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www.BDCnetwork.com BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION JANUARY 2008 S1

� e 40 remarkable individuals profi led on the

following pages are some of the brightest stars in

the AEC universe—and they’re under the age of 40.

� ese young architects, engineers, contractors,

designers, and developers stood out among a

group of 275 outstanding entrants in our third

annual “40 Under 40” competition.

Join us in congratulating the AEC industry’s

next generation of leadership.

By Maggie Koerth-Baker, Contributing Editor

and Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor


The Honor RollDonald J. Anderson, Jr., S8Commercial and infrastructure division manager Fugro Consultants LPHouston

Jill Bergman, S16Associate VP and operations managerCannon DesignSan Francisco

Jay Bhatt, S9Senior VPAutodeskWaltham, Mass.

Wendy Burke, S10 VP, client development LinbeckHouston

Howard Chen, S11 Associate principal TVS InternationalAtlanta

Ramin Cherafat, S16 Partner, VP of operations McCownGordon ConstructionKansas City, Mo.

Kerry Cheung, S14 VP, senior medical plannerHOKSt. Louis

Brian Cook, S7 Division manager, contract manager Hoar ConstructionHouston

Kurt J. Dannwolf, S14 President O’Donnell Dannwolf + Partners ArchitectsHollywood, Fla.

Vicki Ford, S8 Principal Walter P MooreHouston

Bradley T. French, S8 Project captain, project architect, business development associate Mekus Studios Ltd.Chicago

Kendall Griffi th, S12 Director of operations M. A. Mortenson ConstructionMinneapolis

Edward Hohmann, S16 VP, corporate treasurer Feinknopf Macioce Schappa ArchitectsColumbus, Ohio

William H. Holly, S10PresidentHolly Real EstateMiami

Karie Johnson, S9 Director of virtual construction Adolfson & Peterson ConstructionPlymouth, Minn.

Sadhu Aufochs Johnston, S18 Deputy Chief of Staff, City of Chicago Chicago

Tom Kaiman, S16 Manager of operations Walton Construction Co.St. Louis

Roger L. Klein, S18Principal, director of architectural designSwanke Hayden Connell ArchitectsNew York, N.Y.(now design principal, RMJM Hillier, Princeton, N.J.)

David Koren, S6 Associate principal, director of marketing Perkins Eastman ArchitectsNew York, N.Y.

Joanna Kwan, S18PrincipalRead Jones Christoffersen Ltd.Vancouver, B.C.

Mark J. Ladd, S9 Managing director Millennium Development GroupChicago

Andrea Lamberti, S12 Project director Rafael Viñoly ArchitectsNew York, N.Y.

Kevin R. Mitchell, S9 Director of construction services, Special Projects Division Grunley ConstructionRockville, Md.

Drew Mucci, S6 VP, director of law fi rms market division HITT Contracting Inc. Fairfax, Va.

James O’Reilly, S10 Director of construction, Facilities Services Division Los Angeles Unifi ed School DistrictLos Angeles

Haril Pandya, S12 Senior associate, senior project manager/designer CBT ArchitectsBoston

Pietro Perelli-Rocco, S18 Project director HinesMilan, Italy

Thomas J. Sherry, S11 Design principal Hamilton Anderson AssociatesDetroit

Ian Sinnett, S8 Associate Perkins+WillDallas

Scott Skidelsky, S10 VP and general manager Turner Construction Corp.Orlando, Fla.

Marijke Smit, S14 Senior associate Perkins EastmanNew York, N.Y.

Sean B. Smith, S11 Division VP, partner Gresham, Smith & PartnersNashville, Tenn.

Sara M. Snodgrass, S7 CEO The CFP GroupNashville, Tenn.

Kevin Tartaglione, S7 SVP, COO Advance Realty GroupBedminster, N.J.

Nayan B. Trivedi, S14 Senior associateLeslie E. Robertson AssociatesNew York, N.Y.

Clay Vogel, S7 Founder, principal, lead designerKazia Design CollaborativeChicago

Diane Vrkic, S11 Global COO, head of the Americas region, Energy and Sustainability Services Jones Lang LaSalleSan Francisco

Kathy Wardle, S6 Senior associate, director of research Busby Perkins + WillVancouver, B.C.

Peter Weingarten, S6 Associate principal, director of international projects FXFOWLE ArchitectsNew York, N.Y.

Qi Song (Kent) Yu, S12 Associate principal Degenkolb EngineersPortland, Ore.

DREW MUCCI DAVID KOREN KATHY WARDLE PETER WEINGARTEN

SARA M. SNODGRASS

CLAY VOGEL BRIAN COOK KEVIN TARTAGLIONE

IAN SINNETT BRADLEY T. FRENCH

DONALD J. ANDERSON, JR. VICKI FORD

JAY BHATT KARIE JOHNSON KEVIN R. MITCHELL

MARK J. LADD

SCOTT SKIDELSKY

JAMES O’REILLY WENDY BURKE WILLIAM H. HOLLY

DIANE VRKIC HOWARD CHEN THOMAS J. SHERRY

QI SONG (KENT) YU KENDALL GRIFFITH

HARIL PANDYA ANDREA LAMBERTI

KURT J. DANNWOLF MARIJKE SMIT KERRY CHEUNG NAYAN B. TRIVEDI

JILL BERGMAN

TOM KAIMAN RAMIN CHERAFAT EDWARD HOHMANN

PIETRO PERELLI-ROCCO ROGER L. KLEIN JOANNA KWAN

SADHU AUFOCHS JOHNSTON

SEAN B. SMITH

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David Koren, 37Associate principal, director of marketing

Perkins Eastman Architects,

New York, N.Y.

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

CPSM, AIA

EDUCATION

BFA, NYU

MPhil, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Responsible for fi rm’s overall marketing

strategy, leads business development

efforts for 10 worldwide offi ces; fi rm

has doubled in size in past three years.

Former director of marketing for Gensler’s

Northeast region, responsible for $110

million of revenue, 500+ professionals.

Society for Marketing Professional Ser-

vices Mentor Award (NY chapter, 2003).

EXTRACURRICULAR

Authored Architect’s Essentials of

Marketing (2004).

Wrote marketing strategy chapter for

The Architect’s Handbook of Professional

Practice, 14th Edition (in press).

President, SMPS NY chapter, 2005-06.

Guest lecturer, Columbia University,

Parsons the New School for Design, AIA

National Conference, and SMPS North-

east Regional Conference.

