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Speakers | 2022 Design for Freedom Summit

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March 31, 2022 Design for Freedom Summit and Round Table Speakers

The first-ever Design for Freedom Summit was held on Thursday, March 31st, 2022 from 9am to 5:30pm at Grace Farms.

Keynotes were given by Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, CEO of International Peace Institute and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Sharon Prince, CEO and Founder of Grace Farms.

Panels and round tables were led by experts in fields such as architecture, law, and construction were centered around our core topics: corporate ethical responsibility, government policies, Design for Freedom Pilot Projects, and the future of the AEC Industry.

Keynote Speaker: Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein

CEO of International Peace Institute and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Keynote Speaker: Sharon Prince

CEO and Founder, Grace Farms

Alan Ricks

Founding Principal & Chief Design Officer, MASS Design Group

Angel A. Dizon, III

Managing Director of Program, Development, Coordination, and Support, Department of State’s Bureau Of Overseas Buildings Operations (DOS – OBO)

Anna Dyson

Founding Director, Yale Center for Ecosystems in Architecture (CEA)

Annie Bevan

CEO, mindful MATERIALS

Caitlyn Taylor

Principal, MASS Design Group

Chelsea Thatcher

Creative Director and Chief Advancement Officer, Grace Farms Foundation

Christine Foushee

Director of External Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Overseas Building Operations

Christopher Sharples

Principal, SHoP Architects

Florian Idenburg, RA, AIA-IA

Principal, SO -IL

Dr. Harriet Harriss

Dean, Pratt Institute School of Architecture

Hayes Slade

Co-founder and Principal, Slade Architecture

Jane Abernethy

Chief Sustainability Officer, Humanscale

Jennifer McCadney

Special Counsel, International Trade and Government Relations at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Joseph Mizzi

President/COO, Sciame Construction

Lynn Temple

Chief Estimator, Turner Construction

Maggie Stern

Director, MASS Design Group

Michael Conlon

Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations

Michael Green

Principal, Michael Green Architecture

Nora Rizzo

Sustainable Materials Director, Grace Farms Foundation

Patricia Saldaña Natke

Founding Partner, UrbanWorks

Pedro Mendes

Associate Partner, Pentagram

Peter Miller, AIA, LEED-AP

Partner and Co-Founder, Palette Architecture

Phillip Bernstein

Associate Dean and Professor Adjunct, Yale School of Architecture

Richard A. Cook, FAIA

Founding Partner, COOKFOX Architects

Rod Khattabi

Chief Accountability Officer & Justice Initiative Director for Grace Farms Foundation

Vanessa Barboni Hallik

Founder and CEO, Another Tomorrow

 

 

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