+DP Annual Retreat

  • Start
    25 Sep 2026
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • End
    27 Sep 2026
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Westerbeke Ranch, Sonoma, CA

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  Each year we get together at Westerbeke Ranch in Sonoma for a 3-day retreat in the fall. Accommodations are shared rooms in rustic redwood cabins set among landscaped grounds including pool and hot tub. The towns of Sonoma and Glen Ellen are minutes away.  Join us for a weekend of conversation, fun, exercise, hiking, swimming, hot tub, massage, music, art, and delicious food. Give everybody a chance to know you better, develop closer ties with friends and colleagues, and return home inspired by new ideas from our group.

  We have room for 50 guests for the weekend, but Saturday-only (no overnight) registrations are available as well.

  Accommodations include access to gardens, swimming pool, adobe dining hall, and shared bedrooms in rustic cabins which is all set in beautiful, Sonoma, wine country.  Financial assistance for scholarships is available for students and those in need.  We encourage participants to join OWA+DP.

   
  

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