Stanton Phillip Beck Esq.
Lane Powell PC
Stanton Beck is a partner and chairman of the Construction Services Group in the Seattle office of the law firm Lane Powell PC. He received his engineering and law degrees from the University of Washington and devotes his practice to representation of owners, architects and engineers. Stan is a frequent speaker at seminars associated with the construction industry.

Jim Bedrick AIA
Webcor Builders
Jim Bedrick is Director of Systems Integration for Webcor Builders, a major California general contractor. He has over 25 years' experience in the AEC industry, including architectural practice, facilities management, construction, and design and management of information systems. He is the 2005 chair of the AIA's Technology in Architectural Practice advisory group.

Tom Bongi
XL Insurance
Tom Bongi is a licensed attorney and Director of Industry Relations for XL Design Professional, one of the largest insurers of design professionals in North America. He previously worked as a claim supervisor for XLDP and its predecessor, DPIC Companies, where Tom handled over 1500 claims against engineers and architects. Prior to that, Tom practiced law with a major San Francisco law firm for eight years. His practice was limited to the defense of professionals - mostly design professionals. He has represented design professionals in over three hundred mediations, arbitrations and trials.

Jim Burton AIA
Blip Design Lab
Over the years Jim Burton has had the good fortune to work with clients that shared his passion for sustainability, allowing him to further his knowledge of the field. He's currently building a Modern, "Green" spec house in Phinney Ridge, which is meant to be an alternative to the typical builder house.

John Cary Assoc AIA
Public Architecture
John Cary is executive director of Public Architecture, a nonprofit organization that encourages architects to assume leadership roles as problem identifiers, rather than just problem solvers. In that capacity, John oversees a variety of pro bono projects, consulting services, as well as a national program called "1% Solution." The latter is a program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), through which firms pledge one percent of their billable hours to nonprofit groups and communities-in-need that could not otherwise afford professional design services. In 1999, John and Casius Pealer co-founded ArchVoices, a nonprofit organization and think tank on architectural education, internship, and licensure.

Nancy Yen-Wen Cheng AIA
University of Oregon
Nancy Cheng teaches architectural design and media at the University of Oregon. She researches how digital media can enrich design process and education, focusing on digital sketching and Web collaborations. She was the 2004 Chair of the AIA Technology in Architectural Practice group, an editor for the International Journal of Architectural Computing and an officer for the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture.

Mahlon Clements AIA
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
Mahlon Clements is an architect and urban designer with over 17 years of professional experience, and a focus on design within a strong urban context. Since joining ZGF, he has worked on a majority of the firm's transit and planning projects. His experience ranges from facilitating public design workshops to coordinating production of design and technical documents. Mr. Clements's has been an active participant in the community and is currently a member of the Seattle Planning Commission. He also serves on the board of directors of FutureWise, a state wide organization that advocates for growth management issues.

Lee G. Copeland FAIA
Mithun Architects + Designers + Planners
In a career of unusual breadth and accomplishment, Lee Copeland has achieved a rare balance of mutually reinforcing roles in education and practice. His extensive, thoughtful, and powerful work in education and practice has made a distinct contribution to the development of American urban design, in three major areas as summarized below: � as Dean of architecture and planning at two major US universities and as member and President of NAAB: shaping the core curriculum from which urban designers take their originating principles, and molding the values and skills of fellow educators and students, in teaching and design organization leadership; � as a principal in highly-regarded urban design and planning firms in Philadelphia and Seattle: modeling the forms of design practice, making a learning laboratory of practice and a practical experience of learning; and � in extensive urban design and planning consulting in several cities at and major American universities: influencing the form of campuses and cities across the nation.

Craig Curtis AIA
Miller|Hull
Craig Curtis is one of four partners at The Miller/Hull Partnership, recipient of the National AIA Firm Award in 2003. Craig is a design parter, sharing design responsibilities with David Miller and Bob Hull on an equal basis. Craig was the design partner on the Olympic College Poulsbo project, winner of AIA Washington and AIA Civic Design awards in 2004, the Pierce County Environmental Services Building, winner of a 2004 National AIA Earth Day Top Ten award, the Campbell Orchard House, and the winner of AIA Washington and National AIA/Masonry awards and many other Miller/Hull projects. He is currently working on projects in Washington DC, Scottsdale Arizona and Mill Valley California as well as several projects closer to home

Jim Cutler FAIA
Cutler/Anderson Architects
Jim Cutler earned a Batchelor of Arts and Master's in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and a second Master's in Architecture from the Louis I. Kahn Studio Program. His work speaks to the fundamentals of "Northwest architecture:" design that respects nature and place, that honors its materials, that brings composure and speaks to the spirit. Over nearly three decades as a practice leader, Jim's projects have touched upon environmental issues significant to the Northwest and the nation. As an educator and critic, Jim has influenced other design professionals as well as students to exercise a higher awareness of their physical and spiritual relationship to the land.

