John Gendall
Co-founder
John is a communications and business development specialist, partnering with architecture and design firms and organizations to expand profiles and grow business. John directed communications and business development at an international design firm, where he led public relations and business acquisition. As a longtime journalist, he has written about architecture and design for a range of platforms, including The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Wallpaper*, and Dwell. He is a former editor at Architectural Record and a contributing author to the Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture. His recent book, Rocky Mountain Modern, was published by Monacelli Press in spring 2022.
John studied architectural history at Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he earned a Masters in Design Studies with Distinction.
Andrew Huff
Co-founder
Andrew has been working for a decade in the fields of art, architecture, design, and technology, both as a consultant and in-house director of communications, strategy, and content generation. Andrew has worked at some of the worlds most prominent galleries in press, marketing, sales, and artist management roles. As a manager for an international PR firm and a boutique arts and culture agency, he worked with a range of galleries, museums, architecture firms, biennials, art fairs, and creative agencies, directing day-to-day client relations and overall communications strategies. He has successfully implemented numerous press campaigns for international galleries, museums, architects, and artists, and has strong relationships with editors, journalists, and freelancers from a variety of important publications.
Andrew graduated with Distinction from Duke University with degrees in Visual & Media Studies and Art History.
Our team
Sophie Aliece Hollis
Associate Director
Sophie Aliece is a strategist, writer, and designer who has leveraged a formal architectural education to serve various roles at the intersection of design and media. She studied Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin with a minor in Journalism. During this time, she began contributing to Texas Architect Magazine. In her most recent position as Market Editor at The Architect’s Newspaper, Sophie Aliece generated all products coverage across AN Media’s four brands, managed the publication’s three yearly awards programs, and oversaw the execution of AN Interior, both in print and online.
Working across the disciplines of architecture, design, landscape, and construction represented by Chapter's broad and accomplished roster of clients, she lends industry and editorial insight to various branding, business development, and media initiatives.
Elizabeth Cregan
Associate Director
Elizabeth is a communications professional with years of experience working across a number of architecture, arts, culture, design, and nonprofit clients for several respected cultural and design communications agencies in New York. With a deep familiarity with media relations protocols and processes, she also provides broader support for clients, including audits and restructuring of key messaging, providing recommendations on evergreen strategies, and initiating business development-oriented activities for design companies across the United States. Elizabeth graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in English; Film & Media Studies; and Justice & Peace Studies.
Caroline Monaghan
Associate – Seattle
Caroline is a communications specialist, researcher, and creative consultant. With a Master’s in Spatial Design and Societies from Roskilde University in Copenhagen and a background in Public Health from the University of Washington, Caroline offers an intersectional approach to business development and strategic communications. Inspired by libraries, archives, and maps as tools for storytelling, her work spans the built environment where infrastructure, health, community, and culture converge. Caroline has worked on several publications, including The Hacktivist Guide to Food Security, alongside Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, and But, Who Are We Building For?, a volume that critically explores inequities and spatial justice in the built environment.
Taylor Rogers
Associate – New York
Taylor is a communications specialist with experience at leading architecture and landscape architecture firms, as well as a range of cultural and literary organizations. With a degree in English and American Literature and French from New York University, she approaches projects through storytelling, translating complex ideas into compelling, context-rich narratives. As a former communications coordinator at a leading design firm based in Norway, Taylor was responsible for the ongoing support of both internal and external communications initiatives, and oversaw the launches of many significant projects for over two years.
Christopher Omachi
Consultant
Chris brings over 13 years of experience across the fine art, tech, and entertainment industries building and scaling digital and physical products at the intersection of culture and technology – always with an eye for design and focused on the customer. Chris led business development and content marketing partnerships at Audible, content partnerships and experiential marketing at Artsy, and business development and marketing at HBO, and has held sales and marketing positions at leading contemporary art galleries. In addition to his consulting work at Chapter, Chris is an independent art advisor. Chris graduated with a BA in Art History from Bowdoin College. He serves on the advisory council to the Bowdoin College Museum of Art as well as their Collectors’ Collaborative. He is on the Board of Directors of Broadway Housing Communities and is a trustee of Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling in Harlem, NY. He is a member of the Contemporary Art Society at the Milwaukee Museum of Art.