Episode 38: Jon Gambrill and Michelle Liebling

Jon Gambrill and Michelle Liebling, Co-Managing Directors of Gensler Denver, join the show to talk about their Swiss-army-knife-type experiences and career trajectories that brought them to running the Colorado branch of the largest architecture firm in the world. They talk about the practicalities of leading an architecture office, the benefits of a large corporate firm, the low and high points of their careers, the biggest issues facing architecture in the future, and advice to young architects and women entering the field.

After the credits we talk about “sympathy” interview strategies for winning projects during COVID, Michelle’s time away from Gensler, and the time Jon hired Rebekah Wagoner instead of Adam Wagoner.

This episode is sponsored by Herman Miller and Modern In Denver.