Principals

Bill Tunnell brings to Tunnell-Spangler-Walsh & Associates thirty years of professional experience in planning and architecture. As principal-in-charge of the firm's Planning Studio, Bill directs projects ranging from the planning of new towns and resorts to the detailed design of clubs and recreational facilities. His focus is the application of smart growth and new urbanism principles across a broad range of urban and rural settings.

He formally began his land planning career in 1980, in collaboration with the design team of Robert B. Hull and James W. Mozley. As an architect and planner, Bill has designed residential, commercial, and golf projects in fourteen states, Europe, and the Caribbean.

Professional Status:
Registered Architect: GA, FL, NJ

Education:

• Bachelor of Architecture, University of Tennessee, 1976

Professional Affiliations:

• American Planning Association
• The Urban Land Institute
• Congress for the New Urbanism

Jerry Spangler directs Tunnell-Spangler's Architecture Studio and provides planning leadership to many of TSW's community projects. Drawing from a thirty year background in architecture, Jerry has designed distinctive community buildings throughout the southeast.

Jerry blends comprehensive site design into all of his clubhouse and amenity architecture projects. These planning skills extend to overall golf community master planning and site design of a community's recreational core.

Professional Status:
Registered Architect: AL, CN, DE, FL, GA, MI, MS, NC, NJ, PA, SC, TN, VA; NCARB Certified

Education:

• Bachelor of Architecture, University of Tennessee, 1976

Professional Affiliations:

• American Institute of Architects
• The Georgia Conservancy

Tom Walsh has over 27 years of experience as a Landscape Architect, Urban Planner, and College Planner, and is a Partner in Tunnell-Spangler-Walsh & Associates. Tom has a broad-based experience in historical master planning and consensus building. Tom is also an avid member of the new urbanism movement. He applies many of the design principles of new urbanism in all he does in order to provide the best quality project for current and future users. Tom has been involved in over 90 college and university master plans. He has also worked on over 25 new urban projects since 1989.

Professional Status:
Registered Landscape Architect: GA

Education:

• Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Louisiana State University, 1975
• Bachelor of Urban Geography, Southeastern Louisiana State University, 1972

Professional Affiliations:

• American Society of Landscape Architects
• Congress for the New Urbanism
• Society of College and University Planners

Caleb is a community planner specializing in public involvement, community design, codes, community retail strategies, and the use of area studies as catalysts for place making.

Caleb has worked in both the public and private sector and is an effective consensus builder. Prior to joining TSW in 2001, he practiced planning in Atlanta with the City of Atlanta Bureau of Planning. While with the City, Caleb worked on a variety of projects including urban design studies, zoning initiatives, land use plans, community facilitation, and Geographic Information Systems.

He holds a Master of City and Regional Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Caleb’s recent projects include: Hapeville Main Street Town Center LCI; Highway 278 LCI Corridor Study; Avondale Estates Downtown Master Plan, Buford Town Center LCI Study, Central Martinez Area Study, Cascade Acres Design Standards, Ponce/Moreland Corridor Study, and the Woodstock Downtown Zoning Code.

Professional Status
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)

Education:

• Master of City & Regional Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001
• Bachelor of Environmental Design, University of Massachusetts, 1997

Professional Affiliations:

• American Planning Association
• Congress for the New Urbanism
• Urban Land Institute

Ronald C. Wootton
rwootton@tunspan.com

Ron Wootton has over 30 years of experience in a multitude of building types including residential, retail, mixed-use, office and hospitality. He has practiced architecture in Atlanta, Los Angeles and San Francisco and brings the diversity of these different types of markets to bear on projects in which he is involved.

Professional Status:
Registered Architect: GA

Education:

• Bachelor of Architecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1973

Professional Affiliations:

• Congress for the New Urbanism

Directors

Ryan Jenkins
rjenkins@tunspan.com

Ryan is the Director of TSW’s Landscape Architecture Studio and a licensed landscape architect specializing in urban environments, streetscapes, parks and open space, and campus planning and design. Before joining TSW, Ryan’s professional career covered the geographic spectrum via a California landscape architecture firm to a multi-disciplinary international firm. He views the landscape as a functional part of the built environment and is committed to the design of outdoor spaces that mesh cultural patterns with the natural system.