Brian Dickson PE
Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Brian Dickson, a Senior Associate at Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA), has 13 years' experience with structural engineering projects, ranging from convention centers and stadiums to high-rise hotels and high-tech federal buildings. Brian recently managed the award-winning Seattle Federal Courthouse, which benefited from his inventive designs for blast-resistant technologies and use of innovative MKA structural concepts, such as steel plate shear walls and concrete-filled pipe columns.

Jerome J. Diepenbrock AIA
Jerome Diepenbrock is the chair of the AIA Seattle Practice and Ethics Committee. Jerome has worked with the committee to offer seminars to raise the ethical consciousness of its members. Jerome has also taught applied ethics in the practice of architecture at the University of Washington's Department of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Jerome R. Ernst FAIA AICP
Ernst and Associates
Jerry Ernst is a registered architect and certified planner with thirty-seven years of experience in architecture, physical planning and urban design. Formerly a Partner with TRA, and then a Principal with NBBJ, Jerry is now an independent urban design consultant. He is highly skilled at helping people visualize the physical consequences of choices about the future, and has utilized this skill extensively in facilitating community involvement in a wide variety of public planning processes.

Heidi J Gassman Esq.
Linville Ursich PLLC
Heidi Gassman is an attorney with Linville Linton PLLC who practices in the areas of contract law, commercial litigation and construction law, and estate planning, trust, and probate matters/litigation. She especially enjoys working with architects to resolve disputes regarding contract matters, professional practice issues, and the intersection of design and the law.

Bert Gregory AIA
Mithun Architects + Designers + Planners
Bert Gregory's progressive, design-oriented architectural background has led to award-winning projects throughout North America and Asia. He is a recognized expert in resource efficient design, speaks nationally on sustainable building and is an USGBC LEED™ accredited designer. Bert possesses a diverse project background, which includes serving as design team leader on many projects, including design of the REI stores and IslandWood, the innovative outdoor learning center on Bainbridge Island.

David C. Groff Esq.
Groff Murphy Trachtenberg and Everard PLLC
David Groff is Managing Partner of the Seattle based law firm Groff Murphy Trachtenberg & Everard, PLLC. He represents some of the largest general contractors and engineers in the United States and the Pacific Northwest. He frequently negotiates and drafts contracts, including teaming agreements and design build contracts. He is the secretary of the Design Build Institute of America, Northwest Chapter.

Suzanne H. Harness AIA Esq.
AIA Contract Documents
Suzanne Harness is both a licensed architect and a construction attorney with more than twenty-five years of experience in the design and construction industry. As Managing Director and Counsel, AIA Contract Documents, for the American Institute of Architects, Suzanne directs the AIA Contract Documents program and works actively in the creation and revision of AIA documents.

Michael Hatten P.E.
SOLARC Architecture and Engineering
Michael Hatten is a principal in SOLARC Architecture and Engineering, Inc. - a firm dedicated to energy efficiency in the built environment. Over the past 20 years, he has managed and conducted energy analysis, design, and construction projects on well over 30,000,000 square feet of residential, commercial, and industrial space. His focus over the last 5 years has been to communicate with Owners, Architects, and project stakeholders about how to cost-effectively achieve efficiency and sustainability in new construction projects.

Greg Hepp AIA
Bassetti Architects

Eve Hinman
Hinman Consulting Engineers
Eve Hinman has provided specialized blast-mitigating and protective design solutions for private and government properties since 1983. She is the president and founder of Hinman Consulting Engineers, a blast consulting firm with offices in San Francisco and New York.

