BERK welcomes Marcia Wagoner and Rebecca Fornaby!
Marcia Wagoner and Rebecca Fornaby of 3 Square Blocks have joined our team, bringing together two experienced firms with a shared mission and complementary skill sets.
Marcia and Rebecca are excited to collaborate with the whole BERK team and happy to be reunited with past colleagues Deborah Munkberg and Jessie Hartmann. While at 3 Square Blocks, Deborah, Jessie, and Marcia shared success on projects including Tacoma’s Comprehensive Plan Update and Strategic Plan for the Arts. Since joining BERK, Marcia and Rebecca have been working with Deborah, Jessie, and Radhika Nair on the Tacoma Tideflats Subarea Plan.
Introducing Marcia & Rebecca
Marcia brings to BERK her expertise in engagement strategy and facilitation, including her experience leading design charrettes, advisory groups, workshops, and focus groups for highly visible design, planning, and environmental projects. With a focus on equity and social justice, she helps diverse and often divided groups find common ground and shape shared decisions. Marcia remains deeply committed to historic preservation and the arts both personally and through her work. Her portfolio includes public sector leadership as the Executive Director of the Seattle Design Commission, after which she was recruited to PRR. In 2007 Marcia launched her own firm with Michael Read, her colleague and business partner of 30 years with whom she operated 3 Square Blocks—formerly known as ReadWagoner and Studio 3MW.
Marcia’s diverse project portfolio includes work with Sound Transit; Seattle Parks Foundation; Seattle Department of Transportation, Public Utilities, and Parks and Recreation; municipalities such as Shoreline and Lake Forest Park; Port of Bellingham; City of Bellingham; Seattle Housing Authority; City of Tacoma; and King County.
Rebecca works with clients and communities through thoughtfully tailored and equitable public and stakeholder engagement strategies. She draws on her multidisciplinary background in writing, marketing, urban planning, and visual art to develop clear project materials, creative stakeholder activities, and rigorous outreach summaries. Rebecca earned her master’s in Urban and Environmental Planning at the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture and her bachelor’s in Art and Architectural History at Hamilton College, where she first developed her interest in public art and urban design.