People of Clark & Karsh

Brad Clark, a licensed architect for over 30 years, received his degree in architecture in 1983 from the College of Environmental Design at the University of California at Berkeley. He has worked on both public and private projects, including major residences, multi-family housing, commercial buildings, and large scale regional and urban master plans. He has managed over 20 high-end residential projects throughout all phases of architectural design and construction, including: permitting and planning, design development, construction documents, construction administration, and executive architectural work. Those projects ranged from $2,000,000 to $30,000,000 and from 5,000 to 20,000 square feet, and required extensive coordination with teams of consultants, engineers, and contractors, as well as top designers from Los Angeles and New York.

Martha Karsh is a graduate of the University of Virginia (1978) and Virginia Law School (1981). After a legal career and extensive non-profit work, she returned to her lifelong passion for architecture, design, and construction. A successful, seven-year collaboration as part of a design and construction team on a complex, multi-phase residential project led Clark & Karsh to form their firm in September 2009.

Ms. Karsh serves on the national board of the KIPP Foundation, co-chairs the bicentennial “Honor the Future Campaign for the University of Virginia,” and is a Trustee Emerita of the University of Virginia Law School Foundation. She successfully led a $70 million growth campaign for KIPP in Los Angeles. Through the Karsh Family Foundation, which Ms. Karsh and her husband Bruce Karsh founded together in 1998, the Karshes have made grants of over $500 million supporting education, democracy, and community, with a long-time focus on quality K-12 education and undergraduate financial aid. They also support the larger Jewish community both here and in Israel.

Beth Goldstein graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a dual BA in Art History and Psychology (2003) and a Masters in Library and Information Science (2005). As chief of staff for the Karshes, she handles the administrative side of Clark & Karsh and manages the Karsh Family Foundation giving.