Education + . . .
continuum | connecting | collaborating | company needs | corporate cultures | coproducing tomorrow’s workers
Are you an educator, student, employer, or designer interested in the education-workplace continuum?
EDCO is a growing initiative guided by thought leaders across Gould Evans' five studios in Kansas City, Lawrence, New Orleans, Phoenix, and San Francisco. Please reach out to us about partnerships, projects, or inquiries:
The following team members are also available as resources for further information:

David Reid, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
Principal
David leads Gould Evans’ award-winning national education studio, stewarding an inquisitive multidisciplinary process by working with educators, anthropologists, psychologists, and others. In 2014, David co-founded STEAM Studio, an experimental learning lab in his office, and co-authored the book Unleashing Creative Genius, highlighting the studio’s research outcomes.

Tony Rohr, FAIA, NCARB
National Managing Principal
Tony uses design to keep the country’s most progressive companies at the forefront of their industries, including navigating the demands of the emerging Generation Z workforce.

Kelly Dreyer, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP
Senior Designer
Kelly is a thought leader in the field of education and fuses his design work with an interdisciplinary teaching position at the University of Kansas. These perspectives allow him to breach existent paradigms and more effectively explore the future of learning.

Melissa Alexander, NCIDQ, IIDA
Canary Director
Melissa's work prepares the future workforce with engaging educational solutions and inspiring environments with fresh, vibrant, and unexpected elements.