Donna Robertson • Donna Robertson is a professor and dean of the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture. During her tenure, she has started a graduate program in landscape architecture, spearheaded the restoration of Mies van der Rohe’s S.R. Crown Hall, and brought the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat to the campus.
Scott Kilbourn • Scott Kilbourn is a vice president with RTKL Associates and currently works in the firm’s Washington, D.C.based Workplace Practice Group. Previously the director of the firm’s Shanghai office, Kilbourn joined the firm in 1996 and spent 13 years working in Asia on projects ranging from environmental graphics to urban design.
Yolande Daniels • A founding partner of Long Island City, N.Y.based Studio Sumo with Sunil Bald, Yolande Daniels is also an assistant professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation. A graduate of that program, she is also a 2004 recipient of the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome.
Bill Valentine • Currently based in HOK’s San Francisco office, Bill Valentine joined the firm in 1962 and became chairman in 2005. He is a long-time proponent of sustainability whose notable projects include Levi’s Plaza and Moscone Center, both in San Francisco, and the King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
John Cary • Prior to becoming president and CEO of Philadelphia-based Next American City in July, John Cary served as the executive director of San Franciscobased Public Architecture. Cary is also a senior fellow of the Design Futures Council and a fellow of the American Academy in Rome. His book, The Power of Pro Bono is being released this month.