Tommy Zakrzewski, PhD
Director of Integrative Energy Engineering
BEMP, CEM, CMVP, LEED AP BD+C O+M
HKS  |  Creating places that enhance the human experience

As Director of Integrative Energy Engineering, Tommy delivers high-performance integrated building design and re-positioning of existing buildings through detailed whole-building energy analysis....

Tim Conway, Vice President of Sustainable Development  
As a flooring industry expert, Tim Conway is focused on the positive affects that sustainable flooring products have on our buildings, and more importantly, the people that occupy and live in the spaces we design.
Tim has worked closely with Bill McDonough and the internal team at Shaw for the past twelve years developing and maintaining Shaw’s Cradle to Cradle certifications, HPDs and EPDs....

Creative Director, Principal
Todd is a Co-Creative Director of Gensler’s Chicago office. His leadership showcases more than 20 years of experience in next-generation design at the cutting edge of workplace strategies, and his commitment to conceptual and technical development transforms spaces for clients around the globe....

Tom Stringer founded his eponymous multi-disciplinary firm more than 20 years ago to conceive and deliver unique design solutions for residences, restaurants, and yachts around the globe. Stringer’s design approach is externally inspired and internally driven, largely informed by his great life passion for exotic travel.  Filtering his experiences through the prism of design allows him to bridge styles and cultures, expanding his imagination into innovative layers of colors, textures, and function....

Tomas Jimenez-Eliaeson, AIA, NCARB, LEED®AP
Partner & Design Principal, Community Architecture
Little
 
Tomas Jimenez-Eliaeson is the Design Principal for the Charlotte Community Practice Group, and a Partner at Little, an industry leading architecture and design firm with more than 400 professionals in six locations across the USA and China.  He leads a team of architects and designers dedicated to educational, cultural and civic projects including academic institutions, cultural facilities, performing arts centers, and libraries.
 
Tomas is a member of the AIA, NCARB, A4LE, and is a LEED Accredited professional....

Tracy joined Teknion in April 2000 and has held multiple positions during her tenure from direct sales, Architectural and Design Market Manager, Architecture and Design Program Manager, and currently; Teknion’s Director of Sustainable Programs for North America....

As hospitality design leader at Gresham, Smith and Partners, Valli Wiggins creates “Instagram-worthy” hotel, restaurant, residential tower and entertainment venue designs that are sure to captivate and rejuvenate guests with fresh themes, memorable branding and unrivaled experiences....

Veronica Burns has been with MA+ Architecture for four years and counting as a Registered Interior Designer and furniture specialist. Her previous experience with the University of Oklahoma is what sparked her interest in commercial education furniture and helped build her into the furniture expert she is today....

Vivian Beer, studio artist, furniture designer/maker
 
Vivian Beer is a furniture designer/maker based in New England. Her sleek, abstracted metal and concrete furniture combines the aesthetic sensibilities of contemporary design, craft, and sculpture to create objects that alter viewers’ expectations of and interface with the domestic landscape....