OFF THE CLOCK

Founded FIGMENT, a participatory arts

festival on Governors Island, N.Y.

Attends annual Burning Man event in

Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.

SECRET LIFE

Professional playwright with two pub-

lished works.

Drew Mucci, 31VP, director of law fi rms market division

HITT Contracting Inc., Fairfax, Va.

EDUCATION

BS, Wentworth Institute of Technology

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Oversees 30-person law fi rms market

division.

Doubled team’s annual revenues in one

year, to $83 million.

Attracted 10 new clients within past year.

Youngest VP and market sector leader

in fi rm history; promoted from project

manager to VP in less than four years.

During 10-year career (HITT and previous

fi rms), completed 5 million sf of con-

struction (more than $250 million).

RECENT PROJECTS

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary,

Washington, D.C.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP,

Washington, D.C.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Chair, in-house committee producing

company operations manual.

Active in fi rm’s continuing education and

training program.

Executive board member, Law Firm

Vendors Association.

OFF THE CLOCK

Put himself through college working as a

carpenter for a small GC.

Memorable outing: 18 holes at Pebble

Beach Golf Links.

Favorite meal: grandmother’s gnocchi.

SECRET LIFE

Played Division III basketball at Went-

worth (height: 5-8).

Kathy Wardle, 32Senior associate, director of research

Busby Perkins + Will, Vancouver, B.C.


LEED AP

EDUCATION

BA, University of Oregon

MES, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

First non-designer to join fi rm’s senior

management team.

Conducts fi rm’s product research and

building analysis.

Secured $300,000+ in product sponsor-

ship for fi rm’s award-winning “Sustain-

able Condo” tour, which has attracted

more than 100,000 visitors since 2004.

Co-chaired fi rm’s national Sustainable

Design Initiative since 2004.

Formalized fi rm’s commitment to

sustainability and created strategic

implementation plan (launched 2007).

Oversaw accreditation of 750 new LEED

APs within fi rm by coordinating and

overseeing in-house training.

RECENT PROJECTS

Developed USGBC’s Playbook for Green

Buildings + Neighborhoods (2007)

EXTRACURRICULAR

Chair, Cascadia Region Green Building

Council.

Teaches green building design, University

of British Columbia.

OFF THE CLOCK

Favorite getaways: Hornby Island and

Whistler, B.C.

SECRET LIFE

Makes chocolate truffl es.

Peter Weingarten, 37Associate principal, director of

international projects

FXFOWLE Architects, New York, N.Y.


AIA, LEED AP

EDUCATION

BArch, Syracuse University

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Manages 40-person International Studio,

oversees fi rm’s international projects,

with a particular focus on work in India

and the Middle East.

Leads fi rm’s Team Green, promoting sus-

tainability through in-house education on

products, issues, and philosophy.

Helped establish fi rst comprehensive

green guidelines for urban high-rise resi-

dential developments. First implemented

in 2000 by Battery Park City Authority.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Guest jury critic, Syracuse and Columbia

Universities, New Jersey Institute of

Technology, and New York Institute of

Technology.

Taught sustainability courses, Baruch

College’s Newman Institute (2005).

Board offi cer, USGBC NY chapter.

Member, Emirates Green Building

Council.

Member, AIA New York’s Planning and

Urban Design Committee.

OFF THE CLOCK

Favorite food: Blue Ribbon fried chicken.

Favorite music: Audioslave.

SECRET LIFE

Almost ditched architecture to pursue

Hollywood dream.


Kevin Tartaglione, 36SVP, COO

Advance Realty Group, Bedminster, N.J.


AIA

EDUCATION

BS, MS, The Catholic University of

America

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Currently overseeing 10 large residential,

mixed-use, and offi ce sites in New Jersey

(portfolio value: more than $3 billion).

Responsible for the fi rm’s development

activity, from land acquisition through

tenant occupancy.

Manages the development treasury

function, site due diligence, regulatory

approvals, fi nancing, design and con-

struction, marketing, and leasing.

Doubled size of fi rm’s development divi-

sion to 25 professionals.

Instrumental in fi rm’s repositioning to

diversifi ed developer/owner/advisory

partner fi rm, which provides third-party

development, asset management, build-

to-suit, and tenant advisory services.

Named to the fi rm’s Executive Manage-

ment Committee.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Member, Real Estate Board of New York,

NAIOP, SAVE International.

OFF THE CLOCK

Coaches son’s fl ag football and T-ball

teams.

Favorite book: The Seven Habits of Highly

Effective People, by Steven Covey.

SECRET LIFE

Learning how to fl y fi sh.

Brian Cook, 34Division manager, contract manager

Hoar Construction, Houston

EDUCATION

BS, Auburn University

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Oversees Hoar’s 20-person Houston

offi ce.

Responsible for more than $200 million

in projects.

Helped triple Houston offi ce’s revenues in

fi ve years.

First assignment as project manager

(age 30)—a 12-story, 202-unit hotel

project—was awarded the National Ex-

cellence in Construction Award from the

Associated Builders and Contractors.

Instituted 20-week training program to

pump up offi ce’s knowledge of change

orders, submittal process, and company

policies and procedures.

RECENT PROJECTS

Sugarland (Texas) Rehabilitation Hospital

Hilton Grand Vacations Club, Sanibel

Island, Fla.

Granite Westchase 2, Houston

OFF THE CLOCK

Twice bicycled the MS150 charity ride

from Houston to Austin (180 miles).

Active in Rebuilding Together, an organi-

zation that repairs homes for low-income

families.

Favorite meal: Fuddruckers Mushroom

Swiss Burger and a chocolate malt.

Avid snowboarder.

SECRET LIFE

Training for a marathon he’s determined

to run before turning 35.

Sara M. Snodgrass, 39CEO

The CFP Group, Nashville, Tenn.


AIA

EDUCATION

BA, Auburn University

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Named CEO of 28-person fi rm special-

izing in medical facility design (January

2007); rose from project architect to CEO

in eight years. Revenues for ’07 to exceed

$5 million, up from $3.9 million in 2005.

Licensed through NCARB in 48 states.

RECENT PROJECTS

St. Cecilia Academy, Nashville

Southwest Surgical Hospital Campus,

Hurst, Texas

Alta Vista Regional Hospital, Las Vegas

Facility Master Plan for the Supreme

Court of Tennessee, Nashville

EXTRACURRICULAR

Member, Tennessee Board of Licensure of

Health Care Facilities.

