Jennifer Kretschmer, FAIA, NCARB, LEED Green Associate, Certified Passive House Designer, founded J. Kretschmer Architect in 2003, specializing in single family and multi-family residential projects under 10,000 square feet.  

Her firm has been a virtual office since 2008 which she has operated primarily from her home in the Silicon Valley area of California with workers located all over the United States.   

Jennifer was a speaker at the AIA’19 Conference on Architecture and 2019 CRAN Symposium bringing valued information, inspiration and training to architects on operating a virtual office with remote workers. She continues this work with a course on virtual practice at the Practice of Architecture and speaking engagements through 2020 and 2021.  

Awarded AIA National Associate Member of the Year, 2002. She is the founding CRAN chairperson of the AIA Silicon Valley (2016-2019, 2022-present) and the 2020 AIASVC Vice President, 2021 AIASVC President. Involved with AIACA in the Housing Steering Committee and the Practice Management Committee was the 2024 Chair of the AIA Practice Management Knowledge Community. She was elevated to the College of Fellows in 2026.