Upcoming

USGBC Emerging Green Builders Competition | New Orleans, LA | August 26-28, 2010
Invited juror

IIDA MN Northland Chapter | Minneapolis, MN | October 4, 2010
Invited speaker, First Monday Forum

Previous

Just Metropolis Conference at UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | June 19, 2010
Invited panelist, "Architects in the Community: Beyond the Office"

AIGA SF Design Week | San Francisco, CA | June 16, 2010
Invited speaker, "Forces for Good: Design for Social Impact"

AIA National Convention | Miami, FL | June 10-12, 2010
Invited panelist, "Design for the Next Decade: A Next Generation Look at Design and Architecture"

US Green Building Council Federal Summit | Washington, DC | May 18
Invited panelist, "Building Material Reuse"

AIA COTE Top Ten Green Projects Jury | Houston, TX | March 22, 2010
Invited juror

Teknion | Dallas, TX | March 24, 2010
Invited speaker

University of Texas at Austin | March 25, 2010
Invited lecturer

University of Kansas | Lawrence, KS | April 2, 2010
Invited lecturer

Humanscale | Charlotte, NC | April 7, 2010
Invited speaker, "Design Smart Seminar Series"

Humanscale | Raleigh, NC | April 8, 2010
Invited speaker, "Design Smart Seminar Series"

Humanscale | Houston, TX | April 22, 2010
Invited speaker, "Design Smart Seminar Series"

University of Oregon | Eugene, OR | February 19, 2010
Invited lecturer

UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | February 6, 2010
Invited speaker, CED 50th Anniversary Symposium

Contract Magazine | New York, NY | January 28-29, 2010
Invited participants, 2010 Interior Awards

Teknion / Boston Public Library | Boston, MA | January 21, 2010
Invited speakers

Humanscale | Chicago, IL | November 18, 2009
Invited speaker, "Design Smart Seminar Series"

Humanscale | Washington, DC | November 17, 2009
Invited speaker, "Design Smart Seminar Series"

Aspen Design Summit | Aspen, CO | November 11-14, 2009
Invited participant

GreenBuild | Phoenix, AZ | November 11-13, 2009
Invited panelist, "The Design of Resource Use in Place(s)"

Contract Design Forum | Austin, TX | November 5-7, 2009
Invited participant

Hobart & William Smith Colleges | Geneva, NY | October 21, 2009
Invited lecturer

AIA Montana | Bozeman, MT | October 9, 2009
Invited speaker

Humanscale | New York, NY | October 7, 2009
Invited speaker, "Design Smart Seminar Series"

DFC Summit on Sustainable Design | Chicago, IL | Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2009
Delegate & Chair, Emerging Leaders Scholarship Program 

AIA Utah Design Conference | Salt Lake City, UT | September 25, 2009
Keynote speaker

Humanscale | Seattle, WA | September 24, 2009
Invited speaker, "Design Smart Seminar Series"

Louisiana State University | Baton Rouge, LA | September 16, 2009
Invited speaker

Humanscale | Dallas, TX | August 20, 2009
Invited speaker, "Design Smart Seminar Series"

ASID/LA The Coming Out Party | Los Angeles, CA | August 13, 2009
Invited speaker

Rockefeller Foundation | Bellagio, Italy | July 13-August 10, 2009
Public Affairs Practitioner Residency

AIA Tennessee State Convention | Nashville, TN | July 29-31, 2009
Keynote speaker, "Public Architecture: Broadening Social Impact"

Philip Johnson Glass House | New Canaan, CT | July 7-8, 2009
Invited speaker, "Architects Retreat"

Sidemark Principals' Forum | San Francisco, CA | June 25, 2009
Invited speaker

NeoCon | Chicago, IL | June 15-17, 2009
Special presenter, The Best of NeoCon ® Awards 2009 Ceremony
Shaw Design Luncheon, IIDA Showroom
Green Giant presentation, Steelcase Showroom

Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | June 3, 2009
Class Day Speaker, Harvard Graduate School of Design

AIANY Center for Architecture | New York, NY | June 4-Sept. 19, 2009
Selected participant, "New Practices San Francisco Exhibition"

The Ditchley Foundation | Oxford, UK | May 28-30, 2009
Invited participant, "How do architecture and society interrelate?"