OFF THE CLOCK

Board member, Williamson Works, a non-

profi t that supports economic develop-

ment in central Tennessee.

Favorite escape: Piloting her 1980-vin-

tage 38-foot Carver Yacht “It’s All Good”

along the Cumberland River.

Football fan: Tennessee Titans season

ticket holder. Fondest Titans memory:

“Music City Miracle,” January 8, 2000,

when they beat the Buffalo Bills in a

wildcard game on a last-play, three-

player, 75-yard kickoff return.

SECRET LIFE

Amateur black & white photographer.

Clay Vogel, 32Founder, principal, lead designer

Kazia Design Collaborative, Chicago

EDUCATION

BArch, University of Tennessee

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Founded own fi rm in 2006 at age 31.

Grew fi rm to fi ve employees in the U.S.,

20 abroad in fi rst year; gross annual

revenues of $1.2 million.

Overseeing the opening of fi rm’s interna-

tional offi ce in Tianjin, China.

Won international competition to design

the $190 million Haixin Steel headquar-

ters in Taiyuan, China.

Currently in competition to design

Shenyang (China) Concert Hall against

Zaha Hadid and others.

Nationally recognized BIM expert,

speaker.

RECENT PROJECTS

Changchun (China) Science and Cultural

Museum Complex

Tianjin (China) Urban Planning Museum

Main Street Urban Renewal Project, Las

Vegas

OFF THE CLOCK

Helped build 18 Habitat for Humanity

homes.

Enjoys piecing together complex puzzles.

Backyard BBQ expert, self-proclaimed

foodie.

Most unusual meals: jelly fi sh, bee larva.

SECRET LIFE

Played on a middle school team that

defeated NFL superstar Randy Moss (John

Adams vs. DuPont, Kanawha County,

W.Va.).


Ian Sinnett, 30Associate

Perkins+Will, Dallas


LEED AP

EDUCATION

BArch, Kansas State University

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Leads 30-person Sustainable Design

Initiative group in P+W’s Dallas offi ce.

Handles education, research, and special

projects.

Responsible for LEED training sessions.

Oversaw LEED accreditation of 85% of

offi ce’s technical staff.

Managed $10 million Mountain Vista

Medical Center (Mesa, Ariz.), the largest

project completed by Dallas offi ce (2007).

Successfully managed a classifi ed multi-

million dollar project just one year out of

college.

One of 14 employees (from more than

1,300) chosen for P+W’s Leadership

Institute.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Guest teacher, Sustainable Design for

Healthcare class, University of Texas,

Arlington.

Helped design affordable, easily built

housing for sustainable community in El

Lagatillo, Nicaragua.

OFF THE CLOCK

Completed American Stroke Association

marathon (2004).

Builds his own furniture—chairs, tables,

platform beds.

SECRET LIFE

Trained storm chaser and tornado

spotter.

Vicki Ford, 33Principal

Walter P Moore, Houston


PE

EDUCATION

BSCE, MS, Clemson University

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Project manager specializing in struc-

tural renovation of historic buildings and

complex 3D structures.

One of the youngest of the fi rm’s 72

principals.

Appointed to Vision 2014, 12 young lead-

ers helping to chart the fi rm’s future.

Increased profi ts by 20% and generated

more than $600,000 in extra fees on two

projects.

In-house mentor for younger engineers.

Faculty member for fi rm’s FastStart

program for graduate engineers.

RECENT PROJECTS

Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas

Palazzo Resort Hotel and Casino, Las

Vegas

EXTRACURRICULAR

President-elect, Structural Engineers

Association of Texas.

OFF THE CLOCK

Member, Preservation Dallas.

Member, Jane Austen Society of North

America.

Raises hybrid tea roses.

SECRET LIFE

Direct descendent of Mary Boleyn,

mistress of England’s King Henry VIII,

and related to Ann Boleyn, Henry’s second

wife.

Donald J. Anderson, Jr., 31Commercial and infrastructure division

manager

Fugro Consultants LP, Houston


PE, LEED AP

EDUCATION

BS, MS, Louisiana State University

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Oversees 45-person team (annual

revenue: $6+ million).

Supervises all geotechnical services for

fi rm’s commercial and infrastructure

work in the U.S., Venezuela, Singapore,

Russia, and Nigeria.

Projects include aviation, healthcare,

hotels, parking garages, and dams.

Expert forensic technical consultant.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Author, Cement and Concrete Research

journal articles.

Member, ASFE National Professional

Practice Committee; helping to update

Geotechnical Engineer of Record

guidelines.

ASFE Young Leader, 2007.

President-elect, ASCE, Houston chapter.

Winner, 2006 ASCE Texas Daniel W. Mead

Prize for a paper on professional ethics.

OFF THE CLOCK

Completed 12 marathons, one ultra-

marathon (31 miles).

Helps organize annual 5K run benefi ting

inner-city Catholic schools.

SECRET LIFE

Met his wife competing in a triathlon.

Culinary Sherlock Holmes: Can re-create

a restaurant meal from memory at home.

Bradley T. French, 25Project captain, project architect,

business development associate

Mekus Studios Ltd., Chicago

EDUCATION

BArch, MArch, University of Cincinnati

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Promoted from CADD drafter to project

captain in less than two years.

Serves as project architect, IT support,

3D graphics designer, business develop-

ment associate, and BIM expert.

3D design work helped fi rm win $4.3

million, 13,500-sf sustainable project for

Archdiocese of Chicago.

Helped land two national accounts,

winning six competitions for Motorola

offi ce buildings and integrated brand-

ing and securing a contract to create

master furniture standards and branding

integration for U.S. Cellular.

RECENT PROJECTS

Administration Building, Archdiocese of

Chicago

Motorola offi ces, various locations

EXTRACURRICULAR

Does pro bono 3D renderings, Web site

creation, animations, and Flash presen-

tations for various nonprofi t clients.

OFF THE CLOCK

Gutted and rehabbed his condo in less

than four weeks.

Favorite read: Everyone Poops, by Taro

Gomi and Amanda Mayer Stinchecum.

Volunteer, Human Rights Campaign;

Children International.

SECRET LIFE

Expert “Guitar Hero” and “Dance Dance

Revolution” player.


Jay Bhatt, 38Senior VP

Autodesk, Waltham, Mass.

