Emerging Leaders

Launched in 2017, the BWAF Emerging Leaders program is a selective professional development opportunity for early- and mid-career women. Within a small group format, participants engage with significant senior women in architecture, design, engineering, construction, real estate, law, and financial services to advance their own career goals and connect with a cohort of ambitious colleagues across at similar professional levels. Participants share common experiences and trade personal strategies for advancing their field. Over 200 women have participated in past cohorts, building a timeless network of allies and support for each other.

Energy, Environment, Engagement

Energy, Environment, Engagement was held March 30th, April 25th, and May 16th, 2023. Participants heard from speakers Melissa Burton, ARUP Canada’s Principal Engineer; Lynn Simon, VP of Sustainability and Global ESG; and Emmanuelle Slossberg.

Allyson Kritzer
Project Engineer, Langan Engineering, Environmental, Surveying, Landscape Architecture and Geology, DPC
Ann O'Connell
Senior Associate, Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Aryn Phillips
Design Associate, Alloy Development
Ashley Sandve
Project Engineer, Langan Engineering, Environmental, Surveying, Landscape Architecture and Geology, DPC
Dani Nydick
Senior Project Interior Designer, Cooper Carry
Dyesha Holmes
Designer, Cooper Carry
Erika Luker
Project Interior Designer Associate, Cooper Carry
Kelsey Donoghue
Senior Staff Engineer, Langan Engineering, Environmental, Surveying, Landscape Architecture and Geology, DPC
Lauren Krohn
Senior Project Manager, Audiovisual, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Leah Colmenares
Project Manager, Envoie Projects
Mahsa Karkhaneh
Project Manager, Alloy Development
Melanie Wong
Senior Staff Engineer, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.
Molly Lawenda
Project Manager, Cooper Carry
Paige Barnum
Architectural Designer, Mancini Duffy
Sarah Harkins
Project Architect, Studio B Architects + Interiors
Soumya Rao
Project Architect, Dattner Architects
Zhen Ren
Senior Project Engineer, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Zoe Brown
Structural Engineer, Arup

ENERGY

Speaker
Melissa Burton
ARUP Canada's Principal Engineer

ARUP Canada's Principal engineer, Melissa Burton, took a childhood experience of natural disaster and transformed it into a data driven and award winning global technical career in wind engineering and climate modelling. In addition, she has the ENERGY for three children, an artist wife, and a side hustle in music, having lived in Hong Kong, South Korea, London, New York and now Toronto. Melissa's perspectives provide inspiration to re-charge both architects and engineers.

Time and location

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 6:30-8PM

ENVIRONMENT

Speaker
Lynn Simon
VP of Sustainability and Global ESG

Workshop your sustainability profile with Lynn Simon, VP of Sustainability and Global ESG. Whether your professional environment supports your whole self, or challenges your sensibilities, take advantage of Lynn's experience in global real estate sustainability at Google to give yourself a post-pandemic reset. Advance reading from "All We Can Save" will inform the session.

Time and location

Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 6:30-8PM

ENGAGEMENT

Speaker
Emmanuelle Slossberg

Emmanuelle Slossberg has worked in branding and marketing, and presents engagement as a business development strategy. From experiences as diverse as the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization or other, to the Durst Organization, Cetra-Ruddy, and ULI, Emmanuelle offers the group both the professional perspective, as well as deep insights into the development world.

Time and location

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 6:30-8PM

View previous sessions from recent years:
2024: Emerging Leaders Online: Tenacity, Tumbles, Triumphs →
2024: Tenacity, Tumbles, and Triumphs→
2022: Agility, Ambition, Authenticity→
2021: Imagination, Integrity, Influence→
2021: Perseverance, Politics, Power→
2020: Priorities, Personhood, Profit→
2020: Determination, Design, Disruption→
2019: Confidence, Compensation, Competition→
2018: Finance, Fulfillment, Family→
2018: Networking, Negotiation, Nice→
2017: Risk, Rain-Making, Resilience→

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