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Todd M. Alexander,
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Todd
Alexander is president of Continental Building
Systems and has worked in the industry for more
than 20 years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in
engineering from The Ohio State University and is
a LEED Accredited Professional. Alexander serves
on the board of directors for the Builders
Exchange of Central Ohio where he has also served
on the Cornerstone Review Committee and as a
Safety Awards judge. He is a member of the BEST
industry initiative (Building an Environment for
Success Together) and has served as the board
liaison for the BX Awards, Education and Safety
departments. He is also serving on the Partners in
Construction (PIC) Task Force, a local effort of
the American Subcontractors Association. Alexander
helped create the Tyler Ludwig Leadership Award
scholarship fund which is administered by the
Builders Exchange Foundation. He is a member of
the St. Edwards Church finance committee.
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Corinne Ambler,
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Corinne
Ambler is a
project engineer with The Barton Malow
Company. She
joined the Barton Malow Company family as a
full-time employee in July 2007 after completing a
successful academic career earning a bachelor of
architectural engineering degree at The
Pennsylvania State University.
She has had the opportunity to work on a
complex higher-education science facility as well
as an intricate renovation and addition to a major
healthcare facility.
Ambler successfully passed the LEED exam in
March 2009 to earn LEED AP status.
Beyond her innovative efforts with
streamlining Barton Malow’s project management
efforts utilizing integrated BIM technologies, she
serves as the recruiting coordinator for the
Maryland office.
She continually recruits and guest lectures
at The Pennsylvania State University, and her
energetic ways will allow her to advance Barton
Malow’s technology efforts on many future
projects and ultimate positively differentiate
Barton Malow from its competitors.
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Paul R. Becker
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Paul Becker, CPCU, ARM
was appointed the Willis Construction Practice
Leader in January of 2005. As the president of the
practice he leads Willis’ largest practice
group. The
group has significant construction teams in over
40 offices in North America which service clients
in all areas of construction.
The practice has specialty teams for
Surety, Risk Management, Alternative Risks,
Project Programs including Wrap Ups, and
Professional Liability. With more than 450
dedicated construction professionals in Willis
North America, the practice is the premier
provider of construction industry brokerage and
risk consulting. Previous to Becker’s
appointment, he worked with the National
Construction Team at Willis for 13 years, heading
up the Construction Risk Management Group which
spearheads the insurance services of the group as
well as safety, claims and alternative programs.
Becker is a frequent speaker at national
construction conferences including IRMI, AGC, CFMA
and DBIA. In
addition, Becker has served on the AGC Risk
Management Committee for a number of years. He
frequently authors articles for various trade
publications for both the construction and
insurance industries. Becker holds both the
Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter and
Associate in Risk Management professional
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Scott
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Scott Becker has been
with OhioHealth for five years and has been the
system director of project design and construction
for the past four years.
Becker’s responsibilities include oversight
of planning, design and construction for
OhioHealth’s hospitals and outpatient health
centers. His
major accomplishments while at OhioHealth include
the completion of the Westerville Medical Campus, a
170,000-square-foot, multi-specialty facility and
surgery center which opened in January of 2009; the
completion of the Ann Burba Crane Center for Women
and Babies at Grant Medical Center; and the Medical
Education/Emergency Department project at Doctors
Hospital which will be completed in June.
Becker has over 25 years of healthcare
experience, including thirteen years at Kaiser
Permanente in Cleveland, where he was responsible
for project management and ADA compliance.
He was also the director of corporate real
estate and construction for Pioneer Standard
Electronics (now Agilysys) in Cleveland for seven
years. Becker
has a bachelor’s degree from Cleveland State
University and has served on the IFMA Healthcare
Advisory Board.
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Alan
R. Bell AIA
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Alan
Bell has 30 years of experience in the design and
construction of various types of facilities. Alan
is the Director for Design and Construction for
the Seton Family of Hospitals.
He has been with Seton since October 2004.
In the past 30 months, Seton Network
Facilities successfully opened the new Dell
Children's Medical Center of Central Texas (DCMCCT),
Seton Medical Center Williamson, and Seton Medical
Center Hays.
