Tim Culvahouse, FAIA is an architect specializing in the public communication of design ideas, presently Principal of Culvahouse Consulting Group. Since 2000, he has served as editor of arcCA (Architecture California), the quarterly journal of the AIA California Council. Tim is the editor of The Tennessee Valley Authority: Design & Persuasion, published in 2007 by Princeton Architectural Press. His articles have also appeared in a wide range of journals, including ANY, Art Papers, Harvard Design Magazine, Modulus, Perspecta, Residential Architect, and World Architecture. Tim was formerly Head of the Department of Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design and Associate Dean for Design & Architectural Studies at California College of the Arts, where he remains an adjunct professor. In the spring of 2004, Tim was the Favrot Distinguished Chair in Design at Tulane School of Architecture, and, in the spring of 2006, was the Masters Studio Visiting Critic at Carleton University in Ottawa. Tim earned his Bachelor of Architecture from the Tulane School of Architecture and a Master of Environmental Design from Yale University.
Lawrence Fried serves as a corporate vice president in the Strategic Markets group for The First American Corporation. In this position, Larry is responsible for the execution and implementation of strategic markets initiatives to promote homeownership among the nation's minority and low- to moderate-income families. Prior to joining First American, Larry was chief operating officer for RightNow Business Systems in Walnut Creek, Calif. His background also includes management positions with several technology companies, including Peracon, E-Loan, iOwn, and Cambridge Technology Partners. Larry has served on several nonprofit boards, including the Louis August Jonas Foundation and the Asian Real Estate Association of America. Larry earned his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, his Master of Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, and he also holds a California Real Estate Broker's license.
Grady Gammage, Esq. is Principal of Gammage & Burnham, Attorneys at Law, where his areas of practice include land use planning, state trust lands, and zoning. He is also an adjunct professor at the Arizona State University College of Architecture & Environmental Design and the College of Law, where he teaches classes on land use regulation and historic preservation planning. Grady has spent the last twenty years representing real estate development projects such as master-planned communities, high-rise buildings, regional shopping centers, and subdivisions. Grady earned his Bachelor of Arts from Occidental College and Juris Doctorate from Stanford University. He is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, the U.S. Court of Claims, and the Maricopa County Bar Association.
Ted Landsmark, PhD, Esq. is President & CEO of the Boston Architectural College. Founded in 1889, the BAC is the largest architecture school in New England. He is presently serving as the 2006-2007 President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Ted has served as a trustee, board member, and advisor for a variety of groups, foundations, museums, and publications both within Boston and nationally. He has also been involved with the national architecture organizations, including his present position as Past President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Previously, Ted was the Director of Boston’s Office of Community Partnerships; Dean of Graduate & Continuing Education at the Massachusetts College of Art; and Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A passionate student of 18th- and 19th-century African-American art, he has spoken extensively on the subject. Ted earned his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Environmental Design, and Juris Doctorate from Yale University as well as his PhD from Boston University.
David Meckel, FAIA is Director of Research & Planning at California College of the Arts as well as principal of his own design consulting firm. His professional work focuses on campus planning, environmental design, and the design of public spaces. Prior to serving as founding dean of CCA's architecture program, David co-founded, with Richard Saul Wurman, the Interior Architecture Program at Otis/Parsons in Los Angeles. David began his career in the office of Charles & Ray Eames, where he designed exhibitions and print graphics. He later spent six years with the Jerde Partnership in Los Angeles, working on all aspects of multiple major urban design projects. While at the Jerde Partnership, he organized and managed the environmental design work for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. From 1987-1997, David collaborated with graphic designer Michael Manwaring through their multidisciplinary design firm, Ei, to create public-realm projects in Rotterdam, Los Angeles, and Taipei.
Rev. Stephen Privett, SJ is President of the University of San Francisco, a Jesuit Catholic university with regional campuses throughout California, offering an array of undergraduate- and graduate-level programs. He serves as a trustee of Seattle University, Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, and Brophy College Preparatory. Steve is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Club of California, Board of Directors of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, and the Fromm Institute. At Santa Clara University, where he previously served as provost, Steve helped establish the Eastside Project, a program that has received national recognition as a model program for community-based learning. Steve is a graduate of The Catholic University of America, the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, and Gonzaga University.
Peter Walker, FASLA is a landscape architect with over forty years of experience in practice and teaching. He has served as consultant and advisor to numerous public agencies and institutions, including the Sydney 2000 Olympic Coordination Authority, the Redevelopment Agency of San Francisco, the Port Authority of San Diego, Stanford University, the University of California, the University of Washington, and the American Academy in Rome. He played an essential role in the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, as both the chairman of the Landscape Architecture Department and the acting director of the Urban Design Program. He also headed the department of Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, from fall 1997 through summer 1999. Pete is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the recipient of the prestigious ASLA Medal in 2004, and a Fellow of the Institute for Urban Design.
