Principal Architect, Mackenzie, 2025 GBI Board Chair Alison Hoagland, an Architect and Principal at Mackenzie, has designed and delivered projects in a variety of markets, including retail, commercial, hospitality, educational, industrial, and public safety facilities. Alison is passionate about sustainable architecture, and has led many of Mackenzie’s LEED projects, and worked to develop Mackenzie’s Building […]

Michael is the General Manager of ConTech Lighting, a Leviton Company. In addition, he has held leadership positions at other organizations in the areas of design, marketing, application engineering, training, and product development where he has earned over twenty new product awards. He has also worked as a lighting designer on many architectural and entertainment projects, for […]

Jane Rohde believes in a global cultural shift toward de-institutionalized senior living facilities through research, advocacy, and humanistic approaches to care. She sits on various senior living, healthcare, and sustainability committees to support creation of a tipping point for person-centered care environments. In 2015, she received the first Changemaker Award for Environments for Aging from […]

Trained in both architecture and building science, David has focused his career on the integration of the built environment and energy conserving/consuming systems. A focus on whole building energy simulation allows him to provide investment grade financial analysis to all parties involved, proving the business case for sustainability in both new construction and existing buildings. […]

In the University of Oregon’s architecture program in the 1980s, several professors lit a fire under Rich and his classmates by motivating them toward holistic design. When Rich entered the profession, however, the young architect’s college passions became tabled by clients’ focus on costs. But in the mid-90s, the industry re-awakened to sustainability and that […]

Fond childhood memories of swimming and fishing in fresh water lakes and climbing rolling hills in his hometown north of Toronto gave John his love of the outdoors. He’s had a keen interest in environmental stewardship for as long as he can remember. “In 10th grade, we were tasked with writing a paper and I […]