Mark Hinshaw FAIA
LMN Architects
Mark Hinshaw, Director of Urban Design for LMN Architects, a 120-person firm based in Seattle, also writes regularly on design topics for professional and other publications. For over twenty-five years, he has been responsible for a wide range of projects in large cities, suburban centers, and small towns including downtown development, public spaces and pedestrian facilities, design-oriented codes and guidelines, and master plans for public facilities. From 1982-1990, he was Principal Urban Designer for the City of Bellevue, WA, helping guide its transformation from a nondescript collection of strip centers to an intense, mixed use, transit-oriented urban center. He has written for a number of professional design journals, including Landscape Architecture, Places, Planning, and Architecture, and for several years he he wrote a regular column on architecture and urban design for The Seattle Times. In 1999, APA Planners Press published his Citistate Seattle: Shaping a Modern Metropolis.

Hugh Hochberg Assoc AIA
The Coxe Group
Hugh Hochberg has been consulting as a partner in The Coxe Group for 26 years, helping professionals from over 450 professional service firms organize and manage their practices. He also has conducted numerous training programs - both in-house and in public forums - to help professionals improve their skills in such areas as communications, marketing, selling, presentations, profit performance, financial management, and leadership. In addition to his work as consultant and speaker, he has written for several publications including Progressive Architecture, Architecture, Design West, and Oregon Business.

Johnpaul Jones FAIA
Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects, Ltd.
An American Indian (Cherokee/Choctaw) born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, Johnpaul Jones has created designs that have won widespread recognition for heightening human sensitivity to cultural and environmental issues. He has planned and designed a number of museums, heritage centers, and cultural centers that interpret for the visitor a respect and stewardship of the natural world, animal world, spirit world, and human world. Johnpaul brings an integrated approach to built environments and the conservation of natural resources, creating projects of public significance and celebration.

Gil Kelley
City of Portland
Gil Kelley is Planning Director for the City of Portland, Oregon. He oversees the Bureau of Planning and is responsible for coordinating the planning and development functions among all city agencies. Mr. Kelley also directs several key community development initiatives on behalf of the Mayor and Council, including Portland's River Renaissance, Centers and Neighborhoods - a Community Investment Strategy, the Next Economy Initiative, and the Mayor's Urban Design Excellence initiative.

Tom Kundig FAIA
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects
Tom Kundig is the recent winner of two national AIA awards for The Brain and the Chicken Point Cabin, he was selected as one of eight North American Emerging Architects by the Architectural League of New York. His work is published in over 220 publications internationally, most recently on the cover of the New York Times magazine.

Peter Locke AIA
Peter Locke has been practicing architecture for the past 25 years, and has been involved with high performance buildings for the past 10-15 years. He is a LEED accredited professional, leads the LMN Architects Green Team, and is currently a co-chair of the AIA Seattle Committee on the environment and was instrumental in working on the ad hoc committee drafting and lobbying for the recently enacted WA state High Performance Green Building Legislation

Bruce Marvin Esq.
Skellenger Bender PS
Bruce Marvin is an attorney with Skellenger Bender, P.S. where his practice focuses on the representation of design professionals in errors and omissions claims and complex contractual matters. As a member of AIA Seattle's Practice/Ethics Committee, Bruce has appeared in several continuing education programs and regularly contributed articles on professional ethics to the AIA-Seattle newsletter.

Kara Masters Esq.
Skellenger Bender PS
Kara Masters is an attorney with Skellenger Bender, P.S. where her civil litigation practice focuses on design professional defense, construction, environmental and employment law, and director and officer liability issues. Ms. Masters has contributed to various publications addressing emerging issues in employment law and also works with her clients in presenting continuing education on employment and insurance liability issues.

Alex Maxim Assoc AIA
NBBJ
Alex Maxim, currently with NBBJ, has over twenty-four years of experience in construction and design. He is leading the CA software development in-house and the IT implementation of firmwide software systems. As CADD Systems Manager for Starbucks Coffee Company, Alex implemented their automated store design software. While Director of Information Services for Gruen Associates in California, he set up all the CAD network systems and multiple CAD platforms.

Steve McConnell AIA
NBBJ
Steve McConnell with NBBJ was the Design Principal-in-Charge of the recently completed US Federal Courthouse in Seattle. Steve's role on the US Federal Courthouse included leading the effort to achieve a seamless integration of Federal security requirements with an image of openness and accessibility.

