Beth graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a Bachelor of Arts in 1993 and from Arizona State University with Masters in Architecture in 1996.  During school, Beth worked with Habitat for Humanity in the Mississippi Delta and participated in a pilot program involving student design/build in spanish Phoenix. After school, she explored alternative building methods on an off-grid residential project deep in the Navajo country of New Mexico. Cottam Hargrave welcomed Beth as a fabricator of architectural details and she soon transitioned into project management. Now a partner, her work encompasses schematic design, design detail, quality control, on-site coordination and dimensional control, and communication with both clients and subcontractors.  Beth negotiates the perfection of drawing with the reality of the site ”making the rubber meet the road.” Beth is also a member of Austin's Residential Design and Compatibility Commission (RDCC), which hears appeals for remodel, addition, and new construction planning.