EDUCATION

BA, University of Pennsylvania

JD, UCLA

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Manages Autodesk’s strategic planning

and M&A, including acquisition of Revit

Technology Corporation in 2002.

Oversaw expansion of Revit product into

a complete BIM platform; currently driv-

ing development of 2D AutoCAD and 3D

BIM products.

Doubled Revit seats in one year, to

200,000.

Has responsibility within Autodesk for

mainstream adoption of sustainable

design practices in emerging economies

(India, China, Brazil, etc.)

Manages 750+ employees worldwide.

His AEC Solutions Division is ranked

internally as having the fi rm’s most

engaged employees, and has seen 38%

average annual compound growth in last

four years.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Member, Technet, a political network

of CEOs and senior executives that

promotes the growth of technology and

innovation economy.

OFF THE CLOCK

Tends the family vegetable garden with

his three daughters.

Favorite books: The Devil in the White

City, by Erik Larson; The Kite Runner, by

Khaled Hosseini.

SECRET LIFE

Converted Boston Red Sox fan.

Karie Johnson, 39Director of virtual construction

Adolfson & Peterson Construction,

Plymouth, Minn.


AIA

EDUCATION

BArch, University of Minnesota

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Within six months of joining fi rm,

instituted BIM technology, created BIM

portfolio from scratch. Currently imple-

menting BIM fi rm-wide.

Responsible for building fi rm’s BIM staff,

including hiring and training current

employees. Goal: create in-house group

dedicated to BIM and other construction

technologies.

Instrumental in improving fi rm’s commu-

nication, collaboration, and interopera-

bility by implementing fi rm-wide software

programs.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Member, board of directors, AIA Min-

neapolis.

Co-chair, BIM Breakfast Club (an AIA

committee).

Member, Center for Integrated Facility

Engineering, Stanford University.

Pursuing BAS degree at the University of

Minnesota

OFF THE CLOCK

Loves all things aquatic: scuba diving,

snorkeling, swimming, and boating.

Favorite book: A Whole New Mind: Why

Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, by

Daniel H. Pink.

SECRET LIFE

Can ride a unicycle.

Mark J. Ladd, 37Managing director

Millennium Development Group, Chicago


AIA, LEED AP

EDUCATION

BA, University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign

Advanced study, Corpus Christi College,

Oxford University

MArch, University of Illinois at Chicago

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Responsible for public-private partner-

ships with government entities on

design/build/leaseback procurements.

Firm’s BIM expert.

Previous experience with Skidmore

Owings & Merrill; Graham, Anderson,

Probst and White; and Lester B. Knight &

Associates.

RECENT PROJECTS

NATO Headquarters, Brussels

Everett M. Dirksen Federal Building

renovation, Chicago

EXTRACURRICULAR

Youngest-ever appointee to Illinois State

Capital Development Board. Provides

agency oversight; initiated ISCD Board’s

Design Excellence Program.

Guest critic for student juries, University

of Illinois at Chicago.

OFF THE CLOCK

Favorite vacation: ski trip to Zermatt,

Switzerland, where combustion engines

are forbidden.

SECRET LIFE

Played drums at college parties with

ACACIA frat brothers.

Kevin R. Mitchell, 38Director of construction services, Special

Projects Division

Grunley Construction, Rockville, Md.

EDUCATION

BArch, MArch, Virginia Polytechnic

Institute

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Promoted to director of construction ser-

vices in fi rm’s Special Projects Division

within fi ve years.

Manages construction of complex federal

projects involving historic preservation

and heightened security controls. Project

values: $100,000-$70+ million.

Senior project manager on three-year,

$75 million modernization of U.S. Su-

preme Court (completed March 2007).

2006 GSA and Treasury Department

Outstanding Service Award for IRS Head-

quarters Flood Recovery Project.

Instructor, in-house training program.

RECENT PROJECTS

Supreme Court modernization Phase II,

Washington, D.C.

IRS Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Volunteer, craftsmanship judge, Wash-

ington Building Congress.

OFF THE CLOCK

Pursuing JD, Concord Law School, Kaplan

University.

Shops thrift stores for handcrafted items.

Favorite authors: Douglas Adams, Tom

Robbins, Kurt Vonnegut.

SECRET LIFE

Can solve Rubik’s cube in less than three

minutes.


Scott Skidelsky, 37VP and general manager

Turner Construction Corp., Orlando, Fla.

EDUCATION

BS, University of Illinois

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Manages 133-person business unit

(Orlando’s largest CM fi rm), with $250

million in current projects. Total project

revenues procured: $2 billion.

Named VP in 2003 at age 33, youngest in

the fi rm’s 104-year history.

Other Turner fi rsts: youngest offi cer (age

30); youngest manager (age 27).

RECENT PROJECTS

Sanctuary Downtown condo tower,

Orlando, Fla.

Citigroup Citi Center, Jacksonville.

Florida A&M University College of Law,

Orlando, Fla.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Member, Society of American Military

Engineers; Associated General Contrac-

tors of America; and Associated Builders

and Contractors.

Lieutenant (ret.), U.S. Navy Civil Engineer

Corps; awarded Navy Achievement Medal

for service.

OFF THE CLOCK

Attends all home games of NBA Orlando

Magic with wife Julie, son Tyler, and

daughter Kalie.

Toured China with the Magic, fall 2007,

one of eight Orlando community leaders

traveling as team guests.

SECRET LIFE

Home was featured on HGTV show

“Designer’s Challenge” (2006).

James O’Reilly, 38Director of construction, Facilities

Services Division

Los Angeles Unifi ed School District,

Los Angeles

EDUCATION

BS, MS, Eastern Michigan University

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Oversees 300-person department

responsible for all Los Angeles USD facil-

ity planning and construction (700,000

students, 1,190 schools).

Manages LAUSD’s $19.3 billion New

School Construction Program, the

nation’s largest; goal: 145 new schools

by 2012.

Opened 10 new schools since promotion

to director in September ’06. Expects to

open seven more this year.

Monarch Award from Council of Edu-

cational Facility Planners International

for Panorama High School; Green Apple

Award for LAUSD’s commitment to

sustainable and high-performing schools

from Collaborative for High Performing

Schools.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Member, Construction Management

Association of America and Associated

General Contractors of America.

OFF THE CLOCK

Favorite foods (all Middle Eastern): tab-

bouleh, baba ghannooj, kibbi.

Favorite movie: “Pulp Fiction” (director:

Quentin Tarantino, 1994).

