2024 Speakers: Loading All 0 - 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Aaron Beyers Associate Principal and Architecture Design Lead, Aecom Adam Benge President, Surfacing Solution Adam Jeckel, AIA, NCARB Principal, NORR Adrian Russell Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion / Procurement, Shiel Sexton Agnieszka Szpara ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, PALMA.GLOBAL Ahmad Hadavi Ph.D Professor, AI industry researcher, Northwestern University Aisha Ali VP of Client Experience, Premier Construction Software Alan Stern President, Persona Marketing Alana Spencer Vice President of Sustainability, Clayco Alex Katz Managing Director, Farpoint Development Alex Minnella Senior Planner, City of Aurora, Mayor’s Office of Economic Development Alexandra Schabel Associate Principal, SCB Alicia Rucinski Vice President, Article Student Living Alison Hart Sr Manger, Project Solutions, Mortenson Aliya Bagewadi US Director of Strategic Partnerships, Allume Energy Amber Kohut Assistant Director, NAWIC Andrea Monllau Americas Real Estate Strategy Lead, Uber Andrew Cooper VDC Project Manager, AECOM Hunt Andrew Elders Director, Historic Tax Credits, Ryan LLC Andrew Lehrer Principal | Engineering Practice Leader, CannonDesign Andy Gush Vice President, Development, Bradford Allen Angel Douglas Business Operations Manager, Ryan Companies US, Inc Angel Valtierra Associate, Project Architect, SMNG A Ltd Angela Tovar Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago Anna Maria Kowalik Senior Vice President, The Illinois Energy Conservation Authority (IECA) Anthony Brower Americas Head of Sustainability, Populous Archana Nityananda Head - Client Solutions, Space Matrix Design Consultants Asad Jan Senior Director, Sustainability Solutions, JLL Ben Weinstein Senior Consultant, Turner & Townsend Heery Bill Palmieri Sr. Project Manager, Aecom Bill Starcevich Sr. Managing Director, Project and Development, Cushman & Wakefield Blake Jackson Director of Sustainability, NORR Blake MacGregor Director of Project Development & Preconstruction, Bulley & Andrews Bo Cooper Safety Director, Alberici Constructors, Inc. Bob Hess Vice Chairman, Global Strategy, Newmark Bobby Larson Senior Associate – Project Architect, DLR Group Brad Glazier BIM Director, AECOM Hunt Brad Riemann Associated Member, IFMA Brandon Clokey Internal Vice President, AIBD - American Institute of Building Design Brandon Dorsey Technology Director, Vocon Brandon Stanley Associate | Electrical Engineering Discipline Lead | Project Manager, SmithGroup Brett Charles Taylor Principal, Gensler Brian Arial, AIA Senior Principal | Global Mixed-Use Leader, DLR Group Brian Greve Principal, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Brian Keller Outreach Service Provider, ComEd Energy Efficiency Program Brittney Fenimore Digital Brand Manager | Senior Associate , DLR Group Bryan Younge, MAI, ASA, FRICS Executive Vice President | Hospitality, Gaming & Leisure Practice Leader, Newmark link Camilo Garcia Director of Project Technology, InPwr Inc. Candace Small Design Phase Manager, Mortenson Carmen Maugeri Creative Director, Mauge, Inc Carmine Tucci Global Energy & Sustainability Director, CBRE Carol Stolt Design Principal, FGMA Carsten Raaum Associate Director – Real Estate Research Carter Averbeck Founder , Omforme Design Cecilia Cuff CEO, The Nascent Group Charles Fisher Director, Risk Advisory, JLL Charles Saville Senior Project Manager - Sustainability Lead, Elara Engineering Chris De Fosset Senior VDC Manager, Power Construction Chris Edward Principal – Sustainability and Energy , IMEG Christina Piper Senior Vice President, Workplace Design, JLL Design Solutions, JLL Clark Evans Vice President, Office Tenant Representation, JLL Colleen Stuber-Zukanovic Project Director - Building Technology, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) Conor Tighe VP of Preconstruction Management, Clayco Corey Blatt National Smart Building Program