Prior to joining Seton, Alan worked
for more than six years at Dell Inc. as Facilities
Manager/Corporate Architect. Alan
holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the
University of Texas at Austin. He is a
Registered Architect and Interior Designer in
Texas, and a member of the American Institute of
Architects, serving as President of the Austin
Chapter in 2003.
Alan is also a founding director of the
Austin Foundation for Architecture.
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Phillip
G. Bernstein FAIA, RIBA, LEED AP
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Phil
Bernstein is a Vice President at Autodesk, a
leading provider of software for architecture and
engineering. A practicing architect with 25 years
of experience, he leads Industry Strategy and
Relations for the AEC Division, where he is
responsible for setting the company’s future
vision and strategy for technology serving the
building industry. Bernstein was formerly with
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects where he managed
many of the firm’s most complex commissions.
He
teaches Professional Practice at the Yale School
of Architecture where he received both his
bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture.
He is a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures
Council and former Chair of the AIA National
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Bob
Biehl, CPA, CCIFP
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Bob
Biehl, CPA, CCIFP is the director of assurance and
business advisory services at GBQ partners, where
he began his career 22 years ago after receiving a
bachelor’s degree from Ohio University. Biehl
serves as the firm’s director of construction
industry services and spends most of his time
working with local construction companies.
He is active in many construction related
organizations, is on the Board of Directors of the
Central Ohio Chapter of the Construction Financial
Management Association and is a member of the
American Society of Certified Public Accountants
and the Ohio Society of Certified Public
Accountants.
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Pete Billante
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Pete Billante is the
vice president of Product Management for Vela
Systems, a software company focused on automating
the execution and oversight of field activities on
construction and capital projects for contractors,
architects, engineers and owners.
Billante leads the company’s product and
solution development efforts and has over 17 years
of experience in helping large businesses leverage
new software applications. Previous to Vela, he
was director of product management at OATSystems,
the leader in radio frequency identification (RFID)
solutions, where he led the development of the
first software solution for Real-Time Retail
Promotions Execution.
He also led the product group at
Frictionless Commerce, the leading strategic
sourcing software application prior to its
acquisition by SAP in 2006.
Billante has also held key positions at
Procter & Gamble and SAP America.
He received his master’s in business
administration from the MIT Sloan School of
Management and his bachelor degree from Vanderbilt
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Cheryl Butler
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Cheryl
Butler joined Busch Properties, Inc. in 1999 as
finance and administration manager at the
Columbus, Ohio office. She has held various
management positions at Busch Properties, and has
been involved in the development of the Busch
Corporate Centers in Williamsburg, Virginia and
Fairfield, California. Butler
holds a computer science degree from Belmont
Technical College, a BBA from Mount Vernon
Nazarene University, and earned her Ohio Real
Estate Broker’s license in 2005. She is a
certified Commercial Property Specialist, and
currently manages the corporate real estate
holdings of The Anheuser-Busch Companies in
Columbus, Ohio as well as the Busch Corporate
Center landowners association, the Columbus Center
Association, of which she is an officer and
trustee. Butler
is a member of Girl Scouts of Ohio Heartland
Council, and has volunteered for various student
and youth ministries throughout Central Ohio,
including Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Franklin
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Scott Buzinski
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Scott
Buzinski has been with Limited Brands since 1998
and currently serves as director of construction.
Prior to Limited Brands, Buzinski worked as a
project manager for McDonald's Corporation in the
Chicagoland area. He holds a bachelor’s degree
in civil engineering from the University of
Illinois. |
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John Chiado, PE
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John Chiado, P.E., has
been vice president/director of construction for
the JP Morgan Chase Midwest Region for the past
six years. A 24-year industry veteran, he holds a
bachelor's degree in civil engineering from
Bradley University. Prior to his role with Chase,
Chiado served as vice president/senior project
manager for Bank One, vice president/corporate
engineer for Red Roof Inns and senior
estimator/project manager for Elford, Inc. A past
member of the ASCE and NSPE, Chiado is a member of
the International Council of Shopping Centers and
serves on the Nationwide Children's Hospital
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Bernard Costantino
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Bernie
Costantino is the university architect at The Ohio
State University. He is responsible for the
administration of all architectural direction on
OSU campuses, including oversight of architectural
and planning design direction, final
determinations in the construction dispute
resolution process, and plays a major role in the
relationship with associates, construction
managers and other professional services.
