Board Members

Barrett reiter, President

A life-long resident of San Francisco, Barrett Reiter is an architectural historian dedicated to exploring the richly layered history of the city and the broader Bay Area. She holds a Master's degree in Historic Preservation from Columbia University, GSAPP. Her professional experience includes working for the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, where she authored landmark nominations for significant buildings and historic districts. Barrett is drawn to Brutalist and Late Modernist spaces such as Embarcadero Center and Levi's Plaza, and she enjoys walking the city and taking photos of interesting buildings with her large-format film camera. She joined the board in 2019 and has served as its President for the past two years.

Chad DeWitt, Vice President

Chad’s been passionate about historic preservation since the age of 12, when he used his birthday money to join the National Trust for Historic Preservation. His love affair with Northern California modernist architecture began while studying architecture at California College of the Arts. For over 20 years, Chad has led Framestudio, a multidisciplinary design studio that blends architecture and interiors with preservation.

Chad’s professional work was awarded a Modernism in America award from Docomomo in 2020. He currently serves on the Historic Preservation Commission for the City of Richmond.

Teresa Fok, Treasurer

A San Francisco native and lifelong Bay Area resident, Teresa is a marketing professional with deep experience in technology marketing and non-profit settings. She combines her business acumen and strong interest in preserving Bay Area architectural heritage as Treasurer of Docomomo US/Northern California. Since joining the Board in 2017, Teresa has established and led the annual Docomomo US/Northern California Symposium Travel Grant, which supports students and young professionals in advancing their knowledge and studies of the Modern Movement.

Petra Marar, Secretary

Petra Marar is a licensed historic landscape architect living and working in Oakland, California, with nearly a decade of experience in landscape construction documentation, design, administration, and preservation work. She currently works at PGAdesign, Inc. On the board of Docomomo US/Northern California, she’s secretary and has a particular interest in the historical, political, and economic influences on Modernist design and its legacy. She loves to explore this on foot, sometimes with a camera’s viewfinder. She’s given tours about BART and Levi’s Plaza, and has serious affection for Embarcadero Plaza and Vaillancourt Fountain.

Bob pullman, Representative to national board

Bob Pullum has been an avid member of the Northern California Chapter of Docomomo US for more than 15 years as both a board member and a former Vice President. He’s led advocacy and marketing efforts through the years at a chapter level, including the development and management of Docomomo US/NoCa. He is currently doing this at a national level with Docomomo US. A freelance Creative Director based in San Francisco, Bob helped grow the San Francisco office of AKQA, an award-winning digital marketing firm, from 40 to over 400. He recently won a Preservation Design Award for Rehabilitation from the California Preservation Foundation for his work on the Historic Bank of Guerneville Building, now known as The Guerneville Bank Club.

Ted Barrow

Ted Barrow, PhD., is an art historian, lecturer, critic, tour guide, and Bay Area architecture enthusiast who hosts Thrasher Magazine's This Old Ledge series on YouTube, which explores the built history of skateboarding worldwide. Barrow leads tours for Docomomo_NoCa and Airbnb, and lives in San Francisco with his wife and two kittens.

Camila Baum

Camila Baum is a licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and dedicated Medical Social Worker with extensive experience in patient advocacy, healthcare policy, and advancing social equity. With roles at Alameda Health System and Kaiser Permanente, she brings a compassionate and justice-driven perspective to her work. Camila has served on the board of BRIDGEGOOD, where she championed opportunities for underrepresented creatives in the design and technology sectors.

Since joining the Docomomo US/Northern California Chapter Board in January 2024, Camila has leveraged her background to advance the organization’s mission of preserving and celebrating Modernist architecture. Among her notable contributions is leading the "Roger Lee: Modernism for the Masses" home tour—offering the public unique access to iconic Roger Lee homes and illuminating his legacy within Bay Area Modernism.

Social Justice, freedom of speech, and historic preservation intersect at Vaillancourt Fountain and the Embarcadero Plaza. Camila is extremely passionate about the preservation of public spaces and is heavily involved with ongoing preservation efforts of this historic San Francisco landmark.

With a passion for socially inclusive heritage preservation, Camila plays a vital role in shaping Docomomo NOCA’s engagement strategy and ensuring that the architectural narrative remains both accessible and meaningful to diverse communities.

Anna Maria Ramirez Grune

Born and raised in the Bay Area and recently returning to San Francisco, having lived in Hawai'i for 35+ years after undergraduate school. Anna has always had a passion for architecture, with both her dad and uncle being architects, and is currently an Associate AIA member and currently working in building assessments and forensics. She is a founding board member of Docomomo/Hawai’i and a current board member of US/Northern California. Anna has a BA in International Relations and Economics from the University of San Diego and a Master of Architecture degree and Certificate in Historic Preservation from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. As Julia Morgan famously said, “Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.”

Jack McCarthy

Jack McCarthy is a museum professional with a focus on retail operations management. He has a deep passion for art and architecture, which he pursues through the documentation of modern architecture across the Bay Area and beyond. Through his work, Jack strives to make architectural concepts understandable and straightforward, to build community and introduce modernism to new audiences.

This passion led him to found Pacific Modernism, a social media brand on Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and YouTube. He highlights Bay Area architecture, using short-form video and photographs to make modernism more accessible. By spotlighting these buildings, he strives to change the way the community thinks about and engages with modernism in hopes of raising awareness and highlighting the need for preservation of our built environment.

Kevin H. Souza

Kevin H. Souza brings enthusiasm for modern architecture and experience in academic leadership to the Docomomo US/Northern California Board. During a 30-year career at UC San Francisco, he oversaw the design and programming for several advanced education spaces, partnering closely with architects on the UCSF Anatomy Lab, the Teaching and Learning Center, and the new medical education building at UC Merced. His contributions emphasized modern, flexible, and collaborative environments tailored for contemporary learning. In addition, Kevin served as editor for the Association of American Medical Colleges' white paper, "Learning Spaces for Health Care Education: Best Practices in Design."

Currently, Kevin is writing a biography of William Alexander Levy, a remarkable modernist architect, furniture designer, and patron of the arts. This project examines Levy's distinctive contributions to the Modernist Movement, as well as how his identity as a gay man impacted both his work and his creative networks.

Cord struckman

Originally from Germany, Cord moved to San Francisco in the early 2000s and quickly fell in love with California Modernism. Coming from a more strict Bauhaus-influenced architectural education in Berlin, he was delighted by how modernist principles were interpreted so differently here—especially in the way both residential and commercial buildings embraced a more relaxed, indoor-outdoor lifestyle.

As a practicing architect, Cord is passionate about creating thoughtfully designed environments that enhance how people live and work. An important moment came when he attended the Getty Institute's "Preserving Modern Architecture" training, which inspired him to join docomomo and become more deeply involved in preservation efforts.

Since joining the Docomomo US/NOCA board in 2019, Cord has focused his energy on researching underrecognized architects who worked outside the better-documented Bay Area modernist canon, like Paffard Keatinge-Clay and Beverley Thorne, bringing their contributions to California's architectural legacy into the spotlight they deserve.

Ethen Wood

Born and raised in San Francisco, Ethen Wood is the Associate Director of Sustainable Architecture + Engineering at Stanford University, where he has been a Lecturer in Architectural Design since 2013. He teaches design studios as well as courses on Japanese Modern Architecture and California Modernism. Ethen has a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from the University of Oregon and a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.