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Dr. Dubler is a Virtual Facilities Engineer for the Office of Physical Plant as well as an Affiliate Assistant Professor within the Architectural Engineering Department at Penn State. His current focus is the implementation of BIM into facility operations and is responsible for information management within the Office of Physical Plant at Penn State.

Brett Mitchell is the Director of Facilities for the San Juan Unified School District. As the Director, Brett manages a $2.4 billion dollar capital improvement effort with current bond authorization of $1.2 billion. Brett has an undergraduate degree in Construction Management. After several successful years in the construction industry, he left to teach math and […]

Bill Reifsteck has over 35 years of construction industry experience. He has run projects in the Industrial, Healthcare, Higher Education and Public Sectors. He has managed projects of every size including estimating, scheduling, cost control and safety management, including running the industrial business unit of a multi-national design-build contractor. Mr. Reifsteck has been nationally and […]

Bill Kent is a Construction Executive with Mortenson Construction in Seattle and is currently the Vice President of the DBIA-Northwest Region. During his 25 years with Mortenson, Mr. Kent has been involved in many design-build projects, including two which have received national recognition for excellence in design-build delivery. He received his Designated Design-Build Professional certification […]

Bill Godwin is a Partner and Senior Project Manager with BACAR Constructors, Inc., located in Nashville, Tennessee. He was first exposed to the design-build method of project delivery as a student in Auburn University’s Cooperative Education program. A 1983 graduate of Auburn University with a degree in Building Science, Mr. Godwin has been with BACAR […]

Baabak Ashuri is Associate Professor at Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS) and Fellow in the School of Building Construction and the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech where he directs Construction Research Center (CRC). Dr. Ashuri’s educational, research, and consulting activities focus on Project Analytics, Construction Engineering & Project Management, […]

Mr. Shannon Sweitzer is the Director of Transportation for S&ME and a senior engineer. He offers an extensive background in major transportation projects where he has been active in all aspects of the project delivery process from planning to construction oversight. His focus at S&ME is to consolidate the firm’s extensive engineering capabilities and technical […]

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 […]