Leadership Summit on
the Future of
Environmental Responsibility

Principal with Davies-Crooks Associates, Board Chair for Building Transparency, and AISC Sustainability Committee member, Don is an industry champion for the promotion of urban density and low-carbon construction. He helped found the Carbon Leadership Forum, Building Transparency, and the MKA Foundation. Don has led the collaborative teams that developed both the Hines Embodied Carbon Reduction Guide and the MKA Low Carbon Concrete Procurement Guide. The past president of Magnusson Klemencic Associates, his structurally designed projects are in 18 countries and more than 50 major metropolitan centers. More than 25 are Performance Based Seismic Designed towers. Don is a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council, and he has been inducted into the UC Berkeley Academy of Distinguished Alumni.

Amanda Kaminsky is Director of Sustainable Construction for Lendlease Americas. Building on a couple decades of deep collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to pilot and standardize lasting industry improvements, Amanda is continuing this work at scale with Lendlease development, construction, supply chains, recycling networks, policy makers, and the communities where we build. Amanda is an Emeritus Board Member of the Health Product Declaration Collaborative, a Director on the Recycling Certification Institute Board, an Advisory Board Member of the Carbon Leadership Forum, and a Reuse Partner of Build Reuse. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from University of Virginia.

Dirk Kestner is a Principal and Director of Sustainable Design at Walter P Moore. He is a licensed professional engineer with a focus on structural design and leveraging whole building life cycle assessment to reduce embodied carbon. He was the founding chairman of the Structural Engineering Institute Sustainability Committee and served as the editor of Sustainability Guidelines for the Structural Engineer.

Dr. Pablo La Roche is a Principal at Arcadis, where he is a leader in the firm’s sustainability initiatives and works on projects worldwide. Pablo is also a Professor of Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona and has authored many technical papers and books including “Carbon Neutral Architectural Design” with a third edition scheduled for 2023. His awards include a Fulbright, UCLA’s Chancellors Fellowship, USGBC’s IMPACT Award, and the NCARB Grand Prize for his work at Cal Poly Pomona.

James is the Global Built Environment Sector Leader for Mott MacDonald, with responsibility for Mott MacDonald's global Built Environment sector strategy and the growth of services in target markets to achieve this. This includes responsibility for the focus sub-sectors of Healthcare facilities, Higher Education, Sport & Events, Aviation buildings and Transit/Metro buildings alongside all other global building practices that combined, contain over 2,900 professional staff. Mott MacDonald Built Environment services cover the entire infrastructure asset lifecycle from project initiation, development and preparation, through design, procurement and delivery to operation, maintenance and ongoing asset management.

James is a 25 year veteran of TCC, and in 2022 became its first Director of Sustainability. In response to a clear demand by TCC's investors and occupier clients, James is focused on implementing an effective sustainability strategy for the firm globally with an emphasis on decarbonizing its $30 billion pipeline. James chairs TCC's Global Sustainability Counsel, is driving a 300 MW rooftop solar program, and works closely with all 22 business units to strengthen sustainability standards and implement change. James is also responsible for researching, investing in and incorporating new sustainable technologies that may be ripe for TCC's industrial, office and multi-family platform.

Patrick Thibaudeau is Principal Sustainability Officer at JLG Architects. A 20-plus-year nationally-recognized visionary in his field, Patrick is a frequent speaker at national and regional events and has been widely published on a variety of inventive, research-based topics. He was an original member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Large Firm Roundtable working toward carbon neutrality by 2030, and his national influence continues today with several leading national organizations such as the United States Green Building Council, Living Futures Institute, Design Futures Council and the UC Berkley Center for the Built Environment.

As an architect, Jennifer believes the designers of the built environment have a responsibility to protect the natural environment. She leverages her passion and experience to help teams push the limits of sustainability while honoring each project’s unique opportunities and constraints. As HMC’s director of sustainability, Jennifer leads strategic initiatives for sustainable building firm-wide and aims to impact not just HMC’s designs, but its operations as well; guiding HMC in minimizing its footprint while maximizing its positive impact.