SECRET LIFE

Once had very long hair.

Fourth-generation family member

involved in construction.

Wendy Burke, 37VP, client development

Linbeck, Houston

EDUCATION

BA, Brown University

MBA, NYU Stern School of Business

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Helped double fi rm’s revenues in two

years.

Achieved 20% growth from overseas

clients.

Oversees $1.5 billion project backlog.

Firm fi rsts: youngest VP and corporate

offi cer, fastest promotion to VP.

Founder/chair, Laboratory Innovation and

Implementation Council.

Developed fi rm’s integrated design and

delivery business model using BIM.

Teaches six in-house sales and com-

munications classes.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Adjunct professor, management commu-

nications, NYU Stern School of Business.

Coordinator of externship programs, Rice

University’s Jones School of Business,.

Coordinator, 2008 Rowlett Distinguished

Firm Lecture Series, Texas A&M School of

Architecture.

Advisory board member, BioHouston.

Board member, Bio-Medical Technology

Club.

OFF THE CLOCK

Tropical gardener (51 oleanders, 36

hibiscuses, assorted birds-of-paradise).

Finished her climb to Peru’s Machu Pic-

chu backwards (she’s afraid of heights).

SECRET LIFE

Handbag junkie, owns 35 purses.

William H. Holly, 38President

Holly Real Estate, Miami

EDUCATION

BA, Florida State University

BS, Louisiana State University

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Founder/owner, Florida commercial real

estate fi rm.

Grew fi rm from two employees to 40+ in

fi ve years; $1 billion-plus in real estate

transactions.

Donates 10% of profi ts to nonprofi ts.

Developing Miami’s fi rst green high-rise

offi ce building (Miami Green).

Espirito Santo Plaza won Project of the

Year and Mixed-use Project of the Year

awards from NAIOP (2005).

RECENT PROJECTS

Miami Green, Miami

Espirito Santo Plaza Building, Miami

4000 Ponce de Leon, Miami

EXTRACURRICULAR

Board member, Coral Gables Trust.

Founding shareholder, Florida Gulf Bank,

Ft. Myers.

Chair, Vision Coral Gables Campaign,

seeking to raise $2 million for new

Chamber of Commerce building.

OFF THE CLOCK

Traveled in El Salvador during its civil

war.

Best rock & roll band ever: Led Zeppelin.

Volunteer, Ransom Everglades School

Board, St. Philip’s Church (Coral Gables),

Historical Museum of Southern Florida.

SECRET LIFE

Plays the trombone.


Howard Chen, 32Associate principal

TVS International, Atlanta


AIA, NCARB, LEED AP

EDUCATION

BS, MS, Georgia Institute of Technology

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Associate principal, leads fi rm’s inter-

national studio with projects in Dubai,

Libya, China, and Lebanon.

Youngest associate principal in fi rm’s

history.

Lead designer on 88-fl oor Dubai Towers,

part of an $18 billion development and

one of the fi rm’s largest, most compli-

cated projects ever.

Mentors fi rm’s junior and senior design-

ers in 3D modeling.

Winner, TVS’s 2000 Thomas W. Ventulett

Illustration Award.

RECENT PROJECTS

Dubai Towers, United Arab Emirates

CDC Edward R. Roybal Campus Trans-

shipping Facility and Campus Infrastruc-

ture, Atlanta

West Hall, McCormick Place Convention

Center, Chicago

Suzhou (China) Commercial Street

Development/Retail Complex

OFF THE CLOCK

Origami expert, created 40-50 original

designs.

Favorite fi lm: “Run, Lola, Run.”

Fluent in Mandarin (born and raised in

Taiwan).

SECRET LIFE

Cultivates carnivorous plants, such as

the Dionaea muscipula (Venus Fly Trap).

Sean B. Smith, 37Division VP, partner

Gresham, Smith & Partners, Nashville,

Tenn.


PE, SE

EDUCATION

BS, University of Southern California

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Named fi rm’s youngest partner at 32.

Named VP (at 36) of 60-person, $8.5 mil-

lion Architecture Consulting Engineering

division, which provides MEP, structural,

and civil engineering services for health-

care, aviation, corporate, urban design,

and other major projects.

Leads several internal task forces

responsible for BIM planning, implemen-

tation, and benchmarking.

Pilots fi rmwide BIM education.

Manages pre-qualifi cation of IPD build-

ing partners.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Teaches senior-level design at Tennessee

Technological University.

Assists in development of Tennessee

State University’s master’s of structural

engineering program.

Expert in designing for earthquake- and

hurricane-prone regions.

OFF THE CLOCK

Training to run 25 half-marathons in 25

states.

SECRET LIFE

Lived through the ’94 Northridge, Calif.,

earthquake.

Nephew of Larry Smith, one-time football

coach at Tulane, Arizona, and USC.

Thomas J. Sherry, 38Design principal

Hamilton Anderson Associates, Detroit


AIA, LEED AP

EDUCATION

BS, MArch University of Michigan

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Manages 40-person team, plans overall

design approach for all projects.

Made associate and shareholder in 1999,

VP of design in 2002.

Promoted to principal in ’07, fi rst person

outside fi rm’s founders at this level.

Opened fi rm’s six-person Las Vegas offi ce

in 2006; infl uential in expanding fi rm’s

work on national scale and growing fi rm

to 120 professionals.

Mentors in-house design talent.

RECENT PROJECTS

MGM Grand, Detroit

CityCenter, Blocks B & C (hotel/residen-

tial), Las Vegas

EXTRACURRICULAR

Young Architect of the Year (2007), AIA

Michigan chapter.

Six-time team leader, University of

Michigan Detroit Design Charrette

Volunteer, University of Michigan’s

Detroit High School studio. Assists with

curriculum development, instruction, and

career advocacy.

OFF THE CLOCK

Collects vinyl records (more than 1,000),

mostly electric soul from late ’60s and

early ’70s.

SECRET LIFE

Juggles bowling pins.

Diane Vrkic, 33Global COO, head of the Americas region,

Energy and Sustainability Services

Jones Lang LaSalle, San Francisco

EDUCATION

BS, Fordham University

MBA, Stanford University

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Promoted to global senior management

position in only three years, a fi rst in

fi rm’s history.

Helped launch and currently heads fi rm’s

Energy and Sustainability Services divi-

sion, responsible for the Americas (2007

revenue: $5 million).

Working on development and standard-

ization in Europe, the Middle East, Africa,

and Asia Pacifi c.