Manager, GSA, Office of Facilities Management Corey Zussman QA/QC Vice President, AECOM Hunt Curtis Thompson President, National Association of Minority Contractors(NAMC)Chicago Curtis Witek Project Director, Cook County Dale Adney Design Director, Mechanical Engineer, Americas, CBRE Dan Garnett, MBA Market Development Director , Adfast Corp USA Dan Lester Vice President of Field Culture & Inclusion, Clayco Daniel Robinson Senior Strategist, Blue Cottage, CannonDesign Daniel Spiegel, SIOR Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Coldwell Banker Commercial Daniel Tinsley Deputy Chief Engineer - Red Line Extension, Chicago Transit Authority Darya Stefanovic Director of Technology, JGMA Dave Robson Group Vice President - Industrial & Buildings, Walbridge David Dibo Executive Director of Economic Development, City of Aurora David Smith, AICP Complete Streets Director, Chicago Department of Transportation Deirdre Larsen Director - Property Management, CBRE Diane Gormely-Barnes Principal Planner, HNTB Dmitri Victor Chief Creative Officer, Indrik Doug Metzger Executive Vice President - Construction, JDL Development Dr. Burcin Kaplanoglu AI Industry Expert, COAA Duk Kim Senior Principal - Global Hospitality Leader, Stantec Ed Curley Director of Architecture and Interiors, Epstein Elena Daniel Senior Vice President and Head of ESG, Logistics Property Company Eli Lechter Associate Principal, Lamar Johnson Collaborative Emilio Padilla Project Principal, JGMA Emily Frazer-Smith Vice President & Interiors Studio Leader, Corgan Enrique Suarez CEO, HED Enza Parrella Principal, Interiors Practice Leader, Aecom Eric Aukee Managing Principal, Perkins&Will Eric Davis Deputy Director, Cook County Eric Vallejo Director Of Reality Capture And Geospatial Solutions, IMEG Ernest Brown Founder, Brown & Momen Ernest Wong Principal, site design group, ltd. Evelyn Wilwerding Director of Interiors, HOK Frank May Vice President, Recruiting, Clayco Gabriel Wilcox Director of Sustainable Design, Krueck Sexton Partners George Phillips Sorich Vice President, Residential, North America, NORR Gerri Harris Area Director – Economic Inclusion, Gilbane Building Company Ginna Ryan Regional Sales Director - Chicago, Mauge, Inc Girard Jenkins Vice President, Midwest & West Region, McKissack & McKissack Goran Vukovljak Healthcare Project Executive, Gresham Smith Gordon Wright Senior Principal - Firmwide Director of Operations, Interiors, HOK Grace Kaage Owner, Kaage Homes Interior Design & Development, Principal Broker, Compass Grant Uhlir Global Director of Large Projects | Principal, Gensler Greg Randall Managing Principal, GREC Architects Hannah Moghaddas Strategic Development Director - Americas, CBRE Henry Johnson Program Director, Chicago Department of Transportation Greencorp Chicago Program Huzefa Irfani Director of Architecture, Gannett Fleming TranSystems Ioana Gruita Construction Administrator, Senior Associate, BKV Group Jackie Wilcox Director of Interior Design - Chicago, BKV Group Jacqueline Umbles, MBA Information Coordinator, Public Affairs City of Chicago, Department of Procurement Services James Deane Director, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture James Holt Vice President of Virtual Construction, Clune Construction James Woodall Sustainability Lead, SOM Jamie L. Rhee Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation Jana Williams Assistant Procurement Officer, City of Chicago Department of Procurement Services Janet Olson Founder, Material Element Studio Jarod Spohrer Marketing Manager, Newmark Jason Pugh Principal + Global DEI Leader, Gensler Jason Sparks Director, Turner & Townsend Heery Jason Wilen Associate Principal, Klein & Hoffman Jaymi Block Designated Managing Broker, RE/MAX Legends offices Jaymie Gelino Global Chief Operating Officer, PDS, JLL Jeannette Lenear Peruchini Vice President | Managing Principal, Aecom Jeff Boyer Cx + Sustainability Section Leader, Farnsworth Group Jeff Halper Vice President, Procurement, Ryan