About Cope Architecture
At Cope Architecture, we listen to you. We are team collaborators, building a specialized team for each specific project. We work hard to assemble the right group of people to meet your needs and we take pride in our professional project management expertise. Clients come back again and again because we have become their trusted advisor and an asset to their team. Those relationships are the heart of our firm and we value them highly.

Leadership

Cayce S. Petko, AIA
President

Jim Hinton, AIA, LEED AP
Vice President

Peter Ludman, AIA
Director of Design
Mission Statement
As a design firm, we believe in the importance of learning, listening, innovating, contributing and communicating. We are committed to provide our clients with a meaningful design, a technically skilled team and professional client service.

Autumn Jones
Architectural Designer

Brian Pierce, AIA
Project Manager

Darren Terrell
Architectural Designer

Doug Whitted
Construction Administrator

Emilee Erland
Office Manager

Grant Tharp
Consultant

Isa Richards
Architectural Designer

Janet Macon
Accounting Manager

Jake McReynolds
Project Architect

Joe Fielden
Construction Administrator

Josiah Schelling
Architectural Designer

Lanis L. Cope, AIA
Founder & President Emeritus

Leah Greenwood
Architectural Designer

Liz Turner
Designer

Mike Cox
Architectural Designer

Patrick Schroeder
Architectural Designer

Robert Lundin, AIA
Project Manager

Scott Webb, AIA
Project Manager

Shehreen Saleh
Architectural Designer

Susan Davis
Project Manager

Taniya Vinod
Architectural Designer

Cayce S. Petko, AIA
President
Cayce has 21 years of leadership and design experience in all phases of architecture. Cayce holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and is currently serving as the firm’s President. She is experienced in all the phases of architecture and the supportive consultant disciplines required to accomplish an integrated product. This includes programming, engineering consultant coordination, pre-design, schematic design, design development, construction documents, bid process, construction administration, project close-out, post construction and client management. In addition, she is experienced with coordinating project requirements with numerous regulatory agencies to address applicable code requirements and regulations.

Jim Hinton, AIA, LEED AP
Vice President
Jim Hinton has over 18 years’ experience as a Principal Architect and Project Manager on a wide variety of multi-discipline teams performing conceptual planning, programming, master planning, design, and construction administration services for both new facilities and renovations. He has spent the last 26 years designing, managing and leading teams on a wide array of large, complex projects in markets such as local government, federal, industrial, K-12 education, and higher education. Jim is able to lead multi-disciplined teams to achieve client satisfaction and project success. Mr. Hinton is thoroughly familiar with the processes, systems, and procedures in all phases of design, management, and implementation of project goals and missions.

Peter Ludman, AIA
Director of Design
