Fred received both a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Masters of Architecture degrees from the University of Virginia in 1989 and 1993 respectively. He has practiced in Princeton, NJ in the offices of Ralph Lerner and Michael Graves, as well as in New York City in the offices of Skidmore Owings & Merrill and later, Gluck+ as a designer, project architect and project manager prior to returning to Charlottesville and co-founding WOLF ACKERMAN.

Fred has taught design and drawing courses at UVA as a both visiting critic and adjunct faculty between 1998 and 2008. He served on Charlottesville’s Board of Architectural Review for 8+ years from 2003 – 2011, largely in the capacity of its Chair, and he served another 7 years on the Charlottesville P.L.A.C.E. Design Task Force from 2013 – 2020. He has been selected twice by Charlottesville’s Planning Commission to receive the Eldon Fields Wood Design Professional of the Year Award in 2009 and 2012; and in 2020, he was selected by the Central Virginia Chapter of the AIA to receive the Architecture Service Award for his work and contributions to the local design community.

Fred is a member of NCARB, the American Institute of Architects and licensed in the states of New York and Virginia.