Development Team.
The Hive River North development team is comprised of some of the most accomplished architects, interior designers, attorneys, engineers, financial advisors, project managers, public relations professionals, and community trainers in the country. Meet them below.
Ted Pearlman
Founder/Developer
Ted Pearlman conceived the Hive Community as an attempt to marry several established community types together with exceptionally careful architecture and interior design. He is also the innovator of a new corporate business model called Profit Recycling, which combines the hard-nosed, competitive practices of profit-taking companies with the fiscal service-orientation of non-profit organizations. His biggest motivation comes from wanting to see his son Oscar be raised not only by him and his wife, Allison, but also by a village of people who are caring, loving, and passionate about living life to its fullest. He is a graduate of Cornell University.
Dan Rockhill
Design Architect
Dan Rockhill and his partner, David Sain, bring a subtle, authentic, and carefully-considered aesthetic to Hive River North. He and his firm, Rockhill+Associates, are the recipients of many awards, including Finalist for the 2006 Smithsonian Institute/Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, Residential Architect magazine's Firm of the Year Award, Natural Home magazine's Top Ten Green Architecture Firms, and Architecture magazine's Home of the Year Award. Dan Rockhill is the J. L. Constant Distinguished Professor of Architecture at the University of Kansas.
John Buck
Community Trainer
John Buck is the author of We the People: Consenting to a Deeper Democracy and one of the most ardent advocates for the Dutch-originated method of Dynamic Self-Governance. He was trained in Holland by the method's innovator, Gerard Endenburg, and was the first certified English-speaking trainer to teach Dynamic Self-Governance in the Americas. He holds a Bachelors Degree from Brown University, in English, and a Masters Degree from George Washington University, in Quantitative Sociology. He is both the Hive Community Dynamic Self-Governance Trainer and coordinator of all Hive Community training programs. He is the founder of Governance Alive.
Heather Mourer
Interior Designer
Heather Mourer, a Notable Alumna of the Parsons School of Design in New York City, has had her work published in The New York Times, The Rocky Mountain News, 5280 Magazine, Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, Luxe, and Western Interiors. She and her design firm and retail store, One Home Design, have won several local awards, including "Best of Westword," "Top of the Town," and Colorado Homes and Lifestyles "Top Contemporary Designer."
Cecilia Tanoni
Interior Designer
Cecilia Tanoni is the Director of the Design Studio at One Home Design. Originally from Mendoza, Argentina, she received her B.A. in Interior Design from The Art Institute of Colorado in Denver. She also received a professional degree in Culinary Arts from the L’Academie de Cuisine in Washington, DC, after which she worked for renowned French chef Yannick Cam.
Jim Mulligan
Chief Legal Counsel
Jim Mulligan, Director at Fairfield and Woods, PC, is the top real estate attorney in Colorado. He has chaired the Colorado Bar Association's Real Estate Section, Colorado's Gubernatorial Unified Housing Task Force, and the Downtown Denver Task Force. He has authored and lectured extensively in the areas of land use and real estate development, finance, planned communities and affordable housing. He is also the Chairman of the Board of the Aurora Economic Development Council and has been appointed Special Deputy Attorney General representing the Colorado Division of Housing in finance transactions.
Axel Russell
Executive Project Manager
Axel Russell is Vice President of the Wells Partnership, the owner representative and project management firm for many successful urban projects in Denver, including One Lincoln Park, the Hyatt Regency Convention Center Hotel and the Denver Pavillions. He is a licensed architect and holds a Masters of Real Estate and Construction Management from the University of Denver.
Jesse Adkins
Strategic Architect
Jesse Adkins is a founding partner of ShearsAdkins Architects. He was the Recipient of the American Institute of Architects 2007 Denver Young Architect of the Year Award and received his Masters in Architecture with Distinction from the Taubman College of Architecture at the University of Michigan. He is also a member of the Congress for the New Urbanism.
Norman Pester
Financial Counsel
Norman Pester is a certified public accountant and has been helping businesses achieve extraordinary financial results for over thirty years. He is now retired and volunteers at Micro Business Development, the Small Business Development Center, the Adventist Community Services Food Bank, and the Denver Asset Building Coalition. He is also a member of the advisory board of Citywide Banks.
Rita Connerly
Associate Legal Counsel
Rita Connerly, of Farifield and Woods, PC, represents developers during the local land use process, working closely with federal, state and local governments, mineral interest owners and neighborhood associations to secure support for and timely approval of residential, commercial and mixed-use projects. She was the former Adams County Attorney, General Counsel for the Front Range Airport Authority, and has successfully argued before both the Colorado Court of Appeals and the Colorado Supreme Court.
Marj Decker
Scaling Down Trainer
Marj Decker is the author of the best selling book on simple living, Scaling Down: Living Large in a Smaller Space and a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers. She will be assisting Hive members in the task of moving from conventional homes to the combination of compact residential flats and vast common facilities that is a Hive Community.
Bobby Butler
Project Manager
Bobby Butler of the Wells Partnership, is a licensed Colorado contractor and an experienced project and construction manager. 24 Walnut, 1915 Logan, 501 Lincoln, and the Blake Street Apartments are among his many successful projects. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Wyoming.
Gigia Kolouch
Food Maven
Gigia Kolouch is a highly regarded cooking teacher in Denver who, for fifteen years, has been helping students go beyond recipes to truly and viscerally understand the language of food. She specializes in traditional ethnic foods, including the foods of ancient peoples and gives food tours of Europe and the United States. She is one of the original proponents of the Slow Food Movement.
Greg Kingsley
Structural Engineer
Greg Kingsley, PhD, P.E., C.C.E., is the President and CEO of KL&A, Inc.. He leads an exemplary staff who are not only design-build engineers, but also craftsmen, collaborators and builders. Dr. Kingsley has 23 years experience in structural research, experimental testing and design, with a special emphasis on seismic design and masonry structures.