Sherick Project Management
Staff Bios
Joseph P. Sherick, President
Joe has over 25 years of experience in real estate development. After working for a number of firms in the private and public sector of the industry, Joe formed Sherick Project Management, Inc. in 1992. Working mainly in the pre-development aspect of the business, Joe focuses on the Entitlement process (permitting), zoning, environmental issues, site development, budget development, and cost estimating. Joe also manages coordinating architecture, engineers, and scheduling. He has assembled a reputable team and has managed a multitude of successful projects.
Susanne Stone, Vice President
Susanne received her Bachelor’s Degree at Kutztown University and her Master’s Degree in social administration and public policy at Temple University. Susanne has over 25 years experience in social services and real estate development, formerly having served as the Director of Housing for Project HOME and the Director of Constituent Services for Councilwoman Happy Fernandez. Susanne specializes in service-enriched housing for seniors, the homeless, veterans and special needs populations and works with clients from concept to completion on all aspects of the development process. Susanne has been with Sherick Project Management for over 12 years and currently serves as a volunteer on the Pathways to Housing PA board and is a Democratic Committee Woman in the 2nd Ward, Philadelphia.
Jennifer Lewis, Senior Development Project Manager
Jennifer Lewis joined Sherick in 2003. Her expertise includes project planning and financing as well as coordination of the development process. Jennifer's major responsibilities include managing the day to day operations of real estate development projects and writing development proposals for local, state, and federal sources including low income housing tax credits. Loan closings, preparation of development proformas, coordinating predevelopment activities, and gathering due diligence for lenders and investors are also within her realm of responsibilities. Jennifer has a master degree in urban planning and has worked in the community development field for 15 years. Jennifer relocated to Baltimore in early 2012 and resides in the Cedarcroft section of North Baltimore.
Sue McPhedran, Senior Development Project Manager
Sue is a seasoned community development finance professional with over 25 years of experience. She joined Sherick in 2005. Sue works with clients to conceptualize and manage projects from start to finish. Sue assists with all aspects of the development process, including securing site control and development approvals; choosing a development team; guiding projects through all steps of predevelopment to closing; and managing funding sources during construction and into the operating phase. She has extensive experience with federal low income housing tax credits, historic tax credits, and new markets tax credits, CDBG/HOME and multiple Federal Home Loan Banks. Prior to joining Sherick, Sue worked for ten years at The Reinvestment Fund and for three years with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation. She is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Jeffrey Peezick, Senior Construction Project Manager
Jeff received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Tyler School of Art, Temple University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts. Jeff has 12 years of experience as a project manager at several construction firms and spent 15 years running his own business, specializing in design consultation, custom cabinetry and finish carpentry. Jeff has been at Sherick Project Management for 11 years servicing as a Senior Project Manager for construction.
Emily Perschetz, Project Manager
Emily Perschetz holds a Bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania. Emily joined Sherick Project Management in 2009 after three years as a senior project manager at a nonprofit real estate development company in New York City dedicated to building affordable and supportive housing and artists’ spaces on the west side of Manhattan. Previously, Emily worked for five years as a project manager at a land use planning consulting firm in Baltimore, which worked on various large- and small-scale residential and commercial projects throughout the city.
Joel Patterson, Project Manager
Joel graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from Syracuse University. While completing his tenure, he spent a year abroad in London and Florence completing a curriculum exploring both renaissance and contemporary architectural practices. Upon graduating in May 2009, Joel joined Sherick Project Management as a construction project manager and in January 2010 became a Certified Playground Safety Inspector. Joel also volunteers his time as an ACE Mentor in the Philadelphia Region.
Leigh Jones, Project Manager
Leigh Jones joined Sherick Project Management in 2013, bringing with her more than 7 years of real estate development and urban planning experience in the public and non-profit sectors. She was most recently with the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, where she worked on large scale redevelopment projects across Center City and University City. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and has extensive training in green building and the LEED ratings systems. Leigh received a Bachelor’s degree from Pomona College, where she studied Public Policy, and she has a Master of City & Regional Planning degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Maria Duque-Buckley, Project Manager
Maria earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Growth and Structure of Cities (Urban Studies) from Bryn Mawr College and her Master’s Degree in City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. She has nearly 15 years of experience in affordable housing and community development. Maria’s specialties include low-income housing tax credits, affordable housing finance, urban planning, and redevelopment. Prior to working with Sherick, Maria worked for ten years at Ingerman, a large, for-profit affordable housing developer as Director of Development. She helped manage several projects located throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, from pre-development to construction, to lease up, and stabilized operations. Maria has extensive experience in an array of housing financing programs, including LIHTC, historic tax credits, CDBG/HOME, FHLB AHP, and various State and local loan programs. Her work includes due diligence and bringing projects to closing, developing financial proformas, and securing financing through various competitive processes. Prior to her position with Ingerman, Maria worked in San Francisco with Seifel Consulting, a real estate and urban economics consulting firm, and for the City of Philadelphia as a Housing Analyst in the Office of Housing and Community Development.
Tom Donahue, Construction Project Manager
Tom Donahue brings to Sherick over 20 years of Construction and Project Management experience. Tom has spent 13 years in the Residential home building industry as a Project Manager managing over 50 communities from inception thru completion of all homes and transitioning of communities to various townships. Along the way he gained experience in Building Science, Scheduling efficiency, Contracting, and Customer relations. Before coming to Sherick, Tom ran his own Construction business in Philadelphia. Tom joined Sherick in July 2014.
Alexandra Moorhead, Project Manager
Alexandra joined the SPM team in 2013 and has focused on proposal writing for funding applications. She assists all project managers in overseeing a wide range of projects and coordinating day to day operations, as well as communicating with the clients, and organizing and scheduling the Sherick team.