During Costantino’s eight-year tenure,
the university has built or renovated over $2
billion in building projects. He represents the
university in matters related to architecture and
the design and construction process and is the
liaison to the architectural design community and
the Knowlton School of Architecture.
Costantino holds a bachelor’s degree in
architecture from Case Western Reserve University.
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Dave
Crawford |
Dave Crawford was
named vice president of store planning and
construction at DSW in January 2007.
Prior to joining DSW, Crawford’s
professional credits included: WD Partners;
Limited Brands, where he held a variety of
positions, including vice president of
construction; and F&R Lazarus, where he served
as director of construction. He earned his
bachelor’s degree in architecture from The Ohio
State University. |
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Bob da Silva
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Bob
da Silva is senior vice president of construction
for Steiner + Associates, a Columbus-based firm
best known for development of mixed-use town
centers, including Easton in Columbus, and The
Greene near Dayton. He currently oversees a team
of professionals that manages all new
construction, expansions, and tenant coordination.
da Silva has over 25 years of broad-based
construction management experience covering
retail, office, residential, corporate
headquarters, tenant improvements, schools,
churches, commercial and industrial buildings. His
experience is also geographically diverse,
including projects in at least 10 different
states. A graduate of Washington State University,
da Silva holds bachelor’s degrees in both
construction management and business
administration.
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Andy Dickey
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Andy
Dickey is currently the business manager for the
Construction Group in North America for Tekla,
Inc. His
focus is on product development for construction
managers and BIM-enabled project management
implementations for Tekla Structures customers.
In addition to his construction management
activities, Dickey has extensive experience in
cast-in-place concrete construction and consults
with Tekla's Concrete Group on product development
and implementation.
He has worked as a rebar detailer, concrete
estimator, and project and business manager with a
heavy focus on information technologies at various
firms throughout the US. |
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William
Keoni Fleming, RA, LEED AP
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Keoni
Fleming is a registered architect and provides
architecture and project management for a variety
of projects at DesignGroup. He has worked on
projects with widely varying technical demands and
requirements, and is experienced in the
coordination of varying disciplines throughout the
design and construction phases of a project.
A LEED-accredited professional, Fleming has
not only worked on sustainable design projects,
but also taught sustainable design at the School
of Architecture at The Ohio State University,
where as an adjunct faculty member, he also taught
architectural design, landscape design, and
building construction. Fleming holds a master of
architecture from Princeton University, a bachelor
of architecture from Rice University and a
bachelor of arts from Rice University.
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Franz A. Geiger
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Franz
Geiger of New Albany is in his twelfth year as
managing director of NP Limited Partnership, the
developer of POLARIS Centers of Commerce®. He is
general counsel of NP
and manages the day-to-day operations of the
POLARIS development, with responsibility for
lender relations-financing, leasing, construction
and property management. Geiger is president of
the Polaris Owners Association, Inc. Prior to his
role at NP, he served as assistant director of
real estate and facilities services at The
Huntington National Bank in Columbus. Geiger has
served as an associate attorney at Dinsmore &
Shohl, and Enz, Jones and LeGrand law firms. He
holds a Juris Doctor degree from The Ohio State
University College of Law, a bachelor’s degree
from The University of Michigan, and is an Ohio
licensed real estate broker.
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Gary Groom
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Gary Groom led a group
of investors in the purchase of Sargent Electric in
March 2006. Since
then Groom has been the chief operating officer of
the company. He
has played a key role in growing the company to more
than $100 million in sales and increasing
profitability. Prior
to joining Sargent Electric, Groom founded Finance
Specialists LLC, a consulting group that specializes
in developing innovative project finance structures
and corporate finance services.
He previously worked as treasurer and vice
president of project finance for Ionics Incorporated
in Watertown, MA. Before joining Ionics, he was vice
president of project finance and development at
Raytheon Engineers and Constructors, Inc. where he
was responsible for coordinating project development
opportunities along with project and trade finance.
