Working Group
Design for Freedom Working Group Members
(as of November 2024)
Abernethy, Jane | Humanscale, Chief Sustainability Officer
Allen, Cindy | Interior Design, Editor-in-Chief
Amann, Keith | Related Companies, VP, Sustainability
Baan, Iwan | Photographer and Published Author
BatShalom, Barbara | BuildingEase, Founder & CEO
Bergmann, Kai-Uwe, FAIA | BIG, Partner
Berke, Deborah, FAIA, LEED AP | Yale School of Architecture, Dean, and Deborah Berke Partners, Founder
Bernstein, Phillip, FAIA, RIBA, LEED AP | Yale School of Architecture, Associate Dean and Professor Adjunct
Best, Rebecca | Material Bank, VP Sustainability & Market Engagement
Bevan, Annie | Mindful Materials, Executive Director
Bradley, Paul | Ventia, Sustainable Energy & Supply Chain
Bronet, Frances | Pratt Institute, President
Cabanos, Victoria | Stuart Lynn, Managing Principal/CEO
C.deBaca, Luis, Amb. (ret.) | Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Clemence, Paul | Architectural Photographer and Author
Cook, Rick | COOKFOX Architects, Founding Partner
Cooke John, Nina | Founder and Principal, Studio Cooke John Architecture + Design
Coppedge, Susan, Amb. (ret.) | Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons & Krevolin & Horst
Crawford, Jill | Type A Projects, Founding Partner
Crosbie, Michael, Ph.d, FAIA, University of Hartford, Professor
Clay, Curtis | US Dept. of State, OBO, Director of Architecture
Darling, Diana | The Architect’s Newspaper, CEO, Co-Founder, and Publisher
De Hoog, Tanya, CEng, FIStructE, MIEAust | Principal, Thornton Tomasetti
Denison, Dirk, FAIA, MCHAP | MCHAP Director and Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), College of Architecture
Dizon, Angel | Northwestern University, Senior Associate Vice President of Facilities
Dodd, Graham | ARUP, Director
Downey, Jennifer | Turner Construction, Director Environmental Social Governance
DuBois, Bill, CSI, CCS | Gensler, Certified Construction Specifier/Architect (ret.)
Dyson, Anna | Yale Center for Ecosystems in Architecture (CEA), Founding Director
Ekman, Rand | HKS, Principal and Chief Sustainability Officer
Foushee, Christine | The Change Collective, Owner
Frankel, James | Thompson Hine, Partner
Gamolina, Julia | Madame Architect, Founder & Ennead, Associate Principal
Gilbert, Jared | COOKFOX Architects, Associate Partner
Goodwin-Robbins, Lisa, RA, LEED AP | Associate Principal, Kalin Associates
Gore, Meredith, PhD. | University of Maryland, Associate Professor
Gorman, Jay | Sciame Construction, Assistant Vice President
Grant, Brad | Howard University, Professor, Vice Chair, Department of Architecture
Green, Michael, AIBC, FRAIC, AIA | MGA, President and CEO
Grennan, Conor | NYU Stern, Dean of MBA Students
Grennan, Elizabeth | Global Managing Counsel, McKinsey Digital
Guilliams, Gabe, PE | BuroHappold Engineering, Partner, Lighting Specialist
Hall, Joanna | US Coalition on Sustainability, SustainChain, Executive Director
Hamill, Pete | Senior Vice President and Regional General Manager, New England at Turner Construction Company
Harriss, Harriet, Ph.D., CONS, RIBA, PFHEA, PFRSA | Professor, Pratt Institute
Henderson, Ronald | IIT, Director of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism Program
Höweler, Eric | Höweler + Yoon, Co-founder & Principal
Idenburg, Florian, RA, AIA-IA | SO – IL, Founding Principal
Jones, Susan | atelierjones, Founder, Architect
Kellogg, Diana | Diana Kellogg Architects, Founder
Khan, Maha | Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST), United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, Financial Sector Lead
King, Leslie P., Esq. | Carlton Fields, Shareholder, Construction Litigation
Klemmer, Andrew | Paratus Group, President & Founder
Lee, Evelyn | Slack Technologies, Head of Workplace Strategy and Innovation and Practice of Architecture, Founder
Lee, Vivian | Gensler, Design Director
Liu, Jing, AIA | SO – IL, Founding Principal
MacDonald, Shawn, Ph.D. | Verité, CEO
McCadney, Jennifer | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Special Counsel
Medina, Sammy | The Architect’s Newspaper, Consulting Editor
Miller, Peter, AIA, LEED | Palette Architecture, Founding Partner
Mizzi, Joseph | Sciame Construction, President & COO
Musanti, Amy | Assa Abloy, Director of Sustainable Building Solutions
Nakajima, Tateo, FRSA FIOA | ARUP, Fellow
Natke, Patricia Saldaña, FAIA, ALA, NCARB | UrbanWorks, Founding Partner and President
Nielsen, Signe | MNLA Landscape Architects, Principal
Opara, Eddie, AIGA | Pentagram, Partner
Oppenheimer, Nat, PE | Silman, EVP, Senior Principal
Posner, Michael | NYU Stern, Professor of Ethics & Finance, Director Center for Business & Human Rights
Propst, Debbie | President, Global Retail, MillerKnoll
Reynolds, Fiona | UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute and Australian Sustainable Finance Institute, Director
Ricks, Alan, Int FRIBA | MASS Design Group, Founding Principal and Chief Design Officer
Rillosi, Antonio | ExtraVega, CEO & Founder
Rolland, Ann, FAIA | FXCollaborative, Partner
Santos Rivera, Yiselle | HKS, Principal, Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Sharples, Christopher, AIA | SHoP Architects, Founding Principal
Slade, Hayes, AIA, IIDA | Slade Architecture, Co-Founder & Principal and AIA NY 2019 President
Slade, James, FAIA, LEED-AP| Slade Architecture, Founder Partner
Sperry, Raphael | ARUP, Associate Principal and Global Social Equity Leader
Trubiano, Franca, Ph.D. | University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design, Architect and Associate Professor in Architecture
Ulicny, Brian, Ph.D. | Raytheon BBN Technologies at Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Associate Director, Research; Analytics and Machine Intelligence Group
Varkulja, Luciana | uma architecture, Founder, Architect, & Urban Designer and USC, Professor
Weisz, Claire, FAIA | WXY architecture + urban design, Principal-in-Charge
White, Megan | Introba, Vice President of ESG
Wildman, David | Bloomberg LP, Global Head Facilities, Sustainability Ops and MEP Infrastructure
Yao, Kim, AIA | ARO, Principal and AIA NY 2020 President
Yoshida, Shohei | Shohei Yoshida and Associates, Principal
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS
Lee, Evelyn | AIA, Incoming President
GRACE FARMS
Prince, Sharon | CEO and Founder
Thatcher, Chelsea | Chief Strategy Officer and Founding Creative Director
Walsh, Meg Hely | Chief Partnerships Officer
Rizzo, Nora | Ethical Materials Director
Abraham, Brigid, AIA | Design for Freedom Project Manager
Oki, Toshihiro | Architectural Advisor
Thatcher, Adam | Co-Founder Grace Farms Foods
Rapuano, Elizabeth | Chief Communications Officer
Sikora, Ashley | Director of Marketing
In Honor of William Menking, (1947- 2020) Co-Founder of the Design for Freedom Working Group and Founding Editor-in Chief of The Architect’s Newspaper