Meet Your Team

Jeff Jeannette

Principal, Lead Architect & Designer

Jeff realized his interest in architecture around age 8. At 11, he helped build his family cabin and in high school framed homes, gaining a balanced understanding of connections, details, and how homes are built. He and his wife built their own home in Long Beach, playing role of the homeowner, just like you. These experiences make him a creative and well-rounded architect in design and construction detailing as well as providing knowledge in preparing our clients for what’s to come. In 2000 he started his architectural firm with a passion to design beautiful homes that function and flow perfectly, reducing the stress of the entire experience.

Why am I an architect?

I enjoy listening to a family’s needs and designing homes that fit their lifestyle now, and for years to come. Transforming houses into homes, puts smiles on our clients faces, and mine.

Guess what?

When I’m not designing, I enjoy flying remote control airplanes (yeah, I’m a bit geeky that way) and playing ping pong with my two boys, visiting museums, home tours and date nights with my wife.

Jeff’s is a graduate of the University of Arizona, 1994 and an alumnus of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program. He’s designed over 700 homes and holds memberships with the AIA, USGBC, NCARB, and has been involved with the Long Beach Heritage Historic Home Awards for multiple years. He’s licensed in California and Nevada, a Certified Green Building Professional with Build it Green, is on the forward planning committee for the Long Beach Yacht Club and has sat on the board for The Reuse People of America since 2007.

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Roberta Jeannette

Architect / Advisor

Though Roberta has been involved since Jeannette Architects inception, her active role in the office started in January 2014. She offers guidance in staff management, hiring, accounting, and community outreach. Her previous experience in residential architecture lends itself to understanding the process and needs of the staff, as well as the clients.

Why am I an architect?

My background in visual art as well as my ability to analyze information led me to pursue an architecture career. I believe designing a successful, beautiful home requires a blend of technical skills with creative, artistic expression.

Guess what?

Jeff and our two teenage boys keep me on my toes, but when I’m not coordinating their lives I’m a news junkie and I like to read (with a book-a-week-challenge), do Pilates (I swear there’s abs in there somewhere) and would love to find a job that pays me to watch television and eat popcorn.

Roberta received her BArch from the University of Arizona in 1993 and became a California licensed architect in 2006. She serves on several local organization’s boards, including the Navy Memorial Heritage Association and is the treasurer on the Beach Cities Youth Lacrosse Board.

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Alison Young

Architect, Senior Project Manager

Alison joined our team in 2011 providing assistance in the areas of Design, Technical Drafting, Project and Client Coordination. Now, a licensed architect and Project Manager, Alison sketches the initial designs, and manages projects through drafting and construction. She interacts with clients for the completion of project documents and plan check approvals.

With a 2006 Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Southern California and years of firsthand experience in both residential and commercial, Alison is a key member of our firm.

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Danielle Zunzunegui

Project Manager

Danielle became interested in architecture at the age of 8 when in the rural suburbs of Central Pennsylvania she and her best friend would draw plans of fantastical “dream houses” to live in one day. A field trip to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water set her on course to continue to explore that path and ultimately earn her degree in the field.

Why are you in the architectural profession?

A career in architecture provides a never-ending supply of questions to be answered and problems to solve. It is never boring! I love that I have some power to effect change in the world in ways small and potentially large with decisions I make in how something is built.

Guess what?

Heaven is playing with my nieces. Reading is one of my favorite ways to spend time. Curiosity about word origins and the details of languages have led me down many a Google rabbit hole. I keep signing myself up for half-marathons for some reason with two under my belt so far.

Danielle is a graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 2009, and is sooo close to becoming a California Licensed California (just needs to take the final CSE). She’s also an active AIA member.

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Victoria Huynh

Project Manager

If you asked Victoria why she chose to be in Architecture, she would say, “Well, it’s a little of everything.” She enjoys studying the history that architecture brings to a community, the thrill of seeing a project go from a simple idea to physical structurally engineered space, and the intertwining collaborative web in which architecture is built upon. Simply, Architecture is just a thought away.

Victoria joined Jeannette Architects in October of 2019. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from California State Polytechnic University of Pomona, CA in 2012. With a background in telecommunication, commercial, and residential care facilities for the elderly, her heart has always been with single-family residential design; creating spaces and assisting clients to make their dream home a reality.

Guess what?

When I’m away from my computer, I enjoy riding my electric scooter with my best friend and exploring my seemingly never-ending bookmark of restaurants on my Yelp account.

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Charlene Isada

Senior Designer

Charlene joined us in the summer of 2017. She conducts site research & assistance in all areas of the job including drafting, 3D modeling, plan check review and coordinating with clients & consultants.

Charlene received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Irvine and went on to earn her Master of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). She spent a semester studying abroad in Switzerland, which has influenced her passion for contemporary yet timeless architecture.

While working toward her licensure, she incorporates her background in residential architecture and 3D rendering into all her work. She enjoys the collaboration of ideas in the design process and looks forward to designing all types of architectural styles.

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Sarah Gomez-Kaveney

Office Manager

Why are you in the architectural profession?

As a member of the Jeannette Architects family, I have found a passion for the architectural process. Aiding in guiding clients from proposal through project completion brings me joy. I find the design process fascinating and enjoy watching our firm develop creative and sustainable solutions to architectural challenges.

Guess what?

As a wife and mom to 3, when I’m not in the office, I can be found at the baseball field, volunteering at my sons’ schools, enjoying the outdoors, or trying to catch a quick moment of silence.

Sarah received her Liberal Arts degree from California State University, Long Beach.

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