Hand-picked by CEO to head internal

Environmental Sustainability Board.

Co-created fi rm’s workplace scenario

modeling tool that allows clients to

analyze the effects of implementing

workplace solutions at several properties

at one time.

OFF THE CLOCK

Works with venture philanthropy group

Full Circle Fund to support nonprofi ts

in education, housing, technology, and

environmental sectors.

Volunteer, Women for Women Interna-

tional, providing job skills and business

services to women in war-torn countries.

Left medical school to pursue business

and entrepreneurial interests.

Enjoys trail running and hiking.

SECRET LIFE

Speaks a dialect of Croatian spoken by

fewer than 2,000 people worldwide.


Kendall Griffi th, 38Director of operations

Mortenson Construction, Minneapolis

EDUCATION

BS, Iowa State UniversityACCOMPLISHMENTS

Firm’s youngest director of operations, leads 150-person Minneapolis Operating Group. Responsible for $1.4 billion in projects, the largest volume ever for the offi ce. Leading two major projects: $367 million

Minnesota Twins Ballpark; $288 mil-lion University of Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium. Oversaw expansion of Minneapolis’s Walker Art Center, designed by Herzog & de Meuron. RECENT PROJECTS

Minnesota Twins Ballpark, MinneapolisUniversity of Minnesota TCF Bank Sta-dium, MinneapolisWalker Art Center, MinneapolisUniversity of Minnesota McNamara Alumni Center, MinneapolisEXTRACURRICULAR

Created fi rm’s mentorship program, focused on development and recruiting.Member, Associated General Contractors Union Negotiating Committee.OFF THE CLOCK

Named a United Way Leader in Giving for philanthropic efforts.Football fan and memorabilia collector. Has more than 2,500 songs in his iPod. Favorite food: Nestlé Quik at bedtime.SECRET LIFE

He was “Cy,” the Iowa State Cyclones mascot (a red & gold cardinal), 1989-90.

Andrea Lamberti, 38Project director

Rafael Viñoly Architects, New York, N.Y.


AIAEDUCATION

BS, MIT MArch, Harvard UniversityACCOMPLISHMENTS

Develops and leads new in-house mar-keting and business initiatives. Project director, $252 million National

Institutes of Health Porter Neuroscience Research Center (Bethesda, Md.) project; lived on-site through completion of Phase 1. Project director, Columbia University Medical Center’s $1 billion master plan. Helped implement fi rm’s use of BIM as a presentation and design tool.RECENT PROJECTS

University of Arizona Science Center, Tucson, Ariz.Oslo Opera HouseMaster Plan, Cairo Stock Exchange and Financial Center Van Andel Institute for Education and Medical Research, Grand Rapids, Mich.EXTRACURRICULAR

Lecturer, in-house education programs, 2006-07.Lecturer, MENSA organization.OFF THE CLOCK

Fluent in Japanese. Passed the Japanese national language exam Level II. Favorite reads: 100 Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Márquez; Life of Pi, by Yann Martel.SECRET LIFE

Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 1991.

Haril Pandya, 35Senior associate, senior project manager/designerCBT Architects, BostonPROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

AIAEDUCATION

BS, BArch, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteACCOMPLISHMENTS

Oversees team handling all phases of design on projects up to $500 million.

Develops and implements project strat-egy; manages implementation of design concepts, architectural drawings, and shop details.Managed several of CBT’s biggest projects—$500 million mixed-use center in Boston and Blackstone Group projects totaling $135 million.Owner/principal, Pandya Architects: high-end residential, institutional, corporate, and resort design.EXTRACURRICULAR

Youngest elected board member, Boston Society of Architects.Visiting critic, teaching assistant, Boston Architectural Center.CADD trainer/instructor, Boston Univer-sity College of Fine Arts. OFF THE CLOCK

Donated design services and funding for two start-up schools in India. Lead guitarist for indo-jazz fusion band, Karyshma; also for Red Square Boston.Produced, directed short fi lm, “Static” (2008): www.fi rstthursdayfi lms.com.SECRET LIFE

Had short-lived career as a stand-up comic.

Qi Song (Kent) Yu, 38Associate principal

Degenkolb Engineers, Portland, Ore.


CEEDUCATION

BS, ME, Tongji University, China PhD, University of California, San DiegoACCOMPLISHMENTS

Manager of fi rm’s eight-person Portland, Ore., offi ce (annual revenue: more than $1 million).

Member, Oregon’s Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission.Member, NSF-funded U.S.-Japan initia-tive to convert academic research into practical construction applications. EXTRACURRICULAR

Conducted earthquake reconnaissance for the August 15, 2007, temblor in Peru.Contributed to Earthquake Engineer-

ing (2004), a graduate-level university textbook.Author of 30+ technical papers on steel movement-resisting frame construction and related subjects.Taught graduate courses on earthquake engineering at SF State, Portland State. ASCE Raymond C. Reese Research Prize (2001) for research into damage to steel-frame structures during California’s Northridge earthquake. Results led to rehabilitation methodologies now used worldwide. OFF THE CLOCK

Avid crabber (Dungeness).Favorite movie: “Jurassic Park.”SECRET LIFE

WWE wrestling fan.

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Kurt J. Dannwolf, 36President

O’Donnell Dannwolf + Partners Architects,

Hollywood, Fla.

EDUCATION

BArch, Pratt Institute

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Co-founded 10-person fi rm in 2004;

manages $450 million in projects and

oversees fi rm’s large-scale, mixed-use

building projects.

Leading fi rm’s expansion into markets

outside Florida.

Award for Design Excellence (2006) from

AIA-Ft. Lauderdale for $23 million ICE

on the Ocean, a 60,000-sf mixed-use

complex, Melbourne, Fla.

Project Design of the Year (2004) from

National Association of Industrial and Of-

fi ce Properties for Miami’s Four Seasons

Hotel and Tower, a 2.2-million-sf, $300

million project (while senior designer at

Gary E. Handel + Associates).

RECENT PROJECTS

International Convention Center, Madrid

Fernandina (Fla.) Beach Townhouses

San Sebastian Inland Harbor Hotel, St.

Augustine, Fla.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Teaches thesis-level architectural design,

Florida Atlantic’s School of Architecture.

OFF THE CLOCK

Favorite author: Kurt Vonnegut.

Favorite fi lm: “Le Mans” (director: Lee H.

Katzin, 1971), with Steve McQueen.

