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Executive Director RMMI Executive Director Larisa LaBrant has expanded RMMI’s services with a revamped certification program, revived apprentice program, doubled Lunch N Learn program and expanded communications and promotions activities. She has put the organization on solid financial ground and has a strategic plan in place to keep it growing strong. As a native Coloradan and Regis University graduate, LaBrant has extensive experience in the local housing market. She was formerly the Local Government Liaison for the Rocky Mountain Housing Association. With more than 15 years experience in building code technical interpreting, local government lobbying, proposal creation, client relations, and marketing, she is guiding RMMI forward, developing progress for the association and its members. Larisa can be reached at 303-893-3838 or larisa@rmmi.org
RMMI Technical Director Diane’s background as a teacher and an architect prepared her well for her role as masonry industry advisor, troubleshooter, and lecturer. In addition to fielding nearly 2,500 technical calls each year from design professionals and contractors, Diane conducts the Institute’s outreach services, including: masonry design presentations to architects; informal job site consultations; reviews of conceptual and detail drawings; and development of periodic literature and case studies. Diane received her Masters degree in Architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago, 1985. In 1989, she became a registered architect in Illinois. Prior to her arrival at RMMI, Diane was a project designer with Denver’s Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall. Before that, she spent four years with the local firm of Klipp Colussy Jenks DuBois as a job captain on such notable masonry projects as the Denver Central Library. Diane can be reached at 303-893-3838 or dianet@rmmi.org.
Technical Assistant Shahnaz Jaffari, LEED AP, holds a master's degree in Construction Management, is a UCD graduate student of architecture and is a former owner of an architectural firm in Iran. She serves on the US Green Building West Region Council and chairs the Regional LEED Credit Task Force. She is in charge of the Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute’s members-only technical section of the Web site and also handles technical questions from architects, engineers and masons. She can be reached at tech@rmmi.org or 303-893-3838.
Administrative Assistant Raised in the masonry industry, the 4th generation of a masonry family, Robyn grew up handling the books for her dad's masonry company. After a brief hiatus working in corporate restaurant administration, she has returned to the industry she knows and loves. She is in charge of day-to-day office operations at RMMI and is the friendly voice you hear on the phone when you call 303-893-3838. She can also be reached at admin@rmmi.org.
Communications Manager A native of New Mexico, Nancy studied photography at the Colorado Institute of Art and earned her degree at Loretto Heights College in Denver. Her background includes more than 25 years in journalism and public relations, ranging from being the editor of a suburban Denver newspaper to handling public relations for a private college and a branch campus of a state university. She is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and the National Federation of Press Women. Nancy can be reached by e-mail at info@rmmi.org or by calling 303-893-3838. |
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Larisa LaBrant, 
Diane
Travis, LEED AP 
Michael
Schuller, PE and David Woodham, PE
Shahnaz Jaffari, LEED AP 
Robyn Pederson 
Nancy Partridge