About MMPVdesign
MARIANA HAS SERVED DEVELOPERS, CONTRACTORS AND ENGINEERS IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN AND PERMITTING OF SOLAR PROJECTS SINCE 2008. HER DRAWINGS AND COLLABORATION HELP TO MEET ENERGY, BUDGET, AND SITE CONSTRAINTS. SHE HAS DESIGNED AND PERMITTED OF OVER 1,000 SOLAR PROJECTS AT SCHOOLS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS, AS WELL AS OVER 1,000 MW IN UTILITY SCALE PROJECTS. SHE PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS A PROJECT MANAGER AND ARCHITECT ON INSTITUTIONAL, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS. SHE HOLDS A B.A. FROM CORNELL UNIVERSITY AND A M.ARCH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. SHE HOLDS ACTIVE ARCHITECTURE LICENSES IN CA, AZ and MN.
Mariana Moncada
PRINCIPAL AND Owner
KRISTA IS THE DIRECTOR OF PROJECT DESIGN AT MMPV. SHE MANAGES SOLAR PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS AND COMMERCIAL SITES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. KRISTA ENJOYS THE SERVICE SIDE OF THE PROFESSION, GUIDING CLIENTS THROUGH THE ENTIRE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND STREAMLINING DESIGN PROCESSES. PRIOR TO THE SOLAR INDUSTRY, KRISTA WAS A SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER AT ARCHITECTS BP ASSOCIATES, WHERE SHE OVERSAW PRODUCTION, BUDGETS AND SCHEDULES AND INTERFACED WITH MANY CLIENTS. KRISTA HOLDS A B.A. IN ENGLISH AND A M.ARCH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. KRISTA IS AN NCARB CERTIFICATE HOLDER AND IS A REGISTERED ARCHITECT IN CA AND AZ.
Krista Lamondin
Design Director
Stella is a licensed architect with 17 years of architectural design and project management experience. She has served a variety of project types ranging from high-end residential to multi-family residential portfolios and international development projects. She has Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Real Estate Development degree, each from Woodbury University.
Stella Robitaille
Project Architect
Working as an independent consultant, Jennifer Besancon has been happily helping MMPV Design since 2018. She has been a licensed architect in California since 2009 with over 15 years of experience working on a variety of project types in San Diego and Providence, RI. Jennifer graduated from Cal Poly SLO with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. She loves the flexibility of being able to work from home while spending time with her family and raising two young boys.
Jenn Besancon
Project architect
CLARISSA IS A LICENSED ARCHITECT IN OKLAHOMA WITH 7 YEARS OF ARCHITECTURAL INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE, RANGING FROM DESIGN TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT. SHE PREVIOUSLY WORKED ON A VARIETY OF PROJECT TYPES, FROM AVIATION AND HEALTHCARE TO COMMERCIAL AND NON-PROFIT. SHE BELIEVES IN CREATING SOLUTIONS UNIQUE TO EACH AND EVERY CLIENT AND EVERY SITE. CLARISSA HOLDS A BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE FROM OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY AND A MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY (MPHIL) IN ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN STUDIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. DURING HER FREE TIME, SHE ENJOYS ROWING, BAKING, AND READING.
clarissa hoskison
project manager
Julie Anne is a project manager at MMPV. She has 6 years of design experience in education and residential projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. She values discovering dignified, creative solutions to the challenges of work and life. MMPV enables both through its remote work culture and solar projects. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. In her free time she enjoys exploring museums with her daughter and knitting.
Julie Ann Nepomuceno
Project manager
NAZIA IS A DESIGNER AT MMPV DESIGN AND BELIEVES IN DESIGNING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE. OUTSIDE OF MMPV, NAZIA VOLUNTEERS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO DESIGN THEIR MASTER PLANS. HER OTHER WORK EXPERIENCES VARY FROM PEDIATRIC HOSPITALS, PLACES OF WORSHIP, AND COMMERCIAL SPACES. NAZIA HAS A M.ARCH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. DURING HER FREE TIME, SHE SPENDS TIME IN NATURE OR TRAVELING. HER GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE ALL 50 STATES BEFORE 2030!
Nazia Hirani
Project Manager
KIMBERLY RICE IS A PROJECT DESIGNER WITH A PASSION FOR ACCESSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. WITH HER MASTER’S IN ARCHITECTURE DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, KIM IS ON PATH TO BE A LICENSED ARCHITECT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WITH EXPERIENCE IN FURNITURE DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY, BRANDING, URBAN DESIGN, INTERIOR DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE, KIM HAS ENCOUNTERED A WIDE VARIETY OF DESIGN SCALES.
Kimberly Rice
project manager
ANYA IS A DESIGNER AT MMPV WHERE SHE DEVELOPS SETS OF DRAWINGS AND CAREFULLY COORDINATES INFORMATION AS WELL AS COLLABORATES WITH HER FELLOW COWORKERS. PRIOR TO MMPV SHE WORKED IN ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN FIRMS THROUGHOUT THE LOS ANGELES AREA SINCE 2006. HER WORK EXPERIENCE INCLUDES A VARIETY OF PROJECT TYPES SUCH AS MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, AND ART INSTALLATIONS. SHE HOLDS A B.A. IN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN FROM OTIS COLLEGE OF ART + DESIGN AND A M.ARCH FROM UCLA. IN HER OFF TIME, SHE ENJOYS CAMPING, LONG ROAD TRIPS AND GARDENING
Anya Garcia
Senior Project Designer
Savannah is a project designer with a long time passion for sustainability. She received her Master of Architecture degree from the University of South Florida, and has experience working on aviation projects, commercial retail, large scale distribution, and warehouse facilities.
In her free time, she loves biking and tending to her plants!
Savannah Möller
project designer
Jim Trauth is a solar industry development and management professional with sixteen years of experience spanning origination, development, operations and maintenance, due diligence, and acquisitions integration. Jim supports the MMPV Design team and clients, performing and overseeing functional back-office duties, including HR, IT, proposal development, contract execution, insurance A/R, A/P, accounting, and finance. He holds a BBA, Finance from Kent State University, and an MBA from UC San Diego. Prior to entering the solar industry, Jim served five years in the Marine Corps as an Arabic linguist and reconnaissance man.
jim trauth
Business Operations
Christine is administration manager at MMPV. She brings a decade of experience in optimizing organizational operations across a variety of environments. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Maryland and is currently pursuing her Masters in Management from the University of Illinois. In her free time she enjoys yoga, listening to true crime podcasts, traveling, and spending time with her husband and their three cats Sansa, Sushi, and Noodle.