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 Aaron O'Roark Project Safety Manager, Turner Construction Company Adam Benge President, Surfacing Solution Adrian Russell Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion / Procurement, Shiel Sexton Agnieszka Szpara ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, PALMA.GLOBAL Aisha Ali VP of Client Experience, Premier Construction Software Alana Spencer Vice President of Sustainability, Clayco Alejandro Fernandez Vice President, Thornton Tomasetti 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 Director, Consulting, JLL Andrew Cooper VDC Project Manager, AECOM Hunt Andy Gush Senior Development Manager 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) Antoine Tissier VDC Drone Operations Manager, Clayco Asad Jan Senior Director, Sustainability Solutions, JLL Ben Weinstein Senior Consultant, Turner & Townsend Heery 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 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 Bryce Budleski SPQ Manager, Skender Cameron Trefry Regional Vice President, Ware Malcomb Candace Small Design Phase Manager, Mortenson Carmine Tucci Global Energy & Sustainability Director, CBRE Carol Stolt Design Principal, FGMA Carsten Raaum Associate Director – Real Estate Research, MetLife Investment Management Carter Averbeck Founder , Omforme Design Catherine Hughey Vice President, General Manager, JLL Cecilia Cuff CEO, The Nascent Group Charles Fisher Director, Risk Advisory, JLL Charles Saville Director of Sustainability, FitzGerald Chris De Fosset Senior VDC Manager, Power Construction Christina Piper Senior Vice President, Workplace Design, JLL Design Solutions, JLL Christopher Drew Director of Sustainability, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture 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 Dallas Felder Principal, HOK 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 Dave Robson Group Vice President - Industrial & Buildings, Walbridge David Dibo Executive Director of Economic Development, City of Aurora Deirdre Larsen Director - Property Management, CBRE Diane Gormely-Barnes Principal Planner, HNTB Doug Farr Founder & President, Farr Associates Architecture & Urban Design Doug Metzger Executive Vice President - Construction, JDL Development 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 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 Grace Kuklinski Rappe Managing Principal / Vice President, HDR 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 James Holt Vice President, Director 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 Community & Civic Principal, HDR 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 Danley Director of Innovation, Burns & McDonnell Jeff Halper Vice President, Procurement, Ryan Companies Jeff Saad Director of Healthcare, Baker Barrios Architects. Jenn Kovacs Vice Chair & Treasurer, She Built Foundation Jennie Fronczak Executive Director - Chicago Housing Trust, City of 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 Jo Palma Creative Director & Founder, Palma Global 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 Clous VDC Manager, Clayco John M. Burke Vice President, NEWMARK John Sullivan, CSP HS&E Director, Walbridge Jordan Multack Director - Multifamily & Mixed-Use Investments, Greenstone Partners Jose Castro Delgado VDC Engineer, AECOM Hunt José L Reyna Executive Director, GreenHome Institute Joseph Burns Managing Principal, Thornton Tomasetti 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 Julide Bozoglu Director of Digital Practice, Goettsch Partners Justin Illg Principal, Technical Director, Wight & Co Justin Puppi Vice President, CBRE Karolyn Raphael President, Winger Marketing Katy Liang Associate | Technology Strategist and Data Solutions Lead, 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 Kevin Kosciulek Technology Practice Leader, bklarchitecture Kimberly Danna Illinois Field Office Director, US Department of Housing & Development 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 Project Engineer, 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 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 President Associate Director of Architecture and Interiors, Epstein Laurent Amar VP Sales, CMiC Len Sciarra Principal & Director of Sustainability, Farr Associates Architecture & Urban Design Lisa Chung Design Director, Gensler Lisa De Lor Vice President, Human Resources, Clune Construction Lisa Freelon, MBA Deputy Procurement Officer (Intergovernmental Affairs/Community Engagement), City of Chicago Lorraine Kasznia Workplace Practice Leader, Principal, Kahler Slater Lucas Goldbach Partner & Design Director, En Masse Architecture & Design Lynn Smith, P.G. Environmental Manager, Fehr Graham Engineering & Environmental 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 Mario Romero Digital Practice Manager, Associate, Perkins&Will 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 Mehdi Jalayerian Senior Principal, Stantec Mel Langlais Senior Operating Group Safety Director, Mortenson Meredith Hawes Regional Director, North Central Region , NFPA Michael Kraus Director of Sustainable Events and Analytics, Green Sports Alliance Michael Levin Associate, Practice Leader, NORR Michael Lirtzman Principal, Colliers Michael Morris Preconstruction Director, Walsh Group Michael Nowicki Associate Electrical Engineer | Great Lakes Region, Burns & McDonnell Michael Wright Chief Strategy Officer and Founder, RedTeam 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 Shively Founding Partner, En Masse Architecture & Design Mike Themanson Vice President of Safety, Clune Construction Mikel Mays Assistant Project & Business Development Manager , Bulley & Andrews Monica Bricker Associate Principal, AECOM Monique Taylor Legat Architects Natalia Alvarez, LEED GA, WELL AP 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 Nathaniel Hollister, AIA Senior Associate, Geottsch Partners Neil Reindel Urban Designer, Perkins & Will Nicholas Spoor Associate Principal, Arcadis 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 Patrick Carata Architecture Design Director, Epstein Patrick Nolan Chief Engineer, Cook County Patty Lloyd Director, Sustainability, Leopardo Construction Paul DeKruiff Multifamily Acquisition and Development, Redwood Paul Guilianelli Chief Operating Officer, Academy for Global Citizenship Peter Babaian Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Peter Kindel Cities & Climate Lead, SOM Peter Schneider VDC Manager, Power Construction Philip Castillo Executive Vice President | Managing Director, Jahn Pipa Bradbury Interior Design Leader, Principal, DLR Group Prem Sundharam Chief Climate Officer, DLR Group Raghvendra Agarwal Assistant Construction Manager, Burns & McDonnell Randy Connor Commissioner, City of Chicago, Department of Water Management Ricardo Rondon Director of Architecture, SB Architects Richard Barrett Associate Principal, Goettsch Partners Rickey Molina VDC Director, Alston Construction Riley Nelson Head of Sustainability, NASCAR Rob van het Hof Director, Design & Construction Technology, Becknell Industrial Roderic Walton Principal, Healthcare Project Leader, Moody Nolan Ron Deverman National Environmental Planning Leader, STV, Inc Ross Wimer Senior Vice President & Americas Architecture Lead, AECOM Roxy Kermani Project Architect and Sustainability Lead, JGMA Ryan Lovell Managing Director, Investments, The John Buck Company Ryan Ornberg Associate Principal, Krueck Sexton Partners Sachin Anand Principal, P.E., LEED AP BD+C, MEP/FP Engineer, dbHMS Sam Larson Innovation Developer, ARCO/Murray Sam Mittal Principal | Midwest Region Engineering Director - Structures, STV Inc. Sara Beardsley Associate Principal, SCB Sarah Bird Senior Consultant, Blue Cottage CannonDesign Sarah McCarthy Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Rick Hansen Foundation Scott Conwell Director of Industry Development, International Masonry Institute 1 2