Prior to joining Raytheon, he spent over 20
years with Westinghouse Electric Corporation in
Pittsburgh with similar responsibilities. Groom
earned both his bachelor’s degree and MBA from the
University of Pittsburgh.
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Daniel Groves
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Daniel Groves is the
director of operations and workforce consultant for
the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT), an
international organization of over sixty national
and global companies representing nearly $200
billion in annual construction spending.
After graduating from Asbury College in
Kentucky with a degree in accounting and business
management, Groves began his career with a law firm
in Lexington focusing on corporate and estate
taxation. In
1999, he became the chief of staff to a United
States Congressman after managing his successful
campaign in 1998. In 2003, Groves managed
Congressman Ernie Fletcher’s successful campaign
for governor winning back the seat for the party for
the first time in nearly 40 years. He then served as
the chief of staff and senior advisor to the
governor until leaving in 2005.
Groves then began working with CURT on urgent
workforce related issues. In this role he served the
CURT workforce committee, the CURT Tripartite
Initiative and worked with the Business Roundtable
on the Gulf Coast Workforce Development Initiative.
These efforts include the development of a national
marketing program for craft labor and the
development of the national craft labor supply and
demand forecasting model.
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Alan Harbert, LEED AP
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Alan
Harbert, LEED AP is project executive with White
Construction Company. Throughout his 24
years in the construction industry, Alan Harbert
has demonstrated expertise in managing complex and
challenging projects. Since joining White
Construction Company in 1997, he has built 2.5
million square feet of office, hospital, retail,
manufacturing and laboratory facilities. A recent
project, the Dell Children’s Medical Center of
Central Texas, has been honored with numerous
industry and environmental awards, including the
prestigious Eagle Award, first place in Associated
Builders and Contractors National Excellence in
Construction competition and LEED® Platinum, U.S.
Green Building Council’s highest rating and the
first hospital in the world to achieve this level
of sustainable building. Harbert is a graduate of
Rice University with a bachelor’s degree in
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Brian
Haughn
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Brian
Haughn, Executive Vice President,
joined Haughn & Associates in March 2002 as a
commercial lines
producer. His background includes seven
years as a project manager and estimator with a
local specialized contracting firm. Brian
has a bachelor of arts degree from Colorado State
University, and is licensed as a Property and
Casualty insurance agent. Brian works very
closely with the president of Haugh &
Associates to develop both client and market
relationships. He is involved with the
overall management of the firm. |
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John V.
Heilmann, Jr., CDP |
John Heilmann is
currently the Director of Construction for Casto,
a retail development company headquartered in
Columbus, OH. He is responsible for all commercial
construction activity in Ohio and other areas of
the country, which includes new development and
redevelopment projects. His responsibilities also
include tenant coordination activities for over
12,000,000 square feet of existing retail space
plus specific new projects. Previously, John held
the position of Senior Project Manager for Casto
and Glimcher Realty Trust, Facility Manager for
Glimcher and was Assistant Director of Store
Planning for a major shoe retailer totaling more
than 24 years in retail construction for both
Landlord and Tenant.
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Doug
Houser
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Doug
Houser is the senior vice president of commercial
banking at FirstMerit Bank in Columbus. Houser has
16 years of experience as a commercial banker and
has many commercial construction client
relationships. Prior
to his banking career, Houser was a CPA with
Deloitte. He received a bachelor’s degree from
Wittenberg University and a master’s degree from
The Ohio State University.
Houser
is active in many construction related
organizations and is a member of the Ohio Society
of Certified Public Accountants.
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Dr.
Jerrold L. Hutton
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Dr.
Jerrold Hutton is the Dean of Hocking College’s
Energy & Transportation Technologies and
serves as the Director of the Hocking College
Energy Institute. He is responsible for overseeing
all aspects of this growing division of the
college, which includes two Associate degree
programs: Advanced Fuels & Fuel Cells and
Advanced Fuels and Vehicular Hybrids. Hutton holds
a bachelor of science degree from Weber University
in Ogden, Utah, majoring in automotive engineering
and technology, a master of education degree from
Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, majoring in
engineering/technical education and is studying
for his doctoral degree from Capella University.
