Hoffmann Unveils New Executive Leadership Team

by sarah_bauder | March 31, 2025 3:37 pm

Hoffmann Architects + Engineers announce a new leadership team with the appointment of Craig A. Hargrove, AIA and Avi A. Kamrat as co-presidents of the boutique architectural and engineering practice, which specializes in the rehabilitation of building exteriors.

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Craig Hargrove, AIA has been appointed Co-President of Hoffmann after serving as Director, Architecture and manager of the firm’s New York City office for more than 20 years. In that time, he oversaw the firm’s busiest location and expanded Hoffmann’s reputation and influence throughout the city and beyond. Under his leadership, Hoffmann has developed longstanding relationships with noteworthy clients, including Columbia University, the State University Construction Fund, the Ford Foundation, Pfizer, and Scholastic.

As a technical professional with specialized expertise in building enclosures, Hargrove is often called upon to share his knowledge with the industry through guest lecturer positions, publications, seminars, and appearances in the media. While managing a substantial project roster and overseeing the work of the New York technical team, he makes time to mentor junior staff, build and sustain client relationships, and facilitate collaboration across Hoffmann’s three offices. Committed to educating rising professionals, he taught high school students through the ACE Mentor Program and designed the firm’s summer internship program for recipients of the Hoffmann Scholarship.

Since 2020, Hargrove has served on Hoffmann’s Board of Directors, and he was among the first to become a shareholder in 2011, when founder John J. Hoffmann, FAIA offered joint ownership to key leadership personnel. He joined the firm in 2002. A graduate of the New York Institute of Technology, Hargrove holds the Registered Roof Consultant (RRC) and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Advanced Professional (LEED AP) credentials, and he is a certified Construction Documents Technologist (CDT).

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Avi Kamrat has been selected to serve as Co-President of Hoffmann, having served for more than 20 years as the firm’s Director, Administration and Chief Financial Officer. In this capacity, he oversaw the firm’s administrative apparatus, which encompasses finance, information technology, human resources, administrative assistance, communications, business development, and marketing. Kamrat’s agile leadership enabled the firm not just to weather the pandemic, but thrive, rapidly adjusting workforce and financial models to retain and elevate talent and anticipate evolving client needs. Always ready to challenge the status quo, Kamrat affords his team the flexibility and autonomy to improve systems and outcomes.

Kamrat shepherded the firm through implementation of a bespoke client relationship management system to deliver ever more customized and responsive client services, and the improvements he spearheaded to financial software and file management enabled intuitive yet powerful data capabilities to drive firm growth. With employee well-being ever top of mind, he works closely with the human resources manager on everything from best-in-class benefit packages to company culture initiatives, with a focus on empowering and celebrating staff success.

A graduate of Brandeis University, Kamrat has served on Hoffmann’s Board of Directors since 2018. As CFO, he joined the Executive Committee in 2011, contributing to key decisions about the direction of the company. He was also among the first selected for joint ownership of Hoffmann in 2011. Kamrat has been with the firm since 1998.

Russell M. Sanders, AIA, outgoing President of Hoffmann, will stay on as President Emeritus and serve as senior advisor until his planned retirement later this year. John J. Hoffmann, FAIA, founder of Hoffmann Architects + Engineers, will continue as Executive Chairman and plans to retire after seeing the firm to its 50th anniversary in 2027.

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