AIA San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | April 16-May 29, 2009
Invited participant, "Architecture of (Social) Responsibility Exhibition"

Humanscale | San Francisco, CA | May 21, 2009
Invited presenter, Design Smart Seminar Series

Philip Johnson Glass House | New Canaan, CT | May 4-5, 2009
Co-organizer and invited participant, Citizen Designer Conversation

AIA National Convention | San Francisco, CA | April 29-May 2, 2009
Invited panelist, "Citizen Architect" (E03)
Featured honoree, Holcim Expo Booth
Featured work, AIASF Architecture of (Social) Responsibility Exhibition
Keynote speaker, Women in Architecture Dinner
Invited panelist, "Architecture for Social Responsibility" (F56)
Host, California Fellows Reception
Invited panelist, "The Power of Pro Bono in Practice" (S31)

Taproot Foundation | Boston, MA | April 1-2, 2009
Invited participant, Pro Bono Leaders Retreat

Structures for Inclusion 9 | Dallas, TX | March 20-22, 2009
Invited panelist

Steelcase | Chicago, IL | March 19, 2009
Invited respondent, “Expanding Architecture: Conversations on Design as Activism”

DePaul University | Chicago, IL | March 18-19, 2009
Invited panelist, Converge: Exchange Symposium

University of Miami | Miami, FL | March 5-7, 2009
Keynote speaker, "Redefining the Architect's Role" conference

AIA East Bay | Oakland, CA | February 24, 2009
Invited speaker, SFNOMA Lecture Series: Future Vision: The Next Generation
of Young Bay Area Architects

Humanscale | Los Angeles, CA | February 25, 2009
Invited speaker, Showroom Seminar Series

Steelcase WorkLife Center | Santa Monica, CA | February 26, 2009 [Register]
Invited panelist, “Expanding Architecture: Conversations on Design as Activism”

University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | February 13, 2009
Invited speaker

30th Annual Interior Awards | New York, NY | January 30, 2009
Designers of the Year award recipients

Humanscale | New York, NY | January 30, 2009
Reception and silent auction beneficiaries

MIT | Cambridge, MA | November 21, 2008
Invited speaker

Greenbuild | Boston | November 20, 2008
Keynote speaker, Steelcase Showroom, "Sustainability: The Holistic Version"
Featured participant, Steelcase Exhibition Booth, "Chat with a Green Giant"

Build Boston Tradeshow | Boston | November 20, 2008
Invited panelist, "Pro Bono in Practice"

AIA San Francisco | November 19, 2008
Invited panelist, “Giving Back: Pro Bono Work in Architecture”

Archeworks | Chicago, IL | October 29, 2008
Invited speaker

OWP/P | Chicago, IL | October 30, 2008
Keynote speaker, Environmental Awareness Symposium

Columbia University | New York, NY | October 25, 2008
Invited speaker, Ecogram: The Sustainability Question

AIA Austin Annual Meeting | Austin, TX | October 21, 2008
Keynote speaker

University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | October 20, 2008
Invited speaker

AIAS Oklahoma Chapter | Norman, OK | October 16, 2008
Invited speaker

Bowdoin College | Brunswick, ME | October 6, 2008
Invited speaker

AIA Large Firm Roundtable | Vail, CO | October 2-3, 2008
Invited speaker

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | September 25, 2008
Invited speaker, Design Economies symposium

DFC Summit on Sustainable Design | Vancouver, BC | Sept. 22-24, 2008
Senior Fellowship Juror & Emerging Leaders Delegation Chair

AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum | Chicago, IL | July 9, 2008
Invited speaker

AIA Illinois Leadership Institute | Chicago, IL | July 10, 2008
Invited speaker

Sarasota Design Conference | Sarasota, FL | June 5-7, 2008
Keynote speaker

AIA National Convention | Boston, MA | May 15-17, 2008
Invited panelist

Center for Architecture | New York, NY | May 12, 2008
speaker

AIA San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | April 29, 2008
Invited panelist, "Social Justice and Sustainability"

Pro Bono Roundtable | Chicago, IL | April 16-17, 2008
Invited participant

Design Pubblico Week | Milan, Italy | April 16, 2008
Invited speaker

Annual Luncheon for Nonprofit Executives | Milwaukee, WI | April 16, 2008
Invited panelist

Structures for Inclusion 8 | Harvard University | April 4-6, 2008
Invited panelist

OPEA Conference | San Juan, Puerto Rico | April 2-5, 2008
Keynote speaker and juror

