Amber is an Associate Principal at Ayers Saint Gross and leads the firm's practice in community and campus edge design. Trained as both an architect and planner, she works on projects that bridge across disciplines and scopes from feasibility studies for the Smithsonian Institution to campus master plans for Purdue University to neighborhood vision plans for East Baltimore.
While she enjoys working on a wide variety of project types, Amber has a particular passion for creating thoughtful and sensitive planning and design solutions for communities in need. By sharing her knowledge, she works to elevate client and community voices in crafting the future of their neighborhoods. Amber is particularly proud of her work designing revitalization plans for East Baltimore and the Harlem Park neighborhood, some of the most historically disinvested neighborhoods in Baltimore. Her engagement and master planning efforts in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. have been awarded the Greater Baltimore Committee's Mayors Business Recognition Award and the American Planning Association National Capital Area Chapter's Award for Outstanding Regional or Comprehensive Plan.
Amber leads the firm's People and Culture committee and is passionate about promoting gender and racial equity in the field of architecture. Outside the firm, she serves on the board of the Neighborhood Design Center, the board of the Baltimore Tree Trust, as a member of the Greater Baltimore Committee Economic Development Committee, and as a mentor with the Baltimore Design School. In 2021, Amber was included on the Daily Record's list of "Maryland's Top Women" for her professional achievements, community leadership, and service to others
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EP 188: Maryland Comptroller Candidate Brooke Lierman
EP 187: Baltimore County Executive John “Johnny O” Olszewski, Jr.
EP 186: Executive Chef Scott Bacon of Magdalena A MARYLAND BISTO at THE IVY HOTEL
EP 185: Baltimore Pride Week ft Unique Robinson and Kenneth Morrison
EP 184: National Aquarium Ft Laura Bankey Vice President of Conservation Programs
EP 183: Staci Wolfson founder of The Baltimore Flow & Cramped Style Blog
EP 182: Justin Fenton. Author of ”We Own This City” and Investigative Reporter for the Baltimore Banner
EP 181:Sammy & Maddie of Girl and the Gov, The Podcast
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EP 179:DIA SIMMS CEO of LOBOS 1707 Tequila & Mezcal & CO-FOUNDER, PRONGHORN
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EP 177: BLK SWAN ft Chris Simon and Chef Saon Brice Part 1
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EP 174: Heidi Klotzman CEO of Baltimore Based HeidnSeek Entertainment
EP 173: Flowers and Fancies ft. April Lichtenberg
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