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Jack
Kehl
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Jack
Kehl is vice president and surety bond producer
with Willis HRH. Kehl
holds an Associate Fidelity and Surety Bonding
designation from the Insurance Institute of
America and has 23 years of industry experience.
He is active in many construction related
organizations, is Past President of The Surety
Association of Ohio and been honored by the
National Association of Surety Bond Producers, The
Surety Association of America and Surety
Information Offices.
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Brett Kollar
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Brett
Kollar is currently the facility manager for UPS
in their central Ohio District. His
responsibilities include the maintenance,
renovation and expansion projects for 26 package,
freight and office facilities within the state of
Ohio. Kollar obtained his bachelor’s degree in
mechanical engineering from Cleveland State
University and a master’s degree in business
from the Illinois Institute of Technology in
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Joseph F. Kuspan, AIA
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Joseph
F. Kuspan, AIA is a senior vice president/director
of design for Karlsberger. With over 30 years of
professional experience, he has devoted his career
to creating healthcare environments that embrace,
encourage, and entertain patients, their families,
and caregivers. Just recognized as one of the top
25 Most Influential People in Healthcare Design by
Healthcare Design magazine in December 2009,
Kuspan is at the forefront of healthcare design
trends. This is most recently demonstrated by
breaking unprecedented ground as lead designer for
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas,
the first and only hospital in North America to
achieve platinum-level LEED® certification. He
has a bachelor of architecture from the University
of Notre Dame, including graduate studies from
Notre Dame’s Rome Studies Program and The Ohio
State University. |
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Donald
B. Leach, Jr., Esq.
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Don Leach is a partner
with the law firm of Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP, in
Columbus. Leach’s practice includes 25 years
actively representing owners, lenders,
contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in
construction contracting and dispute-related
matters. He authored the chapter on mechanics’
liens in Baldwin’s Ohio Practice: Ohio Real
Estate Law. Leach
holds a Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV (very high
to pre-eminent legal ability and very high ethical
standards as established by confidential opinions
from members of the Bar) and is listed in Best
Lawyers in America® (construction and real
estate), Chamber’s USA America’s Leading
Business Lawyers (construction) and in Ohio Super
Lawyers™ by Law & Politics, Inc. as
recognized by his peers (construction) and in 2004
as one of the Top 50 lawyers in Columbus. He
serves as president of the Upper Arlington City
Council.
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Milt Lewis
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Milt Lewis recently
joined Columbus Downtown Development Corporation
& Capital South as director of construction
services. In
his new role, Lewis is responsible for all design
and construction activities of CDDC & Cap South
including the construction of the new Scioto Mile
Park and Columbus Commons Park.
Prior to joining CDDC, he was the owner’s
representative for Grange Insurance where he
directed the $100 million expansion of their
corporate headquarters in the Brewery District.
Lewis is a registered professional engineer
and a licensed attorney in Ohio.
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Gregory Mella
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Greg
Mella is a principal at SmithGroup’s Washington,
DC office, directing their firm-wide sustainability
initiatives. Mella
became immersed in sustainable design in 1998 as
project architect for the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation’s headquarters, the first recipient of
a LEED platinum rating.
Past projects include a LEED
platinum research center for Clemson University and
a classroom laboratory at St. Mary’s College of
Maryland, the winner of the 2009 USGBC-NCR Project
of the Year. Current
projects include the sustainable restoration of the
Smithsonian’s Art and Industries Building (seeking
LEED gold), and an interpretive center for Historic
St. Mary’s City (seeking LEED gold). Mella
is a member of the AIA Committee on the Environment
Advisory Group and the AIA 2030 Commitment Program
Steering Committee.
In this role, he is helping to shape the 2030
Commitment Program, creating the recording
mechanisms for signatories, while developing
SmithGroup’s 2030 action plan and annual report.
Mella is a frequent speaker on sustainable design.
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Richard C. Murray
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Richard
Murray has served as executive director of the Ohio
School Facilities Commission since September 2009. Prior
to joining OSFC, Murray functioned in a labor
management capacity as the director of Ohio LECET, a
Taft Hartley labor management
trust between the Ohio Laborers’ Union and the
Ohio Contractors Association. He has also served as
legislative director for the Ohio Contractors
Association.