Companies Jeff Saad Director of Healthcare, Baker Barrios Architects. Jenn Kovacs Vice Chair & Treasurer, She Built Foundation Jenna Hille National Director of Strategy and Operations, Coldwell Banker Commercial Jennie Fronczak Executive Director - Chicago Housing Trust, City of Chicago Jennifer Parks Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity Chicago Jeremy Reding Global Workplace Leader, Senior Principal, DLR Group Jessica Bantom Global Leader for Equity, Diversity, and Belonging, DLR Group Jezieel Cortes Deputy Procurement Officer Design & Construction, City of Chicago Department of Procurement Services Joe Dangelo National Account Manager, Advance2000 Joe Lauricella Chief Information & Technology Officer, Sterling Bay Joe Sugiyama Principal of Real Estate and Portfolio Management , Arctaris Impact Investors Joe Zurad Chief Quality Officer, Principal, Milhouse Engineering and Construction, Inc. John Campbell, AIA Associate, Goettsch Partners John Cialone, FASID, NCIDQ Partner, Tom Stringer Design Partners John Clous VDC Manager, Clayco John M. Burke Senior Vice President, Newmark John Peronto Managing Principal and Co-Office Director, Thornton Tomasetti John Sullivan, CSP HS&E Director, Walbridge Jordan Komp Principal | Milwaukee Office Director, Thornton Tomasetti Jordan Multack Director - Multifamily & Mixed-Use Investments, Greenstone Partners Jose Castro Delgado VDC Engineer, AECOM Hunt José L Reyna Executive Director, GreenHome Institute Joseph DiPinto Sales Manager, Premier Construction Software Joseph Huang Principal, BIM & Innovation Leader, Stantec Josh Greenfield Director of High Performance Design, HDR Joshua Freedland Director of Historic Preservation, Bulley & Andrews Juan Betancur Director of Design, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Juan Devia Senior Interior Designer, Eckenhoff Saunders Architects Juan Nunez Practice Technologist Senior Engineer, Clayco JuanPablo Prieto Director, Diversity Programs, Chicago Transit Authority Julia DeRosi COAA Illinois President, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of Project Delivery, US General Services Administration (GSA) Julide Bozoglu Director of Digital Practice, Goettsch Partners Junisa Brima Vice President / Project Executive, Turner Construction Company Justin Illg Principal, Technical Director, Wight & Co Justin Puppi Vice President, CBRE Karen Hatfield President & Chief Marketing Muse, Pythia Marketing Strategy Consulting Karolyn Raphael President, Winger Marketing Katy Liang Technology Strategist, SmithGroup Kelly Powers Baria Vice President of Powers & Sons and Co-Lead of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Work Group for Lakeside Alliance Kendall Williamson Director of Community and Industry Engagement, AECOM Hunt Kenneth Baker Regional Managing Principal, Gensler Kenneth Griffin Sr. Building Scientist, Stantec Kermin Chok Associate Principal, Arup Keronn Wade Director, Business Analytics, CBRE Kevin Hall Assistant Director, Design, Construction & Regulatory Compliance, Illinois Housing Development Authority Kevin Kosciulek Technology Practice Leader, bklarchitecture Kevin Manning Managing Director, Client Solutions, Space Matrix Design Consultants Kimberly Danna Field Office Director, USDHUD Illinois State Office Krista Weir Director of Preservation | Associate Principal, HARTSHORNE PLUNKARD Kristin Cerutti Associate Principal and Regional Design Leader, Workplace , NELSON Worldwide Krystle English Marketing Director, KPFF Consulting Engineer Kurt Karnatz Vice President, Buildings, Stantec Kyle Quan Sustainability Associate, Leopardo Construction L. Randall Buescher Senior Vice President Director of Client Services, Epstein Lana Crouse Regional Director, U.S. Market Transformation and Development, U.S. Green Building Council Larry DiVito Senior Vice President, Development, Brennan Investment Group Larry Nordin Principal, TAG Technical Director, Lamar Johnson Collaborative Latricia Gordon MBA, PMP