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Leslie Gentile, AIA
Architect and Managing Principal at Fernald, Inc, Leslie was born and raised in Long Beach, California. After working in San Francisco for SOM and Ashen + Allen, Ms Gentile returned to Long Beach in 1995 as design Principal for Fernald.  She has led the design efforts for local projects including award winning, Farmers and Merchants Banks, Redevelopment Agency of Long Beach, Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific, and California State University Long Beach.  She has high expectations for design and intends to continue the integrity that Fernald has established over the last 2 decades.
John Gentile
As Fernald's Design Director John Gentile brings 30 years of experience, building a career in architecture as a design director for a wide variety of projects, from airports and hotels and mixed-use developments to hospitals, university and corporate headquarters.  John has worked extensively with the County of Los Angeles and Los Angeles International Airport.  John's career path included key Design-lead roles with Gensler/Los Angeles, HOK/San Francisco and HOK/Los Angeles, and SOM/ San Francisco. John leads and coordinates the conceptual and schematic design of projects integration and the varied program requirements into unified compelling solutions.
Pedro Blanco, Assoc. AIA

Mr. Blanco is an Architectural graduate from the University of Mar del Plata in Argentina. For the last 15 years he has been involved in the design and construction of several project types in the United States ranging from residential to industrial and mixed use commercial in complexes. He has over 15 years of design and production experience and as a Project Architect has succeeded in developing productive and harmonic relationships with clients satisfying their programmatic, design and budget concerns. He has proved talented at dealing both with the "big picture" and the minute details. He is skilled in the profession of architecture from the inception of schematic designs and sketches, through the administration of the construction phase with excellent technical knowledge.