Napa Leader Ryan Gregory Joins Sherwood Design Engineers
The award-winning civil engineering firm welcomes the former Napa County Supervisor as an Associate Principal
Sherwood’s newest office, located on 2nd Street in downtown Napa, opened in March 2024; photos by Andrea Gaffney. Ryan Gregory photo © Sherwood Design Engineers.
NAPA VALLEY, CA – January 29, 2025 – Sherwood Design Engineers has hired Ryan Gregory, an experienced civil engineer who served for the past eight years as Napa County Supervisor. Gregory joins as an Associate Principal in the international firm’s Napa office, which opened in May 2024 to better serve its growing roster of regional clients, including hospitality developers, residential builders, wineries, and government entities.
A third-generation Napa native, Gregory brings extensive experience as a community leader and civil engineer, along with a deep understanding of both the engineering practice and the regulatory process. Prior to his public service, he was vice president of a local engineering firm, where he specialized for nearly 20 years in the planning, design, and construction of numerous residential, hospitality, commercial, and public projects, including the Archer Hotel and Riverfront Mixed-Use Projects in Downtown Napa; Hidden Hills Subdivision in Napa and the Southgate Subdivision in Petaluma; and the Vine Trail project that runs through the Napa Valley.
Sherwood’s civil engineering practice follows a design process that emphasizes the important connections between project sites and their natural ecologies, optimizing land use and environmental resilience, as well as community access and connection to nature. In the Napa Valley region, the firm specializes in civil engineering for: water and wastewater infrastructure design, site development and entitlements, and fire rebuilds and resilience, frequently helping clients, civic agencies, and other consultants navigate complicated regulatory systems. Prior to Gregory joining, the Napa office gained significant momentum thanks to the leadership of Project Manager Christina Nicholson, Principal Drew Norton, and Managing Principal Cody Anderson. The Napa office’s current projects include Meadowood and White Sulphur Springs fire rebuilds, Aetna Springs, and the Oak Knoll Resort, which is currently under construction.
“My experience bridging government and private sector work, as well as my passions for community impact, sustainable design, and engineering, all come together within this role at Sherwood,”
– Ryan Gregory stated.
“I look forward to helping to expand the firm’s local presence, at the same time that I can help our community benefit from Sherwood’s expansive global experience designing highly functional and efficient natural solutions to major engineering challenges.”
Drew Norton expressed,
“Having worked in the Napa Valley region for more than 20 years, we pride ourselves in positive relationships and strong partnerships. Ryan is a natural addition to the team, empowering us to bring even more knowledge and expertise to our regional clients and to better engage with this community that we’re proud to call home.”
For more information, visit sherwoodengineers.com, or contact Agency PR at sherwood@agencypr.co.
(L) Oak Knoll Resort, under construction in Napa; photo by Andrea Gaffney. (R) Aetna Springs in Pope Valley, Napa County, prepares for renovation; photo © Sherwood Design Engineers.
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About Sherwood
Sherwood Design Engineers is a civil engineering practice committed to the optimal integration of ecology, infrastructure, and design. The firm specializes in sustainable infrastructure design and engineering to make big ideas possible at a building, neighborhood, and district scale. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, with eight offices across North America, Sherwood’s international network of diverse team members is motivated to promote systemic change that has a lasting positive impact on communities and ecologies. The firm has a proven track record of delivering award-winning projects from idea to implementation around the world, by working collaboratively with multidisciplinary project teams to maximize impact efficiently and sustainably. This integrated and ecological approach results in high-performance projects that are not only resilient and economical, they also get approved and built.