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations | San Francisco, CA | March 10-12, 2008
Invited participant, "Funder Briefing: The Coming Pro Bono Boom"

AIA Grassroots | Washington, DC | February 20-23, 2008
Invited panelist

Summit on Corporate Volunteerism | New York, NY | February 12-13, 2008
Invited participant

Interior Design Forum | San Francisco, CA | January 26, 2008
Invited speaker

Taliesin FLW School of Architecture | Scottsdale, AZ | January 17, 2008
Invited speaker, Taliesin Apprentice Lecture Series

Construction Specifications Institute | Berkeley, CA | January 15, 2008
Invited speaker

Build Boston Tradeshow | Boston, MA | November 15, 2007
Co-sponsor, Community Design in Practice Symposium

AIA Kansas | Topeka, KS | November 2, 2007
Keynote speaker, AIA Kansas Conference & Exhibition

Businesses for Social Responsibility | San Francisco | October 25, 2007
Conference reception exhibitor

Contract: Design Forum | Phoenix, AZ | October 19-21, 2007
Keynote speaker

DFC Summit on Sustainable Design | Austin, TX | October 14-16, 2007
Chair & Participant, Future Leaders Delegation

Van Alen Institute | New York, NY | October 3-15, 2007
Exhibition and reception

Rice Design Alliance | Houston, TX | September 26, 2007
Invited speaker

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum | New York, NY | May 4-September 23, 2007
Participant, "Design for the Other 90%" Exhibition

IV Convención Nacional de Jornaleros y Jornaleras | Silver Spring, MD | August 2-5, 2007
Invited presenter

Catholic University of America | Washington, DC | July 11, 2007
Invited speaker

Aspen Institute | Aspen, CO | July 4-8, 2007
Ideas Fellow, Aspen Ideas Festival

AIA National Convention | San Antonio, TX | May 3-5, 2007
Panelist, "Social Justice & Sustainability"
Recipient, 2007 AIA Honor Award for Collaborative Achievement

Perkins+Will | New Orleans, LA | April 24-25, 2007
Panelist, Annual Partners' Retreat

National Building Museum | Washington, DC | April 23, 2007
ScrapHouse documentary screening and panel discussion

NOMAS Diversity Symposium | San Francisco, CA | April 14, 2007
Panelist, Social, Political, & Cultural Change

AIA Tampa | Tampa, FL | April 11, 2007
ScrapHouse documentary screening and respondent

Structures for Inclusion 7 | Charlotte, NC | April 13-15, 2007
Sponsor and past host

AIA Mid-Missouri | Columbia, MO | April 6, 2007
Invited speaker

Residential Design Show | Boston, MA | April 4-5, 2007
Session host

AIA Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | April 5, 2007
Invited speaker

AIA Northeast Illinois | Oak Brook, IL | March 15, 2007
Invited speaker

University of California, Santa Barbara | March 15, 2007
Invited speaker

Steinberg Architects | San Francisco, CA | March 14, 2007
Invited speaker

Kahler Slater | Milwaukee, WI | March 9, 2007
Invited speaker

Pro Bono Institute Annual Seminar | Washington, DC | March 2, 2007
Session co-facilitator

University of California, Berkeley | February 28, 2007
Invited speaker

The Architect's Newspaper California Edition | February 23, 2007
Co-host, launch party

CMG Site Landscape Architecture | San Francisco, CA | January 11, 2007
Invited speaker

University of California, Berkeley | December 5, 2006
Panelist, Professional Practice Course

SMWM | San Francisco, CA | November 30, 2006
Monthly lunchtime lecture

Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | November 17, 2006
Speaker, GSD Social Change & Activism student group

Build Boston Community Design Symposium | November 16, 2006
Co-sponsor

Lawrence Technological University | Southfield, MI | November 16, 2006
Invited speaker

University of Texas at Austin | November 16, 2006
design: e2 documentary screening respondent

San Francisco State University | November 9, 2006
Panelist, Design & Industry Department 50th Anniversary Celebration

ACSA Administrators’ Conference | Scottsdale, AZ | November 2-3, 2006
Panelist

AIACC Desert Practice Conference | Indian Wells, CA | November 3-5, 2006
Panelist

Iowa State University | Ames, IA | October 30-31, 2006
Invited speaker

Catholic University of America | Washington, DC | October 27, 2006
Invited speaker