Executive Director of Urban Advocates, Vice President Project Management, JLL Laura Jay Regional Director for North America, C40 Cities Laura Pager President, Gale Construction Company Laura Rebbe Vice PresidentAssociate Director of Architecture and Interiors, Epstein Lauren Ashley Allan Female Founder & CEO, Lauren Ashley Allan Laurent Amar VP Sales, CMiC Len Sciarra Principal & Director of Sustainability, Farr Associates Architecture & Urban Design Linda Serena VDC Regional Manager , Clayco Lisa Chung Design Director, Gensler Lisa De Lor Vice President, Human Resources, Clune Construction Lorenzo Costa Founder & CEO, Link Creative Lorraine Kasznia Workplace Practice Leader, Principal, Kahler Slater Lourdes Gonzalez Senior Vice President, Primera Engineers Lucas Goldbach Partner & Design Director, En Masse Architecture & Design Mahesh Mohnalkar Director of Construction Management , Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Majid Mastalli Emerging Technical Principal, Lead Consultant, Civil Engineer, WSP USA Malek Abdulsamad Director, Greenstone Partners Mari Bishop Head of Sustainability Data & Reporting - AMER, JLL Marissa Rose Vice President, Avison Young Mark Stern Managing Director, JLL Capital Markets, JLL Marney Coleman Sustainability Manager, Trammell Crow Company Mary Person Senior Vice President, Clayco Matt Rebbe Associate Principal Design Director, Interiors, Aecom Maurice Robinson Senior Aide | Mayor Brandon Johnson, City of Chicago Maya Khudari, ASID Allied Member Success Manager, American Society Of Interior Designers Mehdi Jalayerian Senior Principal, Stantec Mel Langlais Senior Operating Group Safety Director, Mortenson Michael Collins Director of Campus Facility Operations, OPC, Obama Foundation Michael Kraus Director of Sustainable Events and Analytics, Green Sports Alliance Michael Levin Associate, Practice Leader, NORR Michael Morris Preconstruction Director, Walsh Group Michael Nowicki Associate Electrical Engineer | Great Lakes Region, Burns & McDonnell Miguel d’Escoto Business Development Executive, D’Escoto Inc. Mike Bushman Board Member & Education Chair, Illinois Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Mike DeRouin President, Fitzgerald Associates Mike Emerson Principal, Lamar Johnson Collaborative Mike Gloria Senior Safety Manager, Power Construction Mike Shively Founding Partner, En Masse Architecture & Design Mike Themanson Vice President of Safety, Clune Construction Mikel Mays Assistant Project & Business Development Manager , Bulley & Andrews Mohammad Abbasi Senior Consultant, WSP USA Monica Bricker Associate Principal, Aecom Monique Taylor Senior Interior Designer, Legat Architects Natalia Alvarez Project Manager of High Performance Services, Pepper Construction Nathan Casteel Principal | Mixed-Use Leader, DLR Group Nathan Custer Director of Design, Dewberry Nathan Snydacker Principal, Service Lead, Stantec Neil Reindel Urban Designer, Perkins & Will Nichole Oswald Regional Property Manager | Multifamily, Hines Nicolas Anderson Principal / Technical Director, Latent Design Nilesh Bansal Vice President, Sustainable Buildings and Program Innovation, GBI Nora O'Leary Director of Business Development, Capitol Construction Solutions Norman Ruano Deputy Director, Illinois Works, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Olivia Danielson-Veed Associate, Senior Project Interior Designer, HOK Omari Moore Executive Director, NeighborScapes Pat Edouard Smart Cities Council Patrick Carata Architecture Design Director, Epstein Patrick Dempsey Senior Vice President, CannonDesign Patrick Nolan Chief Engineer, Cook County Patrick Smith Chief Technology Officer at RedTeam, RedTeam Patty Lloyd Director, Sustainability, Leopardo Construction Paul DeKruiff Multifamily Acquisition and Development, Redwood Paul Guilianelli Chief Operating Officer, Academy for Global Citizenship Paul Morgan COO, JLL Work Dynamics, JLL Peter Babaian Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger 1 2