Meet Trina Burke, architect, mother and drummer Trina Burke, Associate Partner, Project Manager   As McKissick Associates' first employee, Trina Burke has seen the architectural firm go through all of its developmental phases and been an integral part of the success story that Vern and Kristen McKissick envisioned when they opened the doors in 1999. After graduating cum laude from Wellesley College with a degree in architecture, Trina worked for software giant EDS writing computer programs. Fortunately, the Manlius, NY native then moved into her true calling and went to work for BASCO Associates in York, PA as an architect. At BASCO, a division of the global engineering firm, Buchart-Horn, Trina blended her architectural and computer expertise in a variety of staff and administrative assignments, eventually becoming a project manager. Responding to the challenge of a new venture, Trina left the corporate constraints of a particularly large firm for the flexibility of a smaller one with McKissick Associates in 1999. At McKissick Associates she has served as project manager for a variety of endeavors, including: the Charlotte Lappla Elementary School in Wellsboro, PA; the Cumberland-Perry Area Vocational-Technical School in Mechanicsburg, PA; and the St. Stephens Episcopal Cathedral and Cathedral School renovations in Harrisburg. Outside of the office, Trina's interests exhibit a diverse interest in the arts, having served as co-chair on several Harrisburg Community Theater events, and as a board member of Historic Harrisburg Associates. Presently she is affiliated with the Harrisburg Symphony Society. Her family takes first priority though, playing and exploring with her kids; always looking for new adventures. Other "outside" interests include racquetball, bike riding, and travel. Her appreciation for music, as evidenced by her Symphony Society affiliation obviously extends to her personal side. Something that coworkers and clients may find surprising in Trina's repertoire is the fact that she has recently started taking drum lessons. When asked what her proudest accomplishment, to date, with McKissick Associates is, she replied: "What I'm proudest of with McKissick Associates, I would say, is our first project, the Charlotte Lappla Elementary School for the Wellsboro Area School District. It was our first project, beginning right when I was hired. I enjoyed the experience of putting it together with our limited team and am proud that we were able to create an award winner out of it. Otherwise, I am very proud of our firm and how we rise to the challenge of every project we have been involved with since that very first one."