AIA NAC Annual Meeting | Washington, DC | October 27-29, 2006
Speaker

NewSchool of Architecture | San Diego, CA | October 25, 2006
Invited speaker

2006 NOMA Conference | San Francisco, CA | October 12-15, 2006
Panelist, "The Profit in Nonprofit"
Panelist, "Socially Responsible & Ethical Architecture"

DFC Summit on Sustainable Design | Santa Fe, NM | October 16-18, 2006
Speaker & Senior Fellow Inductee

Howard University | Washington, DC | October 4, 2006
Invited speaker

Charlottesville Community Design Center | October-November, 2006
Invited speaker and exhibition subject

Hampton University | Hampton, VA | October 6, 2006
Invited speaker

SOM | San Francisco, CA / New York, NY | August 25, 2006
Firm-wide video conference presenter

SEED Network Meeting | Baltimore, MD | July 28-30, 2006
Facilitator

Mayors' Institute on City Design | San Francisco | June 27-29, 2006
Resource team member

Aspen Design Summit | Aspen, CO | June 20-23, 2006
Studio leader

Stanford University | Palo Alto, CA | May 25, 2006
Invited speaker, Center on Ethics

Community Design Resource Center of Boston | May 3, 2006
Invited speaker

AIA Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | April 18, 2006
Invited speaker, co-sponsored by Baltimore Green Week

Peter Walker & Partners | Berkeley, CA | March 31, 2006
Invited speaker

Structures for Inclusion VI | San Francisco | March 24-26, 2006
Conference host and co-chair

Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | February-March, 2006
Public Space Project Exhibit, Graduate School of Design

California College of the Arts | March 13, 2006
Invited speaker, Professional Practice Course

Boston Architectural College | February 22, 2006
Invited speaker

Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | February 16, 2006
Invited speaker, Graduate School of Design

University of New Mexico | Albuquerque | February 10, 2006
Guest speaker, School of Architecture & Planning

Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | February 2006
Participants, SEED Network Meeting

RTKL Associates | Baltimore | December 2005
Invited speaker

Build Boston Tradeshow | November 2005
Symposium sponsor, "In the Public Interest"

DFC Summit on Sustainable Design | San Francisco | November 2005
Panelist

Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | October 2005
Participants, Roundtable on Community Design

AIA Columbus Annual Meeting | Columbus, OH | October 2005
Keynote speaker

Auburn University | Auburn, AL | October 2005
Professional practice class guest speaker

Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | October 2005
Loeb Fellowship presentation

AIA Knowledge by Design Conference | Seattle | August 2005
Plenary speaker & case study juror

AIA National Convention | Las Vegas | May 2005
Session host, "Reshaping the Public Perception: The 1% Solution"

California College of the Arts | San Francisco | April 2005
Symposium host, "Single-Family Accessories"

Build Boston Residential Design Show | April 2005
Session host, "Accessory Dwelling Units: New Opportunities for Homebuilders & Buyers"

University of Massachusetts, Amherst | April 2005
Invited speaker, Department of Architecture

AIANY Center for Architecture | New York, NY | March 2005
Reception host, 1% Solution Website Launch

AIA Austin Annual Meeting | Austin, TX | November 2004
Keynote speaker

AIACC Desert Practice Conference | Palm Springs, CA | October 2004
Session speaker

AIA San Francisco | September 2004
Invited presenter, Board of Directors meeting

AIA Tennessee | Nashville | August 2004
Keynote, State Convention

Structures for Inclusion IV | Atlanta, GA | March 2004
Moderator, "Engaging the Public" panel discussion

Association for Community Design Conference | Atlanta, GA | March 2004
Panelists, "Community Design: Past, Present, & Future" and "Building the Movement's Constituencies"

City College of San Francisco | March & May 2004
Design jury critic

Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | February 2004
Invited speaker, School of Architecture

California College of the Arts | San Francisco | February 2004
Hosts, Open Space Strategy Workshop

Pacific Energy Center | San Francisco | February 2004
Invited speaker, ADPSR Monthly Forum

AIA California Council | Sacramento | January 2004
Invited presenter, AIACC Board of Directors meeting

Build Boston Tradeshow | Boston | November 2003
Panelist, Fast Forward Symposium

AIA National Convention | San Diego | May 2003
Session host and panelists, "The Nonprofit Entity as a Vehicle for Architectural Research"

Making Cities Livable Conference | Santa Fe, NM | April 2003
Presenter, "SoMa Open Space Strategy"