Staff Directory

Steven Atlas

Steve founded The Frame Maker in 1976 in a small shop in National City. He moved the business to the current location in Mission Hills in 1999. Steve has forged many successful relationships among skilled artisans, dynamic manufacturers, talented designers and exciting artists in San Diego and is proud to have supported the art & design communities in San Diego for 39 years.

Samantha DiPirro-Beard

A family operated business since 1976 Steve's youngest daughter Samantha joined The Frame Maker office staff part-time in 2005.

Since graduating from San Diego State University in 2008, with a degree in Business Marketing, Samantha has been the Office Manager and Bookkeeper at The Frame Maker.

Greg Strange

Greg is The Frame Maker's lead designer and resident design authority. Greg has been working with Steve and the San Diego art & design community at The Frame Maker since 1980.

Tom Houk

Tom joined The Frame Maker staff in 2005.

As a designer, Tom co-ordinates all of our work with the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego, in addition to handling many of The Frame Maker's professional gallery and designer accounts.

Jason Sherry

Jason joined The Frame Maker staff in 2001 and is our lead art preparator.

A working artist with a degree in Fine Art from San Diego State University, Jason has exhibited his work in several San Diego galleries, most recently at Seminal Projects in Little Italy.

see Jason's work online

Jenna Refuerzo

Jenna is a painter with both a Studio Art and Art History degree from UC San Diego. Jenna has been working as a full-time production picture framer at The Frame Maker since 2008.

Dana Zikas

Dana has been working as a full-time picture framer at The Frame Maker since 2010. He handles both production and custom work in addition to materials procurement for the shop.