In state government, Murray spent 11 years on
the staff of the Ohio House of Representatives, five
years in the Office of Governor Richard F. Celeste,
and four years helping establish and run the Ohio
Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Release
Compensation Board. He served as mayor of the
Village of Marble Cliff for six years. Murray is a
graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and
The Ohio State University.
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Clyde R. Rauch, LEED AP BD+C
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Clyde
Rauch is president and CEO of Tuttle Construction,
Inc. In 1969, Rauch began his career with Tuttle as
a construction laborer. After his graduation from
college in 1974, he started his construction career
at Tuttle as a expediter to Tom Tuttle, the
president of Tuttle Construction. Over time, he took
on additional responsibilities as a project manager
and an estimator. He was invited to become a stock
holder in 1982. After Tom Tuttle’s retirement,
Rauch became president and owner of Tuttle
Construction, Inc. in 1991. On January 1, 2003, a
new administrative management company, Tuttle
Services, Inc. was formed with two subsidiary
companies; Tuttle Construction, Inc. and Touchstone
CPM. All three companies are under his direction as
president and CEO. Rauch received his
bachelor’s degree from Taylor University and his
MBA from Tiffin University.
He is involved in numerous industry and civic
organizations.
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Scott Reifeis
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Scott Reifeis is the
Director of Design and Construction at Nationwide
Children's Hospital (NCH). He leads the
organization's design, planning and construction
efforts. During his 16 year tenure, Children's has
grown from 1.15 mSF to approximately 2.98 mSF
including many major buildings, which will culminate
in 2012 with the completion of a new inpatient
hospital addition and a third research building. His
work also includes off site owned and leased
properties. His internal team consists of project
and construction managers and site superintendents
who deliver projects from initial concept to the
"go live", and post occupancy closeout.
Budgeting, planning, architecture, engineering,
construction, FFE, move services, contract
relationships, inclusion efforts, dispute
resolution, design and construction standards are
all managed under his leadership. Scott is a
licensed architect, a former Plans Examiner and CBO,
and a former partner at M+A Architects.
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Jim Rost
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Jim
Rost is vice president of Nationwide Realty
Investors. He is responsible for all development and
construction activities of the organization. With
more than 30 years in the industry, Rost has a wide
range of experience with commercial, residential and
mixed used urban projects. He is past
president of the Builders Exchange of Central Ohio
the Builders Exchange Foundation. Rost holds a
bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the
University of Pittsburgh.
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Mark Schmunk
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Mark
Schmunk, a 28-year industry veteran, joined
Pizzuti Construction Services in 1995, and is
senior vice president overseeing all aspects of
tenant improvements (TI), and ground-up
construction for the Columbus, Florida and
Indianapolis regions. Schmunk also serves as
construction manager on high profile build-to-suit
and TI projects across the country. As
pre-construction manager for Pizzuti, Schmunk
developed and implemented a computerized
estimating and database system for the TI group.
He completed millions of square feet of
speculative and build-to-suit developments as
director of industrial construction. Before
joining Pizzuti, Schmunk worked for a general
contractor as both project manager for commercial,
industrial and institutional construction, and as
vice president overseeing business and field
operations. He
received a bachelor’s degree in construction
management from Clark State College, and is active
at the Builders Exchange of Central Ohio;
Associated General Contractors Indianapolis,
Chapter; and Associated Builders and
Contractors-National Level, Central Ohio
Chapter, and Orlando Chapter.
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Ben Schultz
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Ben
Schultz, publisher
and director of sales for McGraw-Hill Construction
– East. Ben is
currently serving the AEC community across 15
states in the U.S. and eastern Canada with the
full focus of building his customers’ business.