Ryan draws experience from both public and private sector projects and understands the importance of identifying client needs and tailoring design services to respond to those needs. As a studio director, he provides leadership and encourages a collaborative team approach to produce consensus based design solutions.

Ryan’s recent projects include: Piedmont Park Active Oval, Piedmont Park Bathhouse and Pool Renovation, Peoples Town Park Master Plan, RiverTown Parks and Open Space Planning and Design, Georgia Institute of Technology’s Old Civil Engineering Building Renovation, Kennesaw State University Health Sciences Building, Woodstock Main Street, Avondale MARTA TOD.

Professional Status:

• Registered Landscape Architect: GA

Education:

• Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia, School of Environmental Design, 1999

Professional Affiliations:

• American Society of Landscape Architects
• City of Decatur, Georgia Historic Preservation Commission
  

Associates

Heather Hubble
hhubble@tunspan.com

Heather joined TSW in 2004 after graduating from the University of Tennessee. Since that time, Heather has managed and been involved in a variety of projects, including mixed-use development, residential buildings, and community facilities.

Heather’s recent projects include Woodstock Downtown Mixed-use Building, Birmingham United Methodist Church, 975 Piedmont Avenue Multi-Family Development, Atlanta's 2008 Going Green House, Railside Development, and the SweetGrass Community Buildings.

Education:

• Bachelor of Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2004
• Completion of Scandinavian Architecture and Design Program, University of Copenhagen, 2003

Professional Affiliations:

• Congress for the New Urbanism
• EP American Institute of Architects
• Construction Specification Institute
• US Green Building Council
  

Christopher Leerssen
cleerssen@tunspan.com

Because of Christopher’s varied background he brings to TSW a strong understanding of urbanism and its many facets. He has over six years of professional architectural experience, in both the public and private sector, with a focus on urban design and two additional years of construction experience.

After graduating from Georgia Tech in architecture (for the second time), he was a researcher at Georgia Tech's SMARTRAQ, Strategies for Metropolitan Atlanta’s Regional Transportation and Air Quality, modeling alternative implications for Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) communities using detailed land use and travel behavior. Christopher then put his regional knowledge and experience into designing corridors, town centers and master plans for TSW’s planning studio. Recently, he has made the switch back into typical "stick-n-bricks" vertical architecture designing and managing infill & urban mixed-use developments and residential projects around the south east. His experiences in research, planning, and architecture provide a backdrop by which he helps TSW conceive of livable, beautiful places.

Christopher was the College of Architecture's SGF Prize Winner in 2001 for his Master’s Thesis on the transformation of a suburban strip mall.

Education:

• Georgia Institute of Technology, BS 1998
  Georgia Institute of Technology, MArch 2001

Affiliations:

• Urban Land Institute, Smart Growth Committee
• Congress for the New Urbanism
• Reynoldstown Civic Improvement League, Board of Directors

Adam brings over nine years of professional experience in planning and landscape architecture. He has worked on a variety of implemented projects from new towns to detailed park designs in the public and private sector. His focus is in designing new urbanism projects from concept to preliminary engineering. As a landscape architect he brings an understanding of how to create land plans that work with the topography and environment.

Professional Status:
Registered Landscape Architect: GA

Education:

• 1997 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia

Professional Affiliations:

• Congress for the New Urbanism  

Jason has over five years of experience at TSW and has been involved in nearly all of the architecture studio’s projects during that time. His professional focus is in Construction Document Production and Contract Administration. Currently, he is the Project Manager for Bolton Village, the Birmingham United Methodist Church and the Cottages at Big Canoe. He also serves as the Project Manager for the Cosmopolitan on Lindbergh.

Education

• Bachelor of Architecture, University of Tennessee, 2000

Professional Affiliations

• Congress for the New Urbanism