Allison Williams, FAIA is Design Principal for Perkins & Will’s San Francisco office, where she sets the design strategy for the San Francisco office's major projects including corporate headquarters facilities, cultural institutions and urban, high-rise and civic mixed-use developments. Previously, she served as principal and director of design of the firm AI. Allison has led the design of such nationally significant projects as The San Francisco Civic Center Complex, The San Francisco International Airport Terminal, and currently The African American Cultural Center of Pittsburgh, and The International Museum of Women in San Francisco. Allison was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and holds current appointments to the Harvard Design Magazine advisory board, University of California, Berkeley's Capital Planning Design Review Committee, and on the boards of directors for The Museum of the African Diaspora and The Exploratorium. Allison earned her Bachelors in The Practice of Art and Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Tim Culvahouse, FAIA is an architect specializing in the public communication of design ideas, presently Principal of Culvahouse Consulting Group. Since 2000, he has served as editor of arcCA (Architecture California), the quarterly journal of the AIA California Council. Tim is the editor of The Tennessee Valley Authority: Design & Persuasion, published in 2007 by Princeton Architectural Press. His articles have also appeared in a wide range of journals, including ANY, Art Papers, Harvard Design Magazine, Modulus, Perspecta, Residential Architect, and World Architecture. Tim was formerly Head of the Department of Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design and Associate Dean for Design & Architectural Studies at California College of the Arts, where he remains an adjunct professor. In the spring of 2004, Tim was the Favrot Distinguished Chair in Design at Tulane School of Architecture, and, in the spring of 2006, was the Masters Studio Visiting Critic at Carleton University in Ottawa. Tim earned his Bachelor of Architecture from the Tulane School of Architecture and a Master of Environmental Design from Yale University. 
Lawrence Fried serves as a corporate vice president in the Strategic Markets group for The First American Corporation. In this position, Larry is responsible for the execution and implementation of strategic markets initiatives to promote homeownership among the nation's minority and low- to moderate-income families. Prior to joining First American, Larry was chief operating officer for RightNow Business Systems in Walnut Creek, Calif. His background also includes management positions with several technology companies, including Peracon, E-Loan, iOwn, and Cambridge Technology Partners. Larry has served on several nonprofit boards, including the Louis August Jonas Foundation and the Asian Real Estate Association of America. Larry earned his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, his Master of Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, and he also holds a California Real Estate Broker's license.
Grady Gammage, Esq. is Principal of Gammage & Burnham, Attorneys at Law, where his areas of practice include land use planning, state trust lands, and zoning. He is also an adjunct professor at the Arizona State University College of Architecture & Environmental Design and the College of Law, where he teaches classes on land use regulation and historic preservation planning. Grady has spent the last twenty years representing real estate development projects such as master-planned communities, high-rise buildings, regional shopping centers, and subdivisions. Grady earned his Bachelor of Arts from Occidental College and Juris Doctorate from Stanford University. He is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, the U.S. Court of Claims, and the Maricopa County Bar Association. 
Ted Landsmark, PhD, Esq. is President & CEO of the Boston Architectural College. Founded in 1889, the BAC is the largest architecture school in New England. He is presently serving as the 2006-2007 President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Ted has served as a trustee, board member, and advisor for a variety of groups, foundations, museums, and publications both within Boston and nationally. He has also been involved with the national architecture organizations, including his present position as Past President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Previously, Ted was the Director of Boston’s Office of Community Partnerships; Dean of Graduate & Continuing Education at the Massachusetts College of Art; and Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A passionate student of 18th- and 19th-century African-American art, he has spoken extensively on the subject. Ted earned his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Environmental Design, and Juris Doctorate from Yale University as well as his PhD from Boston University. 
David Meckel, FAIA is Director of Research & Planning at California College of the Arts as well as principal of his own design consulting firm. His professional work focuses on campus planning, environmental design, and the design of public spaces. Prior to serving as founding dean of CCA's architecture program, David co-founded, with Richard Saul Wurman, the Interior Architecture Program at Otis/Parsons in Los Angeles. David began his career in the office of Charles & Ray Eames, where he designed exhibitions and print graphics. He later spent six years with the Jerde Partnership in Los Angeles, working on all aspects of multiple major urban design projects. While at the Jerde Partnership, he organized and managed the environmental design work for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. From 1987-1997, David collaborated with graphic designer Michael Manwaring through their multidisciplinary design firm, Ei, to create public-realm projects in Rotterdam, Los Angeles, and Taipei. 
Rev. Stephen Privett, SJ is President of the University of San Francisco, a Jesuit Catholic university with regional campuses throughout California, offering an array of undergraduate- and graduate-level programs. He serves as a trustee of Seattle University, Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, and Brophy College Preparatory. Steve is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Club of California, Board of Directors of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, and the Fromm Institute. At Santa Clara University, where he previously served as provost, Steve helped establish the Eastside Project, a program that has received national recognition as a model program for community-based learning. Steve is a graduate of The Catholic University of America, the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, and Gonzaga University. 
Peter Walker, FASLA is a landscape architect with over forty years of experience in practice and teaching. He has served as consultant and advisor to numerous public agencies and institutions, including the Sydney 2000 Olympic Coordination Authority, the Redevelopment Agency of San Francisco, the Port Authority of San Diego, Stanford University, the University of California, the University of Washington, and the American Academy in Rome. He played an essential role in the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, as both the chairman of the Landscape Architecture Department and the acting director of the Urban Design Program. He also headed the department of Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, from fall 1997 through summer 1999. Pete is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the recipient of the prestigious ASLA Medal in 2004, and a Fellow of the Institute for Urban Design. 
Allison Williams, FAIA is Design Principal for Perkins & Will’s San Francisco office, where she sets the design strategy for the San Francisco office's major projects including corporate headquarters facilities, cultural institutions and urban, high-rise and civic mixed-use developments. Previously, she served as principal and director of design of the firm AI. Allison has led the design of such nationally significant projects as The San Francisco Civic Center Complex, The San Francisco International Airport Terminal, and currently The African American Cultural Center of Pittsburgh, and The International Museum of Women in San Francisco. Allison was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and holds current appointments to the Harvard Design Magazine advisory board, University of California, Berkeley's Capital Planning Design Review Committee, and on the boards of directors for The Museum of the African Diaspora and The Exploratorium. Allison earned her Bachelors in The Practice of Art and Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.