2025 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 Adam Jeckel, AIA, NCARB Principal, NORR Albert Mena Principal, Sector Manager, Buildings, TYLin Alex Zivnuska Inspection Committee, Firestop Contractors International Association, Principal, CCI Alicia Rucinski Vice President, Article Student Living Alissa Adler Senior Vice President, Colliers Amanda Glandon Regional Communications Director, Gensler Amanda Schomaker Head of Growth, 1905 New Media Ashley Ehimwenman Executive Director, BOWA Gives | Marketing Director, BOWA Construction Ashley Rogow Technical Designer and Building Transformation Leader, Gensler Ati Rahimpour, AIA, NOMA, LEED AP Vice President, HKS Basil Fitzsimons VP Real Estate and Facilities, YMCA of Metro Chicago Benjy Ward Design Principal, Gensler Blake Jackson Director of Sustainability, NORR Bob Hess Vice Chairman, Global Strategy, Newmark Brian Seip Vice President and Electrical Practice Director, Gannett Fleming TranSystems Cameron Trefry Regional Vice President , Ware Malcomb Candace Small Healthcare Market Leader, Mortenson Carl Baldassarra Senior Principal and Unit Manager, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Caroline Buck McLinden Vice President , The John Buck Company Cat Piper Director of Marketing & Communications, Krueck Sexton Partners Catherine Hurley Illinois Earth & Environment Lead | Assistant Vice President , WSP USA Chad Ramsey Director of VDC, W. E. O'Neil Chad Van Arnam Director, Parks Construction Consultants LLC Charles Swanson Practice Lead | Director, Multifamily, Ware Malcomb Christa Reed Director of Communications, Clune Construction Corey Zussman QA/QC Vice President, AECOM Hunt Dan Lester Vice President of Field Culture & Inclusion, Clayco Daniel Robinson Senior Associate, Senior Consultant, Blue Cottage of CannonDesign Dannis Mitchell Sr. Director, Community Engagement, Barton Malow David Dibo Economic Development Director, City of Aurora David Steele Principal Project Manager – Architecture, Gannett Fleming TranSystems David Steffenhagen Project Executive, James McHugh Construction Co. Deirdre Larsen Senior Director - Property Management, CBRE Dijana Savic-Jambert Cofounder and Managing Director, MAREDI Design Duk Kim Senior Principal - Global Hospitality Leader, Stantec Eamonn Connolly Director of Engineering, McHugh Engineering Group, LLC Ed Curley Director of Architecture and Interiors, Epstein Emily Frazer-Smith Vice President, Interiors Studio Leader , Corgan Enza Parrella Principal, Parrella Design & Consulting Eric Davis, AIA Deputy Director, Public Safety, Cook County Erica Godun Director, Sustainability, Ware Malcomb Etienne Nel Managing Director, Cumming Group Evelyn Wilwerding Director of Interiors, HOK Francisco Lasta Inclusive Design Lead , Gannett Fleming TranSystems Frank May Vice President, Recruiting, Clayco George Phillips Sorich Vice President, Residential, North America, NORR Georgia Wright Director, Turner & Townsend Gerri Harris Area Director | Community Impact and Engagement, Gilbane Building Company Ginna Ryan Regional Director Chicago, Mauge - A 1905 New Media Company Gordon Wright Senior Principal - Firmwide Director of Operations, Interiors, HOK Grace Rappe Managing Principal / Vice President, HDR Grant Uhlir Global Director of Large Projects | Principal, Gensler Greg Marquez Vice President of Safety & Risk Management, Bulley & Andrews Henry Johnson Program Director, Chicago Department of Transportation Greencorp Chicago Program James Deane Director, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture James Holt Vice President of Virtual Construction, Clune Construction James Woodall Sustainability Lead, SOM Jamison Taff Member, IFMA Jana Williams Assistant Procurement Officer, City of Chicago Department of Procurement Services Jason Korb Principal, Korb Architecture Jason Zyck Vice President, CBRE Jeannette Lenear Peruchini Vice President | Managing Principal, AECOM Jeff Danley Innovation Development Director, Burns & McDonnell Jeff Saad Design Principal, BSA Jen Bussinger, RID, IIDA, LEED AP Interior Design Director, Page Jen Worley Director of Interior Design, BSA Jessica Gracey Design Director, Gensler Jezieel Cortes Deputy Procurement Officer Design & Construction, City of Chicago Department of Procurement Services Jill Paukstis Director of Marketing, James McHugh Construction Co. Jim McInerney SVP of Business Development, BOWA Construction John Burke Senior Vice President, Newmark John Pasowicz VDC Manager, BOWA Construction Jordan Komp Principal | Milwaukee Office Director, Thornton Tomasetti Josh Christ Vice President of Construction, BEAR Construction Company JuanPablo Prieto