SWBR Architects hires O’Shea, Michaels and Cafferky

Trish Cafferky, SWBR Architects

Michele Michaels, SWBR Architects

Jennifer O'Shea, SWBR Architects

Rochester, NY SWBR Architects welcomes three new team members to the firm: Jennifer O’Shea as architect and project manager in the products and services studio, Michele Michaels as human resources manager and Trish Cafferky as architectural designer.

In her new role, O’Shea will be responsible for design documentation, programming and concept development for a variety of the firm’s key clients.

She specializes in design and construction on pharmaceutical, high-tech and semiconductor facility projects, and has served internationally in Ireland and Russia. Most recently, she spent three years as a consulting architect on interior design projects and five years at JACOBS in Dublin as lead architect. O’Shea received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Cornell University.

Bringing more than 25 years of experience in human resources in Greater Rochester, Michaels will now manage all of SWBR’s HR functions, including recruiting, training and employee relations.

Most recently, she served as director of HR and administration for the Veterans Outreach Center. Michaels earned a bachelor’s degree in organizational management from Roberts Wesleyan College.

As a recent architecture graduate from Syracuse University and newly appointed architectural designer at SWBR, Cafferky will be responsible for collaborating on schematic design, design documentation and coordination with consultants.

While at SU, she served as an intern for AKA Architects in New York City and Hart Design Group in Massachusetts. She recently was selected to complete in SU’s School of Architecture’s annual Thesis Prize Awards Jury. On May 7, she presented her thesis to a panel of five renowned guest jurors. Cafferky resides in Syracuse.

SWBR Architects is an award-winning architectural practice. As a highly respected national design firm consistently providing leadership, expertise, innovation and entrepreneurial thinking, the firm specializes in sustainability, education, housing, health, science and technology, corporate/industrial and municipal design. With offices in Rochester and Syracuse, SWBR aims to positively impact lives through meaningful design.