Our Team

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 Don has over 45 years of continuous experience as an architect, working on educational, governmental, & residential Projects. He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1974 and is currently licensed to practice architecture in Colorado, Texas and New Mexico. Don has deep and varied experience in master planning large to small scale architectural projects and is especially skilled in managing and facilitating the programming and design process with Client groups, committee’s and stakeholders. He is very proficient in leading the architectural and engineering team design process in service to the clients. Don’s primary focus and responsibility is to the Client, and the delivery of solutions that best meet the Client’s desired design goals and budgets. 

In addition to his active professional role in the firm as Architect Partner-in Charge, he proudly serves as President of the Board of Trustees for the Southern Colorado Developmental Disabilities Agency, and the Las Animas County Rehabilitation Center. Don enjoys and takes an active daily role in assisting younger staff to excel, and working towards the transition of ownership of Spencer Architecture Studio to the next generation. 

Andrea is a New Jersey native and graduate of Villanova University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing. After a long career in Health Care, she shifted to utilizing her right brain and entered the retail arena and purchased a custom picture framing shop. There she cultivated her love for art and developed marketing skills to create a successful business. At Spencer Architecture Studio, Andrea is part of a team that provides creative ideas and design solutions for the large rural areas it serves. Andrea loves camping, cooking, travel, snow-shoeing and hiking with her husband, Don.

Andrea is Board President of the Monte Vista Community Food Pantry, a member of the Economic Development Committee of the City of Alamosa, Alamosa County Chamber of Commerce, and Board Member of South Fork Chamber. oCommerce.

  Anne is a licensed architect with twelve years of diverse project experience. She earned her Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Texas in 2010. During her seven years in New York City, she worked on residential, commercial and institutional projects, including adaptive reuse of historic structures. For Lake Flato Architects in San Antonio, she directed ground-up projects on university campuses, including two academic laboratory buildings at Cornell University currently under construction. While there, she also coordinated the firm’s internal research program, focused on building and advocating ecologically and socially sustainable practices. This work led her to pursue a master’s degree in geography at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Her research interests include the intersection of public investment, private redevelopment, and the human displacement that often follows. Her love for backpacking and trail running in the San Juans and the Sangres eventually drew her to the SLV, where she and her spouse have channeled their design and construction experience into building a small cabin.