Goody Clancy

Jean Carroon leads Goody Clancy’s extensive preservation and renovation practice. She has received national recognition for her special expertise in applying sustainable design technology to historic buildings and has been appointed to (Boston) Mayor Menino’s Green Building Task Force and the Advisory Board of the Green Roundtable’s Nexus Green Building Resource Center. Her book, Sustainable Preservation; Greening Existing Buildings, was published in 2010 by John Wiley & Sons. Jean is also a recognized expert in the design of accessibility solutions for historic buildings. She has led Goody Clancy’s restoration of some of the most distinguished landmark buildings in the country, including H.H. Richardson’s Trinity Church in Boston. She has also directed the renovation of a number of venerated buildings on historic university campuses throughout New England. 

Jean lectures frequently on preservation and sustainable design topics to local and national audiences, including the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. She has participated in panels and symposia for such organizations as the General Services Administration, AIA Livable Communities, the Association for Preservation Technology, and the Green Building Alliance, and is a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Sustainability Coalition. She earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Architecture at the University of Oregon.

Mr. Chandler has led many of the Goody Clancy’s mixed-use and urban design projects. His experience includes the planning and design of city, town and campus master plans, large-scale housing, and mixed-use development. His award-winning work has received national attention for its elegant design and its contribution to urban vitality.

Since joining the firm in 1986, and he has led the design of several national-award-winning housing developments. He has also directed many of our significant educational projects, involving new building design, renovation, and campus master planning. He is currently serving as Principal-in-Charge of Austin 21c, a 44-story mixed-use facility in downtown Austin, Texas. Other ongoing projects include the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech, the new Academic / Science Facility at Emmanuel College, and a New Residence Hall at a Private College in Boston.

Rob received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colby College and Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University.

David Dixon FAIA is the principal-in-charge for Goody Clancy’s Planning and Urban Design practice. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) awarded him its 2007 Thomas Jefferson Award for “a lifetime of … significant achievement in [creating]… livable neighborhoods, vibrant civic spaces, and vital downtowns ...” David’s work has won national awards from the American Planning Association (APA), AIA, American Society of Landscape Architects, Congress for the New Urbanism, International Downtown Association, and Society for College and University Planning. As 2003 President of the Boston Society of Architects, he chaired the “First National Conference on Density: Myth and Reality.” David is a co-author of Urban Design for an Urban Century (Wiley 2009), which the Boston Globe's architectural critical, Robert Campbell FAIA, described as "The wisest, clearest introduction I know to the art and science of designing cities" and writes on emerging urban issues for periodicals and books published by the AIA, APA, MIT Press, Urban Land Institute, and similar organizations.

As chair of the AIA’s Regional and Urban Design Committee, David helped shape the AIA’s response to Hurricane Katrina and went on to prepare the post-Katrina Master Plan for New Orleans, where he continues to work. Additional current and recent work includes a new high density, mixed-use, walkable downtown for suburban Dublin (Ohio); breaking down the barriers between campus and community for urban universities including Drexel, Ohio State, and the Aga Khan Liberal Arts University in Karachi; growth strategies for innovation districts including Kendall Square (adjacent to MIT), East Franklinton near downtown Columbus (Ohio), and “U” districts adjacent to the University of Washington (Seattle); downtown plans for Wichita, Asheville (NC), and New Orleans; and “Choice Neighborhood” revitalization plans for Baltimore, Columbus, and San Antonio.

David earned a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University, Master of Architecture from University of Pennsylvania, and Master of Urban Design from Harvard University.

Mr. Goldstein has more than thirty years of design and project leadership experience. He is a specialist in academic buildings and planning, with expertise in business schools and interdisciplinary science research centers such as the Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His current ongoing projects include work at Medical University of South Carolina, University of Connecticut Health Center, Washington University in St. Louis and Northern Kentucky University.

Roger serves regularly on design juries, and speaks frequently at the national conferences of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Association of College and University Housing Officers International, and the Society for College and University Planning. A leader in the profession, he has acted in the past as president of the state and local AIA chapters and the chair of the national AAF Environmental Education Committee.

He earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Architecture degrees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Lisa Howe is the firm’s Director of Preservation. She has a unique diversity of experience which includes more than 20 years directing the adaptive reuse and preservation of signature buildings in a broad range of market sectors, including education, civic and cultural projects for clients such as Harvard University and Trinity Church in the City of Boston. Her current work includes two National Historic Landmarks. The first is the renovation of over 50 historic buildings at St. Elizabeths West Campus in Washington, D. C., which is part of a General Services Administration project creating the new headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security. The second is the facade restoration of the Ayer Mansion in Boston, Massachusetts, a project which received the highly competitive Save America’s Treasures Grant.

Her unorthodox career began as a bricklayer and demonstrates a continuous commitment to design excellence, technical knowledge, research and innovation. During a sabbatical year in 2005, Howe undertook graduate work in “Strategic Leadership Towards Sustainability” at Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden. Recognized nationally for promoting cultural and environmental sustainability through the reuse of existing buildings, she is currently the co-chair of the Technical Committee for Sustainable Preservation for the Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI). 

Lisa holds a Bachelor of Science in Historic Preservation from Roger Williams University.

David Spillane is the firm’s director of planning and urban design. His work has been recognized through national awards from the American Institute of Architects, the Congress for the New Urbanism and the Waterfront Center and numerous regional awards from the American Planning Association. Over the last ten years he has led design and planning projects for public and private sector in more than twenty states with a focus on revitalizing and reshaping urban waterfronts, downtowns and neighborhoods, campuses and creating new communities through significant development projects.

He is a Design Critic in Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and serves on the Board of Directors of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay. He serves as a member of Boston’s Harbor Planning Advisory Committee, and as a design advisor to the Capital Center Commission in Providence, Rhode Island. He earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree at University College Dublin in Ireland and a Master in Architecture degree at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.