Mani Ardalan Farhadi
About Mani Ardalan Farhadi
A global thinker and creative thought leader, Mani Ardalan Farhadi’s experience spans three decades of design programming and planning for learning environments. Currently a Senior Facilities Planner at Stanford University School of Medicine, in OFPM (Office of Facilities Planning and Management), Mani combines her passion for education, with extensive planning skills to conduct feasibility studies and programming on research space. Prior work includes Taylor Design, Steinberg Hart, and Sasaki Associates. Using strategic thinking, she is integral to campus projects, having collaborated with public and private institutions from K-12 to Higher Education. Described as ‘the client in the room', Mani’s keen ability to listen builds consensus with end users. Views are my own, not Stanford University. Specialties: Master planning and programming for Higher Education and Institutional clients Mani’s leadership extends into a wide range of volunteering. Her roles include former Board of Trustee (Los Gatos Union School District), and Chair of Bond Oversight Committee, receiving ‘Citizen Architect’ award. She mentors for WIA (Women in Architecture) Silicon Valley and co-founded BIBI (Banou’s in Building Industry) for Iranian-Americans. Current non-profit roles include serving as Board Member for the Institute for Traditional Psychoethics and Guidance, DEI Officer and Board Member for Wellesley College Alumna Class of ’84, and Board of Directors for NICA (Niosha International Conservatory of Arts). Mani has served as moderator and juror, been panelist at workshops/conferences: SCUP, AIA, SPUR, EQXD, ACSA, SAH, WWD, CCFC, CCLC, A4LE, CAE, SF Design Week, GenARTS, as well as presentations at Mills College, Santa Clara University, Radcliffe College, Harvard University, and Wellesley College, on topics ranging from Case Studies to Inclusivity and Intersectionality. Graduating from Wellesley College (B.A. Architecture), and subsequently Boston Architectural College (B.Arch), her formal education was supplemented with SCUP Planning Institute (Step III), LEED AP, Leadership Los Gatos and MIG (Management in Governance).