Evan Caplicki is a partner with Nossaman LLP.  Evan guides public agencies through all stages of innovative infrastructure project development – from delivery option selection through procurement and contracting, to contract administration and claims resolution.  In helping lay the foundation for some of the largest transportation projects in the U.S., Evan provides clients extra depth through his extensive construction expertise. He holds a certificate in Construction Management in addition to his law degree, and has represented owners, contractors and subcontractors in public and private building projects during his career.  He also very active in DBIA, serving on a number of committees and co-chairing several conferences.  He is also a board member of the Western Pacific Region Chapter.

Greg Gidez has had a diverse career that has allowed him to work with the industry’s best professionals in the design and construction sectors. The 2011 Chairman of DBIA’s Board of Directors, Gidez has worked on design-build projects for nearly 30 years, including two DBIA Projects of the Year (2015, 2017).

Philip J. Sheridan, P.E., DBIA has a BS from WPI in Civil Engineering with a concentration in structural design and has over 32 years of experience in the design and construction industry. He is a licensed PE in several jurisdictions and is a DBIA Designated Professional. He currently is a Senior Vice President of Clark Civil, LLC the heavy civil infrastructure division of the Clark Construction Group, LLC based in Bethesda, MD where he has worked for the last 20 years. In this role he principally leads the division’s Alternative Delivery pursuit and construction of Rail and Highway infrastructure projects. Throughout his career he has worked on projects in nearly every sector of the infrastructure industry including water and waste water, marine piers, highway, heavy and light passenger rail, Class 1 freight rail, highways, tunnels and aviation.

Virginia started Iron Horse Architects to foster a design philosophy that moves beyond traditional sustainability and creates design solutions that incorporate sustainability, adaptability and longevity. Her expansive repertoire includes design for projects in varying levels of government, along with her work in the markets of transportation, aviation, science and technology, and hospitality. She is enthusiastic about the practice of architecture and embraces technology.

Christine Angleton is a believer in the “one team” philosophy that is integral to most successful design-build projects. She began her career as an interior designer for a hospitality design firm, but quickly found that her true passion was working in the build environment, which led her to Clark Construction. During her time at Clark, she has gained experience in numerous markets, including commercial office, government, aviation, K-12, higher education, sports arenas, and transportation infrastructure.

Matthew Kreilich is a design principal at Snow Kreilich Architects in Minneapolis. The studio received AIA’s 2018 Architecture Firm Award, an honor that recognizes a practice that consistently has produced distinguished architecture for at least 10 years. He is the heart of the firm's collaborative working model with an active participation in both strategic and detail design resolution. Matt provides his design leadership on all the firm's projects.

Scott Martin is a seasoned project structural team leader with experience in leading design consulting services for significant alternate delivery projects including design-build and IPD. Over his 22 years in the industry, Scott has delivered a wide variety of complex structures. In recent years Scott has specialized in Integrative Delivery, capturing the benefits of collaboration with trade contractors to compress schedules and improve bid reliability, and now spends time exploring the benefits of trans-disciplinary teams.

Mark “Rusty” Sherwood leads FMI’s Team Leadership discipline. He specializes in building strategic leaders critical to enduring high-performance organizations and high-performance teams. His 37+ years of practice have forged a deep understanding of project delivery methods, including design-build, integrated project delivery and other emerging methods that lead to collective project team success.  Rusty is an expert in the development of leadership competencies and team behaviors foundational to exceptional project outcomes.

Carolyn Hanson is a hands-on executive for Banker Steel Company, one of the leading steel fabricators in the United States. Over her 27 years of experience in the steel industry she has worked in virtually every delivery mode, including numerous design-build and design-assist projects.  She favors active collaboration with designers and builders, starting as early as possible in the design process, and knows that teamwork becomes increasingly important as the project complexity and pace increase.

Brent Pilgrim works with The Beck Group as the DESTINI Applications Director supporting their national preconstruction team.  He has 19 years of experience with Beck, a leading national design build firm focused on integrated project delivery. Drawn to Beck’s commitment to integration and innovation, Brent’s career stems from a cross disciplinary education in Environmental Design & Construction Management.  

In his Construction Management studies he focused on the emerging trend of construction visualization and simulation, the precursors to today’s Building Information Modeling (BIM) and 4D Scheduling practices. Cross-training has been a constant in his career with unique work experiences in varying project capacities.  He has worked in the design field, construction project management, estimating, and technology. Together with his design and preconstruction industry co-workers, he is actively working to advance model-based, integrated estimating workflows, define best practices, reduce inefficiencies, and encourage innovation in the Preconstruction process.

DeWayne Ables, founder and President of Pioneer IQ, guides the strategic growth of companies in the Design and Construction Industry.  DeWayne has developed a unique “Strategic Growth Method” for this generation of Pioneers who are designing and building America.  The Pioneer Method equips Owners and Managers of design and construction companies to Develop their Leaders and Build their Business.   He is is a national instructor for DBIA and has recently been a featured presenter on two DBIA COVID-19 Response Webinars

Erica Ceder is an architect at DLR Group specializing in the restoration and rehabilitation of historic properties. Erica completed her undergraduate degree at Ball State University and a Masters of Architecture at University of Oregon. She has focused the majority of her 22 year career on complex historic renovations. Erica served as Project Architect on the Portland Building Reconstruction project focusing extensively on the exterior renovation and navigating the historic approval process.