SECRET LIFE

Auto racing enthusiast. Owns a Porsche

911 RS America and a track-ready 944

Turbo.

Nayan B. Trivedi, 34Senior associate

Leslie E. Robertson Associates,

New York, N.Y.


PE

EDUCATION

BE, ME, Gujarat University, India

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Promoted to senior associate in 2006.

Splits duties between engineering and

marketing.

Credited with helping fi rm enter new

markets; responsible for several hundred

million dollars in new projects in India

and Dubai in three years.

Worked on the engineering of I.M. Pei’s

Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar.

RECENT PROJECTS

Oberoi Skyz Tower, Mumbai, India

Financial Tower, Ho Chi Minh City,

Vietnam

Hyderabad (India) Offi ce Tower

Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar

EXTRACURRICULAR

VP, past president, Society of Indo-Ameri-

can Engineers and Architects.

U.S. chair, ASCE Spring Seminar Series.

Member, Structural Engineers of New York

and NYC Building Codes Committee.

OFF THE CLOCK

Loves: spicy Mexican food, barbecuing for

friends in his garden.

SECRET LIFE

While vacationing in Mumbai, met

chief architect from Oberoi Construc-

tion; landed 60-story Oberoi Skyz Tower

project.

Marijke Smit, 35Senior associate

Perkins Eastman, New York, N.Y.

EDUCATION

BA, MS, Columbia University

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Leads the fi rm’s development of strategic

plans, needs assessments, and master

plans for educational, cultural, govern-

ment, and private developments.

Founded Perkins Eastman Strategies in

2005 to focus on clients’ pre-develop-

ment needs.

Created sustainable criteria and guide-

lines for carbon-neutral projects.

Oversaw team developing needs assess-

ment and architectural program for 1.3

million-sf NYPD training facility.

RECENT PROJECTS

NYC Police Department Academy

Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing

Flushing Commons, Flushing, N.Y.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Amateur archaeologist; searched N.J.

Meadowlands for original architectural

elements dumped there in the ’60s after

demolition of original Penn Station.

Member, Advocates for Privately Owned

Public Spaces.

Urbanist with Municipal Art Society of

New York.

OFF THE CLOCK

Performed for choreographer George

Balanchine at age eight.

Has traveled to Cuba.

SECRET LIFE

Grandma was Salvador Dali’s “Sleeping

Venus” in the surrealist pavilion at the

1939 New York World’s Fair.

Kerry Cheung, 39VP, senior medical planner

HOK, St. Louis


AIA, Academy of Architecture for Health

EDUCATION

BArch, University of Kansas

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Manages $2 billion in healthcare work.

Created or worked on master plans for

several major healthcare projects.

Helped HOK advance beyond individual

healthcare projects and into ongoing,

big-picture facility planning by working

with CEOs, CFOs, and facilities execu-

tives to create long-term building and

campus development strategies.

Co-developed case study used to improve

patient experience and emergency room

effi ciency at Detroit’s William Beaumont

Hospital (2007).

RECENT PROJECTS

Methodist Hospital-Sugarland and Wil-

lowbrook Expansion, Houston

BJC Health Care Campus Integration

Project and Center for Advanced Medi-

cine, St. Louis

EXTRACURRICULAR

Mentors younger HOK professionals,

particularly women and minorities.

OFF THE CLOCK

Volunteers with More than Carpentry, a

ministry that provides carpentry skills

training in St. Louis.

SECRET LIFE

Animated fi lm collector, particularly Dis-

ney and Pixar fl icks. Favorite character:

Mulan.


Jill Bergman, 38Associate VP and operations manager

Cannon Design, San Francisco


AIA, LEED AP

EDUCATION

MA, BA Clemson University

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Founding member, American College of

Healthcare Architects.

Opened fi rm’s San Francisco offi ce in

2004. Grew offi ce from two employees to

15; annual revenue, $3.2 million.

Lead medical planner, $129 million

expansion of University of Massachusetts

Medical Center.

Lead master plan programmer, $100

million Sierra Vista (Ariz.) regional health

facility.

National AIA/Academy of Architecture

for Health (AAH) graduate fellowship in

health facility planning and design.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Past board member, AIA/AAH.

Chair, AAH Fellowships and Scholarships

task force.

Organized and moderated national

AIA/AAH online healthcare architecture

training conferences.

OFF THE CLOCK

Favorite movies: “The Thin Man,”

“Pleasantville.”

Past spokesperson, American Heart

Association’s Operation Heartbeat.

Volunteer art teacher, LEAP Architects in

Schools Program.

SECRET LIFE

Booed off stage—twice—at open-mike

comedy nights.

Edward Hohmann, 38VP, corporate treasurer

Feinknopf Macioce Schappa Architects,

Columbus, Ohio


AIA, NCARB, LEED AP

EDUCATION

BA, Yale University

MArch, Ohio State University

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Member of fi rm’s executive team.

Manages projects in the fi rm’s major dis-

ciplines: education, retail, and corporate.

Managed $27 million project—largest

in the fi rm’s history—at Columbus State

Community College and completed it

early and under budget.

Led Ohio Department of Natural

Resources building project, Ohio’s fi rst

state-funded LEED-certifi ed project

(2006).

EXTRACURRICULAR

1995 Fulbright Award fi nalist.

Visiting scholar, Krakow (Poland) Poly-

technic University (1995-96).

OFF THE CLOCK

Graduate of Leadership Columbus

(2006); completed a service project for

the Salesian Boys and Girls Club.

Favorite book: In the Heart of the Sea, by

Nathaniel Philbrick.

Favorite meal: steak (cooked medium)

and a glass of dry red wine.

Completed the Columbus Marathon—his

fi rst—in ’07.

SECRET LIFE

Grew up on a 230-acre farm in

Pataskala, Ohio.

Ramin Cherafat, 35 Partner, VP of operations

McCownGordon Construction,

Kansas City, Mo.

EDUCATION

BS, Kansas State University

MBA, University of Missouri

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Leads fi rm’s design-build initiatives.

Helped grow revenues by $192 million

during past seven years.

Named VP within four years of joining

fi rm.

Serves on executive management team,

helps plan corporate strategy.

Winner, Design-Build Institute of

America’s Design-Build Project of the

Year Awards (2006) for Johnson County

Sunset Drive Offi ce Building, Olathe, Kan.

DBIA Outstanding Service Award (2007).

