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Michael T. Buell has been a strategic marketing and client development professional in the A/E/C industry over the last 25+ years. He has worked with construction, architecture and engineering firms from regional to national in market size. Throughout his tenure, Michael has continued to build strong relationships with clients, colleagues and peers alike from coast […]

Robynne Thaxton, JD, DBIA, is a Seattle based lawyer and the principal of Thaxton Parkinson PLLC. With over 24 years’ experience, Robynne is one of the leading experts in construction law and alternative procurement both in Washington State and on a national basis. In addition to being on the Design-Build Institute of America National Board […]

Barbara J. Jackson, Ph.D., DBIA is the Director of the Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management (RECM) in the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver and its Center for Integrated Project Leadership for the Built Environment. Dr. Jackson’s focus is on integrated project delivery, design-build project management, interdisciplinary collaboration, and […]

Lisa still has a reminder of the first three organizational goals she set in 2004, when she came to DBIA as its Vice President of Education & Conferences Education Director, prominently displayed in her office. She blasted through those goals in her first year and hasn’t looked back since. Since becoming DBIA’s Executive Director/CEO in […]

So much more than just a numbers-guy, Thanh helps DBIA plan strategically for the future by managing the present. That’s why his favorite part of the job is collaborating with the entire DBIA team to deliver a thriving and fiscally strong association. Thanh lives by the motto to always “Be better than just enough.” He […]

Alice helps keep DBIA in line. She’s been here since 2000 and can tell you everything you’d want to know about our long-time vendors, advertisers, sponsors and more. In fact, one of her favorite things about working at DBIA is all the people she meets while helping to keep the association going strong. Alice enjoys […]

Tracy joined DBIA with a mission: to get up under the hood of our growing association and assist us in innovating, collaborating and better serving our diverse design-build community. With over 25+ years of experience in non-profit associations in both operational and human resources roles, she is dedicated to providing an exceptional workplace experience for […]

Our Vice President of Advocacy and Industry Engagement is, not surprisingly, an unrepentant political junkie. After spending years working on Capitol Hill and with a trade association, Louis came to DBIA in 2012 to advocate for design-build, especially in the federal sector. He’s a native New Yorker who has a passion for obscure music (has […]

Richard is DBIA’s “fixer.” Since 2009, he’s been traveling the nation helping state legislatures throughout our 14 Regions pass new design-build legislation, expand existing laws and defeat efforts to roll back design-build progress. He’ll tell you the best of part of his job is all the people he meets from coast to coast, but the […]

Sure, she’s the Vice President of Industry Events but Lexie’s title could just as easily be Vice President of “No-one-who-ever-needs-help-from-DBIA-walks-away-unhappy-ever.” She despises rudeness and emphatically believes Kevin Stirtz’s view that, “Every contact we have with a customer influences whether or not they’ll come back. We have to be great every time or we’ll lose them.” […]