Ernesto M. Vasquez, AIA, NCARB, Announced as MVEI's Chairman & CEO

SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MVE Institutional is pleased to announce that Ernesto M. Vasquez, AIA, NCARB, is the company's new Chairman and CEO.  After serving as Founding Partner and Officer of MVE Group for 37 years, Mr. Vasquez is relinquishing his leadership position at MVE Group to focus exclusively on MVE Institutional as Chairman and CEO.  Mr. Vasquez's transition to full-time leadership at MVE Institutional is a result of the company's rapid growth over the past decade.  Recently observing its ten year anniversary as a firm and its one year anniversary with independent offices, MVE Institutional has quickly become one of the region's leading institutional planning and design firms.  The firm has received numerous awards, including several Gold Nuggets and LEED certifications.

Known for creating environments that are socially and environmentally responsible, as well as economically viable, Mr. Vasquez provides the ideal leadership qualities and passion for MVE Institutional's projects.  Mr. Vasquez is widely renowned as a community advocate and leader.  His designs incorporate smart-growth principals and promote public transit, improved educational environments, and mixed land uses. 

Mr. Ernesto M. Vasquez, AIA, NCARB, Chairman and CEO of MVE Institutional, states, "I'm excited about what the future holds.  I look forward to pursuing my long held interests in public/private partnerships with universities, cities, county governments, housing authorities, transit authorities, K-12 schools, mixed use complexes, and international developments."

Founded in 2003, MVE Institutional has become one of the country's most innovative and respected design and planning organizations.  The award-winning firm specializes in planning, architecture, and interior design of public and institutional facilities.  MVE Institutional values institutional and public environments as the foundation of a community and the backdrop against which we live, learn, work, worship, and play.  The company is headquartered in Santa Ana with offices in Oakland, San Diego, and Honolulu.  For more information, visit www.mve-institutional.com. 

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