EXTRACURRICULAR

Past treasurer, vice chair, and chair,

Design-Build Institute of America.

Frequent speaker at University of Kansas

Masters Program for Architecture, state

AIA conferences (Missouri and Kansas),

and DBIA National Conferences.

OFF THE CLOCK

Vice chair, CommunityLinc, an organiza-

tion that provides temporary housing, life

skills, and services to homeless families.

Enjoys running and golfi ng.

Favorite book: Straight from the Gut, by

Jack Welch.

SECRET LIFE

Born in Tehran. Came to the U.S. in 1980

to escape Iran’s revolution. Conversant

in Farsi.

Tom Kaiman, 28Manager of operations

Walton Construction Co., St. Louis

EDUCATION

BS, Michigan Technological University

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Supervises 40-person team working on

11 projects in three states. Total con-

struction value: more than $100 million.

Project director for all of the fi rm’s Wal-

Mart distribution center projects. Over-

sees design, estimating and budgeting,

construction operations, and startup.

Developed project management protocols

and reports that the fi rm implemented on

a national level.

Created internal project management

training program.

RECENT PROJECTS-

Wal-Mart Mechanized Distribution Center

#7024, Sterling, Ill.

Wal-Mart Food Distribution Center #6059,

Olney, Ill.

St. Louis Blues Practice Facility,

Hazelwood, Mo.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Completed Southern Illinois University’s

“Construction Spanish” program.

Member, National Civil Engineering Hon-

ors Society; Young Constructors Forum.

OFF THE CLOCK

Relaxation: Taking Golden Retriever

Tatum for walks.

Favorite football team: Any team that

beats Ohio State.

Favorite food: pizza.

SECRET LIFE

Played hockey with AHL’s Lowell (Mass.)

Lock Monsters (AAA affi liate of NHL’s

Carolina Hurricanes).


Pietro Perelli-Rocco, 38Project director

Hines, Milan, Italy

EDUCATION

Honors degree in building engineering,

University of Trieste, Italy

MArch, University of Queensland, Bris-

bane, Australia

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Oversees 35-person team; responsible for

three mixed-use developments account-

ing for $2.6 billion worth of construction.

Firm liaison with public offi cials, inter-

national equity partners, tenants, and

design and Building Teams.

Previously, project manager at Jacobs En-

gineering, Milan, responsible for facility

business sector.

Speaker, Urban Land Institute European

Conference (2006).

EXTRACURRICULAR

Member, Institution of Structural

Engineers.

Member, Council and Institution of

Engineers and Architects, Milan.

OFF THE CLOCK

Won Sailing World Championship in

quarter-ton class (Germany, 1994) by one

point on last leg. Now sails a Melges 24.

Self-taught woodworker; has built models

of sailing boats and a rocking horse for

his niece.

Accompanies himself on an accordion

made in Castelfi dardo, singing ballads

from native Trieste in local dialect.

SECRET LIFE

Sailed 15 years for Italy; third in Olympic

Class 470 junior world championship

(Poland, 1988).

Roger L. Klein, 38Principal, director of architectural design

Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, New

York, N.Y.

(now design principal, RMJM Hillier,

Princeton, N.J.)


AIA

EDUCATION

BS, MArch, University of Wisconsin

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Joined Swanke Hayden Connell Architects

(SHCA) in 2003 as associate principal

and architectural design director, ap-

pointed principal in 2004.

Oversaw all architectural projects in

SHCA’s New York offi ce; managed staff of

125 (annual revenues: $20 million).

Co-managing principal of SHCA’s U.S.

practice; contributed to fi rm’s expansion

into Russia and Eastern Europe.

Developed master plans for NYU and

Detroit’s Center for Creative Studies.

Principal for the fi rst major offi ce tower in

Harlem in 30 years (seeking LEED Silver).

RECENT PROJECTS

Moscow International Business Center

tower

NYC Offi ce of Emergency Management,

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Harlem Park Offi ce Tower, New York, N.Y.

OFF THE CLOCK

Plays football on the weekends.

Self-taught carpenter and landscaper;

has renovated and landscaped family’s

102-year-old Victorian in Maplewood, N.J.

SECRET LIFE

Can moonwalk like Michael Jackson.

Joanna Kwan, 38Principal

Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd., Vancouver,

B.C.


PE, PEng, LEED AP

EDUCATION

BA, MSc, University of British Columbia,

Vancouver

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Named principal of the 300-plus-member

fi rm, one of Canada’s largest consulting

engineers, in 2006. First female principal

in the fi rm’s history.

Responsible for 40% of the fi rm’s Inter-

national Group business development

and production; responsible for growing

fi rm’s U.S. work.

Registered engineer in Canada and U.S.

Specialist in structural design of high-

rises and large-scale seismic upgrades.

Manages projects involving variety of

construction techniques, including con-

crete, timber-frame, and structural steel.

RECENT PROJECTS

Tavern Road Mixed Use Development,

Mammoth Lakes, Calif.

Sullivan Square at Sunset and Durango,

Las Vegas

EXTRACURRICULAR

Mentors younger engineers in the fi rm’s

International Group.

OFF THE CLOCK

Runs weekly nonprofi t dance party

promoting Argentine tango.

Favorite singer/songwriter: Diana Krall.

SECRET LIFE

Does laundry to relax.

Sadhu Aufochs Johnston, 33

Deputy Chief of Staff, City of Chicago

EDUCATION

BA, Oberlin College

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Chief environmental offi cer for Mayor

Richard M. Daley; coordinates Chicago’s

environmental programs, including

Climate Action Plan and Zero Waste

plan; works with city agencies to promote

green initiatives.

Commissioner, Department of Environ-

ment, 2005-07; managed 100-person

staff responsible for city’s Environmental

Action Agenda.

Assistant to Mayor Daley for Green Initia-

tives, 2003-05.

Founder, executive director, Cleveland

Green Building Coalition, 1999-2003.

RECENT PROJECTS

Co-chair, USGBC Chicago chapter

organizing committee, 2007 Greenbuild

International Conference & Expo.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Guest speaker, U.S. Conference of May-

ors, AIA, Greenbuild, and others.

OFF THE CLOCK

Lives eco-deliberate lifestyle with wife

and daughter—buys organic foods,

shops with canvas bags, etc.

Vermicomposter: maintains a composting

bin that uses worms to digest waste.

Can’t live without Earl Gray tea.

SECRET LIFE

Makes furniture using wood from local

fallen trees.

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