Canopy Team
Fran Weld is the Chief Executive Officer at Canopy Team and the Founder of Bay FC. Prior to that, Fran was the CEO at Elysian Park Planning. Fran's professional background includes roles at the University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco Giants, Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse, and the Boston Red Sox. Fran holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a BS in Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Canopy Team
At Canopy Team, we create transformational places that build community. We are a women-led, multi-disciplinary practice that serves as an expansion of your team for all aspects of the built environment, from large scale capital projects and developments to creative sponsorship and seating concepts, graphics, colors, and artwork. Utilizing great urban design and visionary planning, we partner with a variety of clients (including sports teams, education and training programs, and cultural and civic institutions) to build places that transcend their primary purpose into community gathering points and civic treasures. Our team of planning, design, and development experts is led by renowned visionary and urban planner, Janet Marie Smith, who pioneered the renaissance of urban sports across the US, and her partner Fran Weld, whose work at the intersection of real estate, public policy, and sports has earned national recognition. Rooted in their unique approaches to individual teams and cities, and legendary commitment to details, we deliver iconic spaces of passion and pride. We are visionary executive leaders, cross functional project managers, detail-oriented design directors, and super organized construction captains. We are Canopy Team.