Chris Meek
UW Better Bricks Daylighting Lab

Don Clifford Miles FAIA
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
Don Miles has over 35 years of experience as an architect and urban designer. He has specialized in public and commercial facilities, community development guide plans, and historic preservation. He is a frequent lecturer, has been a consultant to numerous cities and business people throughout the country, and is a published author and analyst of design issues relating buildings to their external environments. Mr. Miles is a founding board member of Project for Public Spaces, a non-profit corporation based in New York. Its objective is to improve the relationship between the design of public areas and the way people use them.

Seth E. Millstein Esq.
Linville Ursich PLLC
Seth Millstein is an associate at Linville Ursich PLLC. His work focuses on : construction and real estate transactions and litigation matters. Prior to joining Linville Ursich PLLC he worked to evaluate alternative minimum tax liabilities and issues surrounding computations and assist clients in dealings with IRS agents on various tax issues, as well as lecturing and provided tutorials to students regarding individual and corporate income tax issues, at the University of Oregon School of Law.

Walt Niehoff AIA
LMN Architects
Walt Niehoff has been with LMN Architects since 1989 and became a partner in 1995. His 26 years of experience includes design and partner-level leadership of mixed-use complexes, commercial office buildings, retail shopping centers, corporate office campuses, and high-rise office building projects. Walt is currently providing the broad visioning and leadership for the Seattle Multi-Model Ferry Terminal Project.

Joyce M. Noe AIA
University of Hawaii
Currently Associate Dean and Practice Program Director at the University of Hawaii School of Architecture, Joyce Noe's teaching, research and service focuses on student transition from academy to practice and lifelong learning. Member of AIA EPN; AIA Honolulu Chapter Director and member of Associates Committee; ACSA Faculty Councilor, AIAS Faculty Advisor. Awarded AIAS National Educator and Special Achievement Awards in 1997 and 2001 respectively

George Ostrow
Velocipede Architects
George Ostrow began his career in Vermont at the office of Turner Brooks, then lived in a third world village in Fiji for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer with his wife. A lifelong bicycle enthusiast, George enjoys his daily commute on two wheels along with his two sons ages 8 and 10. He lectures regularly on green building and is a member of the Northwest Ecobuilding Guild and the U.S. Green Building Council.

Casius Pealer Assoc AIA
Casius Pealer is currently preparing for the Bar exam in the state of New York. This fall, he will join Reno & Cavanaugh, PLLC, which provides a broad range of legal and legislative advocacy services to nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and small businesses. Casius has worked for a variety of organizations intended to demonstrate the importance of design to the public, including the American Architectural Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mayors' Institute on City Design, and the Washington DC Housing Authority. Casius also spent two years teaching carpentry and small business skills to artisans in the West Indies as a volunteer for the United States Peace Corps. In 1999, Casius and John Cary co-founded ArchVoices, a nonprofit organization and think tank on architectural education, internship, and licensure.

Scott Penner Esq.
Carney Badley Spellman, P.S.
Scott Penner's practice focuses on construction, defense of design professionals, public and private procurements and insurance coverage. Scott also devotes a substantial portion of his practice to counseling clients on contractual and risk management issues.

Connie Petersen
C. Petersen & Associates
Connie Petersen recently left a position as Senior Marketing Manager with Callison Architecture to strike out on her own again. Prior to joining Callison Architecture, Connie consulted for over 12 years in the construction industry. Some of her clients included Eva Maddox Associates, Masonite, and Chicago Metallic Corporation. Her career was founded with USG Corporation where she held various sales and marketing management positions over a seventeen-year period.

Dyan Pfitzenmeier
Firefly Inc.
In 2000 Dyan Pfitzenmeier started Firefly to offer resources for Marketing and Communication: she has fifteen years of experience in the A/E/C industry. As a consultant, Dyan works primarily with small to mid size firms and tailors the services to meet a range of needs.

Amy Portz AIA
NBBJ

Richard Ottesen Prentke Esq.
Perkins Coie LLP
Richard Prentke chairs the national construction practice of Perkins Coie LLP, where he has been a partner for twenty-five years. A graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School, he represents private and public owners in transactions, counseling and dispute resolution. Projects with which he has been involved include Safeco Field, Benaroya Hall, Immunex Headquarters, Lincoln Square, Everett Events Center, Bellevue City Hall, and Four Seasons Hotel, as well as schools, hospitals, office buildings, retail structures, laboratories, manufacturing, technology and industrial facilities, condominiums, mixed-use projects, utilities, residences and transportation projects.