Director, Diversity Programs, Chicago Transit Authority Julide Bozoglu Director of Digital Practice, Goettsch Partners Kassie Chapel Director of People & Culture , LG Group Kate Ivanova Executive Vice President, James McHugh Construction Co. Keith Jones Director of VDC, Power Construction Kelli Hands Senior Vice President, Workplace Advisory, JLL Kenneth De Muth Partner, Pappageorge Haymes Partners Keronn Wade Director, Business Analytics, CBRE Kevin Lovell, PMP, PgMP, LSSBB, SSM, F. SAME Director, Design Execution (Dx) Project Management and Construction Services (Central Region), Turner & Townsend Kevin Mueller Vice President, Thornton Tomasetti KiSeok Jeon VP, Digital Advisory, STV Kit Wong Principal and Senior Vice President, Gannett Fleming TranSystems Krista Weir Principal I Director of Historic Preservation, HARTSHORNE PLUNKARD Kristen Larkin Principal | Director of Interior Design, Fitzgerald Associates L. Randall Buescher Senior Vice President Director of Client Services, Epstein Laura Rebbe Vice PresidentAssociate Director of Architecture and Interiors, Epstein Lauren Ashley Allan Female Founder & CEO, Lauren Ashley Allan instagram Lauren Nunnally Executive Vice President / CAO, Swinerton Lisa De Lor Vice President, Human Resources, Clune Construction Lisa Laws Vice President & Director of Chicago Operations and Market Growth – Transportation, Water, Buildings, Jacobs Lorenzo Costa Founder & CEO, Link Creative Luther Lampkin Director of Construction Technology and Innovation, RG Construction 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 Maria Campos Principal, Automation Discipline Lead, Stantec Marina Berrones Associate Director, Project Management, Cumming-Group Marlene Hopkins Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Buildings, City of Chicago Mary Person Senior Vice President, Clayco Matt Edmonds, AIA Director of Technology Lab, Page Matt Rebbe Associate PrincipalDesign Director, Interiors, AECOM Matt Wilke Chief Operations Officer & Partner, LG Group Maureen Blossfeld, AIA Associate Director, Health and Hospitals, Cook County Meghan Webster Principal and Office Managing Director, Gensler Mel Langlais Senior Operating Group Safety Director, Mortenson Mike Crane Chief Operating Officer, Newground Mike DeRouin President, Fitzgerald Associates Mike Themanson Vice President of Safety, Clune Construction Naveed Sarwar Vice President and Director of Construction Engineering, AECOM Nezar Abraham Associate Principal-Forensics, Thornton Tomasetti Nicholas Spoor Associate Principal, Arcadis Nick Ozog Associate Principal, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Nisha Kakde Project Director | Sustainability, Thornton Tomasetti Nora O'Leary Director of Business Development, Capitol Construction Solutions Patrick Carata Architecture Design Director, Epstein Patrick Dempsey Senior Vice President, CannonDesign Paul Alessandro Partner, HARTSHORNE PLUNKARD ARCHITECTURE Peggy Newquist Director, VP Learning & Development, Clune Construction Preston Judkins Senior Director of Engineering Services, North America, Parsons Rachel Will Principal and Executive Director of Knowledge Sharing, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Randy Conner Commissioner, City of Chicago, Department of Water Management Rauzia Ally, AIA Vice President, Managing Principal, LEO A DALY Rebecca Cusack, RPA Director, Chicago, CBRE Ross Wimer Senior Vice President & Americas Architecture Lead, AECOM Ryan Keesbury Northbrook Facilities Area Lead, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Sarah Kirchner Senior Recruiter, Gilbane Building Company Scott Anstandig, PCM Director of Marketing & Communications, Clark Dietz, Inc. Sebastian Borys Director of Sales & Marketing, Signa System Shashanka Mallikarjuna Project Controls, STV Stephen Lenz Senior Associate | Design Strategy Practice Leader, Perkins&Will Steve Flinn Senior Associate. Automation Studio Lead, Stantec Susan Limbrunner Principal, Health Sector Leader, Chicago, Stantec Architecture Swapna Sathyan Principal, Director of Consulting, Blue Cottage of CannonDesign Tashna-Loy Donaldson Director, CBRE Ted Gibbs Director and Counsel for Administrative Hearings , Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias Terry Hogan Market + Data Analyst, Gensler Thomas Longhi, AIA - AAH Principal, Health Sector, Stantec Architecture Tim Ervin Director of Strategic Initiatives, POWERS & SONS CONSTRUCTION Victoria Mechtly Federal Business Growth & Sales Leader, Gannett Fleming TranSystems Wanda Lau Writer and Editor Wes LeBlanc Principal and Analytics Director, Gensler
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