Lawrence Group Adds Seven Professionals Between its St. Louis, New York Offices

ST. LOUIS – Lawrence Group announces the hiring of Billing Specialist Patti Buerk; Interior Designer Nicole Grinberg; Design Professionals Claire Keefer, Hunter Detjen, Kaleb Jenkins and Jordan Thompson; and Permitting Specialist Tessa McKee.

Patti Buerk – Billing Specialist

Burek joins the accounting team at Lawrence Group’s St. Louis headquarters. Buerk is an experienced senior accounting specialist with over 25 years of experience in the AEC industry. Prior to joining Lawrence Group, she worked 21 years as a Senior Accounting Specialist at St. Louis-based engineering firm Horner & Shifrin, Inc. Buerk has achieved multiple accounting training certificates through Deltek University.

Nicole Grinberg, WELL AP, NCIDQ – Interior Designer

Grinberg joins Lawrence Group’s retail team in St. Louis. She has five years of interior design experience focused on hospitality and K-12 education, which includes an Interiors Internship at Hastings + Chivetta Architects, two years as a Junior Interior Designer at Bond Architects, and nine months as an Interior Designer at TBE Architects. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Maryville University of Saint Louis.

Claire Keefer – Design Professional

Joining Lawrence Group’s retail and hospitality team in New York, Keefer’s experience includes two years as an Architectural Intern at David Yedidsion Architects in Akron, OH and three years as a Designer II at New York-based architecture and interior design firm Vocon. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture and a Master of Architecture from Kent State University in Kent, OH.

Hunter Detjen – Design Professional

Detjen is based at Lawrence Group’s St. Louis headquarters working in the firm’s retail group. He has a Bachelor of Architecture in Architectural Technology from Ranken Technical College in St. Louis and has completed a summer internship at St. Louis-based Envision Lighting Design.

Kaleb Jenkins – Design Professional

Jenkens, who recently graduated from Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Architecture, is a former Project Intern at Lawrence Group. He also completed prior internships at KTGY in Oakland CA; Kwame Building Group in St. Louis; and Kirksey Architecture in Houston, TX. He joins the firm’s healthcare group in St. Louis.

Jordan Thompson – Design Professional

Thompson comes to Lawrence Group with 10 years of experience, which includes roles as a Designer at Denver-based Hord Coplan Macht; Architectural Designer II at CASCO Architecture & Engineering in St. Louis; and Architectural Staff Level I at Studio DH Architecture in Golden, CO. Specializing in retail design, Thompson graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture with a focus on race and gender relations from Washington University in St. Louis.

Tessa McKee – Permitting Specialist

McKee is a results-orientated project manager with a strong record of delivering projects on schedule, within budget and with exceptional quality. Her experience includes working as a clerk for USPS in Fort Collins, CO and as a Project Manager for Concept Services where she served as the primary point of contact between customers, general contractors, warehouses and manufacturers in the development of franchised food service buildings. McKee, who has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Montana, will work remotely for Lawrence Group.

About Lawrence Group 

Founded in 1983, Lawrence Group is an integrated planning and design firm headquartered in St. Louis, MO with professional staff in Texas, Florida and New York. Using the power of people with great ideas to bring their clients’ dreams to life, Lawrence Group specializes in architecture, interior design, master planning, landscape architecture and furniture procurement. Lawrence Groups’ talented team of professionals work nationally and locally in healthcare, education, retail, hospitality, housing, senior living and workplace with the common goal of providing legendary customer service.

To learn more about this powerful alignment of experience and expertise, visit www.thelawrencegroup.com or contact Director of Marketing Cindy Hausler, CPSM at cindy.hausler@thelawrencegroup.com.