Chair

Severine Tatangelo, Intl. Assoc. AIA

Séverine Tatangelo is a forward-thinker. French by birth, Angelina by adoption, Séverine has been working across the world as an architect for over 20 years, elevating her craft in the luxury sectors of high-end hospitality, and residential design. Through her work with Studio PCH, the boutique architectural firm she founded in Malibu, California, in 2008, Séverine engages in the social conversation, contributing to an ongoing change in lifestyles, while transcending rules, genres, and medium.

Séverine and her team have been providing dynamic designs, outstanding craftsmanship, and unparalleled building solutions for projects located around the globe.
Studio PCH’s stellar reputation was built on the many high-end hospitality projects (Nobu restaurants and luxury hotels) and upscale private residences that Séverine and her team excelled in creating and delivering.

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Vice Chair

Matthew Gammel, AIA

Matt Gammel is the Director of Interiors, California, for Jacobs, where he leads a team of interior designers focused on Design and Experience related to Workplace and Occupancy Strategy.  His team delivers – or is part of multi-disciplinary Jacobs teams that deliver – projects across the US in Life Sciences, Transportation, Aviation, Water and other Corporate/Commercial markets. 

Prior to Jacobs, Gammel developed and led the Landlord Service Studio for Gensler, Los Angeles, working with public and private office ownerships, developers and tenants throughout LA County.  In his early career, he contributed to firms such as ISD, Epstein/ISI and DCA Architects as a designer and project manager.  He is a current board member of Affordable Living for the Aging (ALA) and past board member of CoreNet and LA Fire Department Foundation.

Gammel holds a Bachelor of Arts, Economics, degree and Master of Architecture degree, both from UCLA.  His appointment to Vice Chair, Interior Architecture Committee, underlines his goal to advance the public’s and the architectural profession’s knowledge of the importance of Interior Architecture to quality daily experience and, hence, quality of life.

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Past Chair

Suma Spina, AIA

Suma is Principal and leads the firm’s Interior Design Studio. She has over twenty-five years of professional experience in interior design and architecture.  In her twenty years at Johnson Fain, Suma has been involved in all aspects of the design process through construction for a variety of building types including creative office, schools, hospitality, residential, and civic projects.  Suma attended California State Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo where she received her Bachelor of Architecture Degree.  Suma is a CA Registered Architect.

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