Anyeley Hallová
Founder and CEO, Adre

Anyeley is a real estate developer with over 20 years of experience in the built environment. She is the founder of Adre, an equity-centered development company formed with the purpose of developing projects that create social and economic benefits for groups that traditionally lack access to real estate ownership and investment.

For 12 years, Anyeley was a partner with project^, a Pacific Northwest development company, where she focused on shepherding projects through entitlements and construction. During her tenure, she delivered over $110M in award-winning sustainable market-rate housing, student housing, homes for sale, retail, and offices for mission-driven organizations.

She led the research and development of Framework, the first permitted wood high-rise in the U.S., serving as a catalyst for the country’s mass timber industry. She also spearheaded the headquarters project for Meyer Memorial Trust, one of Oregon’s largest foundations, which earned a ULI Americas Award for Excellence as a top 10 development in North and South America.

Her civic leadership includes serving as Chair of Oregon’s Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

A published researcher and writer, she is on the patent Sustainable Performance Information for a Property and is author of “A Kids Book About Real Estate Development”.

Ilana Judah
Associate Principal, Arup

With over 25 years of experience in the built environment, Ilana spent the first decade of her career as a practicing architect across a range of project types prior to specializing in sustainability and resilience. This range of professional experience enables Ilana to provide innovative yet practical solutions that meet ambitious climate objectives.

Based in New York, Ilana has led climate, sustainability, and resilience endeavors on public and private sector projects around the world. Her clients range from commercial property owners and investors to public sector infrastructure agencies. She has also served as an advisor to governments, a board member and chair of sustainability groups, and has forged industry partnerships to advance climate imperatives.

Drawing upon a multidisciplinary team across Canada, the United States, and Latin America with expertise in services including adaptation and resilience, sustainable design and strategy, and decarbonisation, Ilana strives to develop a tailored approach to meet each client’s unique challenges and objectives.

Lara Kaufman
Design Principal, Studio Gang

Architect Lara Kaufman is a Design Principal based in the Studio’s New York office. As Studio Gang’s Sustainability Lead, she oversees the Studio’s Sustainability Task Force and directs project teams on implementation of holistic design approaches for decarbonization, healthy materials and biodiversity.

Lara has advanced initiatives for the Marlboro Agricultural Education Center and the David Rubenstein Treehouse, which is targeting Living Building Challenge’s Core Green Building Certification and Materials Petal. She also leads the Studio’s ongoing research into sustainability, including a whole life carbon analysis of the Beloit College Powerhouse, and has joined numerous industry conferences, summits, and university studio courses as an invited speaker.

A committed advocate for urgent climate action within the building industry, she is currently serving as co-lead for the Carbon Leadership Forum’s NYC hub and contributes to other working groups promoting environmental policy, best practices, and education.

Patricia Gruits
Co-Executive Director; Senior Principal, MASS Design Group

Patricia Gruits believes that our built environment reflects our shared values and shapes how we relate to one another. Her work as an architect and researcher is rooted in the possibility of shaping a more just, beautiful, and connected world.

At MASS, Patricia is a Co-Executive Director, supporting the strategy, development, operations, finance, design, and governance of the North American studios. Her decade-long tenure has seen her working at MASS’s Boston Studio and in the Africa Studio, where she led design teams on acclaimed projects, including the African Leadership University, the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, and the Maternity Waiting Village in Malawi. She is currently leading the design for the headquarters of Children’s Services of Roxbury and several affordable housing projects for older adults and vulnerable populations.

She co-authored the Purpose Built series, a set of tools for creating impact-driven design, and has implemented this approach to the design of housing, schools, and health facilities around the globe. She is currently researching and applying Trauma-Informed Care into space design and the design process.

Karen McNeill, Ph.D.
Architectural Historian

Karen McNeill, Ph.D., is an expert on Julia Morgan and currently working on a multiple publications about the architect. Dr. McNeill’s scholarship focuses on women and gender in the architectural profession as well as how Progressive Era women used the built environment to expand their roles society as consumers, reformers, educators, and professionals. Her work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Autry National Center, the Bancroft Library, and the University of California Humanities Research Institute. Karen has also taught history and architectural history at colleges and universities in the San Francisco Bay Area and has been involved in historic preservation, authoring several context statements for major surveys and successfully nominating a range of buildings to the National Register of Historic Places. She is currently Managing Director, SVP, Sr. Leadership & Legacy Consultant at Ascent Private Capital Management of U.S. Bank.