Speaking Engagements

2024

Panelist: "AIA Chicago Professional Parent's Forum"

2023

Panelists: “Uplifting Communities with Infill Housing,” Housing Matters Conference

2023

Presenter: "Stretch Codes: An Illinois Architect's Insights," New Jersey Clean Buildings Working Group

2023

Panelist: "All-in for All-Electric Building," Illinois Housing Council's Illinois Affordable Housing Forum

2022

Presenter at Green Building Convention, Cape Town, South Africa

2022

Presenter: "Martin Avenue Apartments: Refreshing an Affordable Senior Community," Environments for Aging Conference, Milwaukee, WI

2021

Presenter: "This is Home; Making Home in Affordable Senior Living Communities," Environments for Aging Conference, Chattanooga, TN

2021

Co-presenters: "Senior Living & Healthcare Design: An Architect's Perspective," Echelon Masonry APG University

2021

Presenter: "Living In History: Tiger Senior Living," AIA Chicago

2021

Presenter: "Unsung Design: How the Personal Became the Professional," AIA Chicago

2021

Presenter: Accessibility Training seminar for ARCO / Murray

2021

Moderator for Illinois Housing Council's Career Panel Discussion as part of the Emerging Leaders Network

2021

Presenter: The use of Archicad in the Ravenswood Senior Living project, Graphisoft's Midwest Virtual User Group

2021

Panel discussion presenter: "Chicago Architect Presents New Chicago Housing," AIA Chicago

2021

Presenter: "This is Home; Making Home in Affordable Senior Living Communities," AIA Chicago Design for Aging Knowledge Committee

2020

Moderator for "Achievements in Design and Construction" panel at the Illinois Housing Council's Illinois Affordable Housing Forum

2020

Featured Speaker: Housing Action Illinois 2020 Housing Matters! Conference

2020

Presenter & Panelist, University of Illinois at Chicago Summer Symposium on Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (SEES)

2019

Presenter: "Adaptive Reuse for Revitalization", Illinois Governor's Conference on Affordable Housing

2018

Panelist: IHDA/IHC IL Governor's Conference on Affordable Housing, Chicago, IL, "Designing Housing for Independent Seniors"

2018

Jury Member: UIUC Healthcare Design Studio, Chicago, IL, Midterm Reviews

2018

Presenter: Lunchtime Lecture Series, Universal Design Principles

2018

Presenter: "Models for Affordable Housing Scattered Site Developments: Two Case Studies and Perspectives", Housing Matters! Conference

2017

Presenter: Pecha Kucha, Auburn University Studio Soup Roast, Newburn, AL

2017

Panel Moderator: Health in Housing Panel, Illinois Governor's Conference

2017

"Dementia Care Slumber Party: Observations from Overnight Stays", Environments for Aging conference, Las Vegas, NV

2017

Panelist: AIA Northeast Illinois Panel Annual Meeting - Best Practices for Senior Living Design and Future Trends, Naperville, IL

2016

Senior Housing Real Estate Conference "Segmented Solutions in Market" panel discussion, Chicago, IL

2016

"Healthy Communities: The Intersection of Healthcare and Housing", Governor's Conference on Affordable Housing, Chicago, IL

2016

CMAP Panelist - On To 2050 Big Ideas Forum "Designing the Future: Gen X and Millennials in 2050", Chicago, IL

2016

Charrette facilitator: Lifetime Design Charette - Enterprise Communities Partners

2016

Speaker & Participant: 3rd Annual Senior Living Design Symposium

2015

"Prairie Crossing at Twenty", Liberty Prairie Preserve panel discussion with Blair Kamin, Grayslake, IL

2015

Senior Housing Real Estate Conference "Segmented Solutions & Trends" panel discussion, Chicago, IL

2015

Co-presenters: "Design Evolution: Collaborative Design for a New Model of Memory Care", Environments for Aging conference, Baltimore, MD

2015

Session presenter: IHDA/IHC IL Governor's Conference on Affordable Housing - "Out of the box: Evidence Informed Design", Chicago, IL

2015

Artist Talk & Exhibit: This is Home, Firecat Projects, Chicago, IL

2014

"Green LIHTC Forum" Green Affordable Housing Coalition, Washington, D.C.

2014

"Healthy Communities: Trends in Design and the Correlation Between Health and the Built Environment", Governor's Conference on Affordable Housing, Chicago, IL

2014

Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker: "Aging in Space", North Shore Senior Center; Skokie, IL

2014

Guest lecturer: "Therapeutic Landscapes", University of Illinois, School of Architecture

2014

"What Works: Applying Evidence-Based Design to Supportive Housing Models," Center for Supportive Housing (CSH) Conference, Champaign, IL

2013

"Cost Containment Strategies" Illinois Governor's Conference on Affordable Housing, Chicago, IL

2013

Environments for Aging Conference - "Breathing new life into legacy buildings" - New Orleans, LA

2013

Speaker and Session Moderator: IHDA/IHC IL Governor's Conference on Affordable Housing - "Evidence based design - Implications for Affordable Housing Development", Chicago, IL

2012

"Green Building Certification for Affordable Housing" Illinois Housing Council Conference, Chicago, IL

2012

"Energy Efficient, Cost-Effective", Governor's Conference on Affordable Housing, Chicago, IL

2012

Educator Salon: "Skyscraper: Exploring Art and Architecture", Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

2012

Workshop presenter: "Seeing is Believing: Participatory Design Methods for Urban Farmers", Growing Power International Urban & Small Farm Conference, Milwaukee, WI

2011

Brown Bag Artist Talk: Architects Doing Other Things, Chicago, IL

2011

Session Presenter: "Lighting for Seniors", Leading Age Annual Meeting (Formally LSN)

2011

Session Chair and Presenter: "Environmental Changes That Improve the Quality of Long Term Care", GSA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

2011

"Supportive Living Success: Training for Providers and Reviewers - Sustainability in Environments for Aging Adults: Lesson Learned from the Grace Project", Life Services Network / Illinois Nurses Association

2010

"Incorporating Renewable Energy & Green Building into Affordable Housing," IHDA Governor's Conference, Chicago, IL

2010

"Lean Project Delivery" Life Services Network Annual Convention, Chicago, IL

2010

Tour presenter: Architecture for Change Summit, Chicago, IL

2008

"Building Sustainable Mixed-Use Developments," Chicago, IL

2008

"Why Build Green?" Lorman Education Services, Naperville, IL