Gordon Price
University of British Columbia
Gordon Price is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia, where he developed and teaches a new course: Vancouver and Its Times. In 2002, he finished his sixth term as a City Councillor in Vancouver, BC. He also served on the Board of the Greater Vancouver Regional District and was appointed to the first board of the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink). He has written several extensive essays on Vancouver and transportation issues and has spoken at numerous conventions and conferences in many countries, writes a monthly column for Business in Vancouver on civic issues, and conducts tours and seminars on the development of Vancouver.

Tony Rinella Assoc AIA
Anshen + Allen Architects, SF

Sloan Schang
Portland Development Commission

Alan Sclater FAIA
Sclater Partners Architects PC
Alan Sclater has served on numerous committees during his professional life before being appointed to the AIA National Documents Committee, in 1988, where he recently served as coordinator of the team that drafted the 1997 version of B141, the profession's most widely used Standard Form Owner-Architect Agreement. He has also filled several offices of the local and state chapters of the American Institute of Architects from 1987 to 1995. As a practicing architect, Alan has served developer and corporate clients on retail, office, hotel and mixed-use projects of all sizes, as well as private schools and other institutional projects. He serves occasionally as an expert witness on cases involving design and construction issues.

Pat Sprague
Microsoft

Dale Stenning
Hoffman Construction
Over the past decade, Dale Stenning has worked closely with some of the world's leading architects as a construction manager, Including: Rem Koolhaas, OMA/LMN - Seattle Central Library Gehry Partners - Experience Music Project Gwathmey - Siegel & Associates - Henry Art Gallery Expansion/Renovation Before this, Dale has worked in design and engineering roles. Dale's 30-year background in architecture, engineering and construction gives him valuable insight into the design and construction process.

Eric Strandberg
Lighting Design Lab
Eric Strandberg, one of the Lighting Design Lab lighting specialist, has over fifteen years in the lighting industry. From 1985-90 he operated a lighting production company doing live and film work. In 1990 Eric switched to architectural lighting sales and design in the Seattle area. Coming to the Lighting Design Lab in 1995 he brings this background in an effort to promote good design and energy efficiency on commercial projects. In 1997 he became one of the first to take the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Profession (NCQLP)exam to become Lighting Certified (LC).

Jim Suehiro AIA
NBBJ
Jim Suehiro is a Principal at NBBJ and practice leader for airports and transportation. In a career spanning 30 years, he has planned and designed over forty airports in the United States and abroad, as well as, other significant public projects. His current work includes new terminal expansions at Calgary International Airport in Canada, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Albuquerque International Airport, Port Columbus International Airport, and major airport terminal planning for Honolulu, Kona, Kahului and Lihue airports in Hawaii. His work has been recognized through numerous awards at local, regional, and national levels and reflects Jim's practice goal of bringing value to communities by creating memorable airports.

Diane M. Sugimura
Department of Planning and Development (DPD) City of Seattle
After 27 years with the City of Seattle . 13 in the variously-named planning offices and projects, and 14 in a primarily regulatory agency . Diane Sugimura has come full circle by heading up the agency that combines both . the Department of Planning and Development. The City of Seattle finally has a department with the word "planning" in its name! AIA Seattle welcomed Diane Sugimura as an Hon. Member in 2005.

Blaine Weber AIA
Weber + Thompson Architects
Blaine Weber AIA, is a founding principal at Weber + Thompson, an Architectural / Planning / Interior Design firm based in Seattle. He has over 32 years of design experience in high-rise structures, luxury condominiums, mixed-use facilities, and hospitality design. As Director of Weber + Thompson's Urban Projects/High-Rise team his current projects include 1521 2nd Avenue, a 400' tall, 37-story residential tower above Pike Place Market that will be the first project to integrate a monorail station, a one million square foot high-rise complex in Denver; and numerous collaborative projects high-rise residential projects from San Diego to Seattle. Blaine is a member of the Washington State Board for Architects, and he is the current Chair of the Seattle Downtown Design Review Board.

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These and other knowledgeable luminaries helped advance the knowledge question at the Knowledge by Design NW+Pacific Region Case Study Conference in Seattle, August 4 through 6.