Our Team
Designing Shelter Solutions with and for Refugees
Our Story
Every Shelter emerged from an architectural research project focused on emergency shelter design.
Our approach has been proven effective through innovations like Emergency Floor, which received USAID grant funding and demonstrated measurable improvements in refugee health and well-being in pilot programs and global emergency response distributions. Partnerships with organizations like IKEA have validated our design methodology and human-centered approach. And partnerships with on the ground RLO's (Refugee Led Organizations) like Wakati Foundation and HYT have ensured all our work is first and foremost driven by refugees themselves at the table of decision-making and leading change.
Formally established in 2018, Every Shelter has grown from this initial research project into a focused humanitarian organization dedicated to the fundamental purpose of architecture: providing humans with good shelter.
The People

Houston, TX
Co-Founder and CEO
Scott Key

Austin, TX
Partner, Strategy and Operations
Austin Hermann

Mbarara, Uganda
Partner, Studio Uganda
Loise Wambui

Houston, TX
Director, Advancement
Megan Mark

Houston, TX
Manager, Operations
Elise O'Toole

Mbarara, Uganda
Director, Creative
Phyllis Tsang

Dallas, Texas
Manager, Grants
Stefanie Cortez

Mbarara, Uganda
Manager, Design
Tatiana Vejarano

Mbarara, Uganda
Manager, Design
Giulia Contieri

Houston, TX
Manager, Communications
Lauren Hanson

Boston, Massachusetts
Board Member
Carly Seidewand Eppley

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Board Member
Emily Soltvedt

Seattle, WA
Board Member
Evan Easton-Calabria

Houston, Texas
Board Member
Hannah Quillin

Houston, Texas
Board Member
Joe Meppelink

California Bay Area
Board Member
Kate O'Laughlin

Houston, Texas
Board Member
Matt Van Zandt