Jo Wells is a registered architect and has been in project management and development for about 20 years. She served as the City of Portland’s project lead for the Portland Building Reconstruction project and as the interim Facilities Manager. A graduate of the School of Architecture at the University of Arizona, she has focused her career on collaborative owner/architect/contractor relationships and created the foundation for how she led the Portland Building progressive design-build project.

Todd Miller is a Vice President of Operations for Howard S. Wright based out of their Portland, OR office and served as the Project Executive in charge of the Design-Build-Relocate team for the Portland Building Reconstruction project. Todd graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a B.S. in Construction Management and a minor in Business Management. In his 25+ year career, he has worked with Design-Build, Collaborative Project Delivery and CM/GC project delivery methods.

Andy is a Project Executive with C.W. Driver in San Diego. He is a graduate of Brown University with a degree in Civil Engineering, is a Registered Professional Engineer, has the DBIA Professional designation and is LEED AP certified. Andy has worked on more than a dozen design-build projects over the last 10 years, 5  of those with the County of San Diego.

Ben Dalton is a Partner at Miller Hull with 22 years of experience on complex and sustainable projects. In 2011, Ben opened the San Diego Studio and has since led many award-winning projects, including the County of San Diego’s new ZNE (pending) ARCC facility. Ben serves as a director on the San Diego Architecture Foundation Board, is a member of SD-NOMA and often speaks on the value of design and sustainability.

Eugene brings over 30 years of integrated design leadership to his work.  He has led numerous multidisciplinary teams on a variety project types, including commercial office, higher education, hospitality, and mixed use.  His Design Build experience includes San Diego County Archives, LAX Central Plant, Caltrans District 7HQ, and Hospitality projects.  He works closely with clients, and is involved in all phases of the project’s design, from concept through construction to delivery.

Both an engineer and an architect, Mr. Peris pursues seamless multidisciplinary integration in his projects. For the past 30 years, Mr. Peris has successfully managed and led teams of architects, engineers, and specialty consultants from project planning to completion for multi and single phased projects, with construction budgets ranging up to $470 million. His varied experience with all the phases of a project brings a valuable perspective to the development process.

Brent graduated from college earning his Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1981 and began his construction career. He was an MEP Coordinator and Senior Project Manager on complicated projects like the Brook Army Medical Center and housing for the 1996 Summer Olympic Village. His passion is to transform the industry into one that is more collaborative, more relationship-driven, and more fun.

Amy is known as the world’s preeminent industrialized construction and prefabrication consultant and often referred to as the ‘Queen of Prefab’. She serves on Autodesk’s leadership team as the Head of Industrialized Construction Strategy and Evangelism. In this role, she leverages her passion and years of consulting and fabrication experience to enable and empower the global AEC-M industry to implement and adopt processes for industrialized construction, including prefabrication and DfMA.

Bob Hays has spent the past 18 years in engineering roles with the Colorado Department of Transportation. He currently serves as project director for CDOT’s Central 70 project. He has been an integral part of the Central 70 team since the very beginning – previously serving as design manager, where he managed the development and execution of the project’s RFP and technical proposal elements.

Virginia started Iron Horse Architects to foster a design philosophy that moves beyond traditional sustainability and creates design solutions that incorporate sustainability, adaptability and longevity. Her expansive repertoire includes design for projects in varying levels of government, along with her work in the markets of transportation, aviation, science and technology, and hospitality. She is enthusiastic about the practice of architecture and embraces technology.

Pat McHenry is one of the founders of City Street Investors. Pat and her partners have been investing in Denver neighborhoods for twenty-five years. Their recent place-making projects include the renovation of Denver Union Station where Pat and her partners curated a strictly Colorado based line-up of retailers and restaurateurs, and created five of the food and beverage venues. Pat holds a Chemical Engineering degree from Iowa State University and an MBA from Stanford University.

Mr. Girard is Group Head for Plenary Group’s Civil Division.  In this capacity, Matt is responsible for project development, delivery, and asset management, teaming and business development for all Plenary Group Civil projects in North America. Matt has over 30 years of hands-on experience in the heavy-civil construction industry and has been involved with the successful pursuit and delivery of public-private partnership (P3) projects in both the U.S. and Canada over the last 15 years.

Throughout his professional career, Steve Kaplan has participated in the negotiation of complicated public-private partnerships from several different perspectives: as a client, as counsel to a municipality, and as a representative of the United States government. Steve specifically focuses on public-private partnerships in the redevelopment of publicly owned property and the structuring of such redevelopment projects involving public financing for infrastructure. He also is actively working on major transit-oriented development projects.

Barbara Jackson is a leading expert in design-build and integrated project leadership. Jackson spent 20 years in the design and construction industry and served as President of Design/Build Services Inc. before becoming a leading educator of Design-Build at Cal Poly (1998-2013) and the University of Denver (2013-2022). Jackson was honored with DBIA’s prestigious Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award and recognized as a DBIA Fellow by the Institute 2018. She’s also the author of Design-Build Essentials.

Clancy Welsh serves as president of Garco Construction. He moved into this role after his extensive experience as a successful project manager. Currently he focuses on developing business opportunities; providing high-level project leadership and guidance; enhancing industry and community relations; and strengthening the mission, values and vision to support Garco’s unique culture. His diversified project portfolio includes public works, K-12 educational facilities and private works.

Garrett is a seasoned Landscape Architect that works with the City of Spokane. He has guided numerous open space municipal projects from initial visioning through permitting, construction, and operations. Garrett’s proven track record of successfully completing municipal projects and building strong partnerships earned Garrett the role of Director of Parks & Recreation in 2019. In 2020, he also began overseeing the City of Spokane’s Resident Experience division.