Education
University of Wisconsin, Bachelors of Science in Agriculture, 1990
Hobbies
Deb enjoys hiking, gardening, and cooking for family and friends.
Bio
Deb is another one of those Midwest transplants who visited the Pacific NW and fell in love with it. She knows she can never be a native but 30 years here makes it home. Growing up on a farm in Wisconsin with her 8 siblings, she learned the importance of hard work and making time to enjoy life.
JENN LANIUS
Associate, Project Manager
Qualifications
LEED Accredited Professional
Education
University of Oregon, Masters of Architecture and Ecological Design Certificate, 2012
Ball State University, Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design, 2007
Hobbies
Remodeling her 1915 home with her husband, Backpacking, Biking, Gardening, Crafting
Bio
Jenn is a LEED Accredited Professional working on licensure as a registered architect. She received an Ecological Design Certificate and Masters of Architecture from the University of Oregon in 2012 and has worked for EMA since then. Her interests in community-focused affordable housing and food security stem from research and studies of favelas in Brazil alongside her love for gardening and living self-sufficiently.
Jenn seeks to design and work collaboratively in a way that empowers people to (re)use local resources and to share knowledge to solve socio-economic problems while making beautiful, inspiring, and engaging spaces for all. Her work on multiple types and scales of projects includes Powell’s Books, Amity Reuse, various wineries, ADUs, and house remodels. Her current focus is a remodel of her own century-old house to increase its structural integrity, energy efficiency, and capability for more dwellers as a basement ADU. As a volunteer for the Build Local Alliance and Solar Oregon, she helps to create educational, fun events focused on local wood and solar energy.
Drastic landscapes and the sustainably-minded culture of Portland brought this Midwest transplant to Oregon in 2008 from the flat corn fields of central Indiana. The Pacific Northwest outdoors beckons after working on remodels at work and home. She enjoys backpacking, commuting and camping by bike, fermenting and wild-harvesting all things, and crafting furniture or artsy projects with repurposed materials.