Ben provides new and current customers with
analytics solutions that will help them Get
Smarter and Get Seen though digital media, print,
and industry events in conjunction with Mid-Atlantic
Construction. Ben also provides thought
leadership that will help customers Find Work and
Do Work with the McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge
Network and Project Document Manager workflow
solution. Prior
to joining McGraw-Hill, Ben was district manager
at ICI / Glidden Paints, a worldwide paint
manufacturer specializing in architectural and
industrial coatings. At ICI / Glidden, Ben also
held the role of Strategic Business Leader and
earned his Six Sigma Black Belt Certification. Ben
has developed patent pending processes to drive
out cost from the building cycle while improving
overall quality and customer satisfaction, and he
brought this proven methodology to McGraw-Hill
Construction. Throughout his career, Ben has
been a leader, spokesperson, and advocate for
driving process improvement and reducing
non-value-added expense to the construction
industry. Ben is currently attending Kent
State University for his M.B.A. and holds a B.A.
from the University of Cincinnati College of
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Scott Simpson, FAIA,
LEED AP
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Scott
Simpson is
an award-winning architect and Senior Director of
KlingStubbins, a global design firm. He is a
Richard Upjohn Fellow of the American Institute of
Architects, a Senior Fellow and co-chair of the
Design Futures Council, and serves on the boards
of the Rice Building Institute and the Boston
Children’s Museum. Simpson has published more
than 120 articles on issues of innovation in the
design profession and has co-authored two books.
He has lectured at the Harvard, Yale,
Wisconsin, and Rice schools of architecture. His
projects have won Lab of the Year honors as well
as two Business Week/Architectural Record awards
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Larry Spysinski
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Larry Spysinski, LEED AP
is vice president of planning & construction
administration for the Columbus Regional Airport
Authority. He
is responsible for the planning, development and
implementation of the capital improvement program.
Though he recently relocated to Columbus, Spysinski
has actually lived and worked in the central Ohio
community for more than 20 years. His previous work
in Columbus included owning his own construction
business and serving as the director of construction
for Opus North Corporation. His career has focused
on design/build construction and commercial
development, where he has worked with both local and
nationally recognized firms, most recently serving
as the executive director for Panattoni Construction
Inc. based in Atlanta.
Spysinski holds a bachelor’s degree in
architectural and building construction engineering
technology from the Milwaukee School of Engineering,
and a management certificate in MBA topics from The
Ohio State University Fisher College of Business.
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Craig
Weise, AIA, CCM, PMP, LEED AP
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Craig
Weise began serving as the State Architect in
October 2007, and he is responsible for
centralized management of capital improvement
projects for Ohio government. With more than 25
staff members, Weise’s office establishes the
procedures and policies for management of all
state-funded design and construction capital
projects, except K-12 schools. Weise has more than 20 years of experience
in the design and construction industry, covering
a wide range of building types and scales of
projects. Prior to leading SAO, Weise served as
interim chief of projects, deputy chief of
projects and project administrator for the Ohio
School Facilities Commission where he was involved
with managing a $1 billion-per-year construction
program. Weise received an associate’s degree
from Alpena Community College in Alpena, Michigan,
a bachelor’s degree in architecture from
Lawrence Technological University in Southfield,
master of architecture and master of science in
engineering degrees from University of Michigan in
Ann Arbor, and a master’s degree in business
administration from the University of Wisconsin in
Madison. He holds architectural licenses in Ohio
and Wisconsin and a National Council of Architectural
Review Boards certificate and is a LEED accredited
professional. |
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Jonathan
C. Willette
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Jon
Willette is a partner and managing partner in Four
Points Real Estate Development, Ltd. Since 2003,
Willette has played an integral role in the
creation and expansion of the real estate site
search and selection as well as underwriting and
development services provided by Four Points. He
is the architect of Our System, taking his
expansive experience in the real estate industry
and formulating a process that streamlines and
improves the efficiency in which to develop real
estate. Willette entered the real estate business
in 1995 and has been an independent business owner
since the late 1980s. Early in his career, he
began defining a record of successful strategies
in understanding expanding markets, recognizing
development opportunities and structuring real
estate deals. Over the next 10 years he worked
with large and small companies including ProLogis
Trust where he was responsible for over six
million square feet of product. Willette's
responsibilities also included the deployment of
marketing programs, budgeting, lease negotiations,
feasibility studies and project proformas. While
working with Massa Realty and Development he
helped develop projects from the ground up, worked
with financial institutions in raising capital and
was constantly in contact with current and
potential customers. Continually conducting
transactions in the real estate market, he has
become skilled in dealing with the end user and
handling all aspects of the project.
He attended The Ohio State University and
is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
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