2021 Sessions

DAY 1: September 30th, 2021

TIME	TITLE	PRESENTER	MODERATOR
8:30 – 10:15 am	Keynote: Remarkable Ideas for Building Better Cities 1 AIA/CES LU (HSW) Sponsored by Source	Mick Cornett Mick Cornett is a former TV personality, businessman,and 4-Term Mayor of Oklahoma City. In 2018,he was named to Fortune Magazine’s list of the The 50 Greatest Leaders in the World. His latest book The Next American City was published by Penguin/Random House. He now spends his time traveling to speak on his book, and consulting for a diverse group of businesses. Cornett is best known for helping to bring an NBA franchise to Oklahoma City and for addressing the community’s shortcomings in areas of health and wellness. His leadership to pass the transformational MAPS 3 initiative has spurred an enormous amount of private investment into the city. Newsweek called him one of The 5 Most Innovative Mayors in America. The European based World Mayor Organization named him the second-best Mayor in the World. And Governing Magazine proclaimed him a Public Official of the Year. He was the President of the United States Conference of Mayors in 2016-17. In 2018, he chose not to run for a fifth term as Mayor. He has a Journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from New York University.	Kam Napier A. Kam Napier has been editor in chief of Pacific Business News since April 2014. Prior to that he was with Honolulu Magazine for 19 years, 8 as editor. His articles on subjects ranging from architecture to zoology have won awards from the Hawaii Publishers Association and the Society of Professional Journalists – Hawaii Chapter. He has also served one term as a public director on the AIA Honolulu board.
10:25 – 12:00 pm	The Journey Toward a Carbon-Neutral Society 1.5 AIA/CES LU (HSW)	Rachel James, Esq. Rachel James is a mother of two dynamic gals, and one furry feline. She enjoys camping, hiking, writing, reading, and learning about other cultures through travel and food. Rachel is a graduate of the William S. Richardson School of Law, where she earned certificates in Environmental Law and Native Hawaiian Law. She is employed as an attorney on the Commission Counsel team at the Hawai‘i Public Utilities Commission. Rachel also serves her community as a member of the Advisory Board for the Patsy T. Mink Center for Business and Leadership, a volunteer for the Center for Tomorrow’s Leaders, and as Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Hawai‘i People’s Fund. In 2021, Rachel was named as one of Hawaii Business Magazine’s 20 for the Next 20. John Mandyck John Mandyck joined Urban Green Council in 2018 as its first-ever CEO. He capped a 25-year career as Chief Sustainability Officer for United Technologies Corporation, a Fortune 45 global leader in the building, aerospace and food refrigeration industries. He serves as a member of the NYC Department of Buildings Sustainability Board, is a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Business. John is the founding chair of the Corporate Advisory Board for the World Green Building Council, a former board chair of Urban Green and co-author of the book Food Foolish. Matt Gonser, AICP, CFM Matthew Gonser serves as the City and County of Honolulu Chief Resilience Officer and Executive Director of the City’s Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency. He joined the City and the Resilience Office in October 2017 and previously served as Coastal and Water Program Manager. Prior to joining the office he served for nearly six years as the Community Planning and Design Extension Agent with the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program. With the Resilience Office Matt led the City’s development of the Ola: O‘ahu Resilience Strategy, which was adopted as a guiding policy document by the City Council via Resolution 19-233 in 2019, and, in concert with City departments, has been leading the development of a climate adaptation strategy, “Climate Ready O‘ahu.” Matthew serves as an advisory council member for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources Kaulunani Urban and Community Forestry Program and is one of two Directors-at-Large with the Hawai‘i Chapter of the American Planning Association. Matthew holds a BS in Natural Resources from Cornell University, and holds masters in both Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture, respectively, also from Cornell.	Samantha Ruiz Before joining Ulupono Initiative, Samantha worked as an energy analyst at the Hawai‘i PublicUtilities Commission where she led research on a variety of proceedings including distributed energy resources, grid modernization, and renewable energy procurements processes. Prior to her role in state government, she was a regulatory analyst for Yamamoto Caliboso, LLC in Honolulu and served as a local energy consultant for the Natural Resources Defense Council.Samantha earned a master’s degree in environmental law and policy from Vermont Law School in South Royalton, VT, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University ofCentral Florida in Orlando, FL.“I am grateful that my career has led me to Ulupono Initiative, where I am able to contribute toHawaii’s resilience, specifically by advancing the state’s commitment to renewable energy and overarching sustainability goals.”
12:30 – 2:00 pm	Designing Zero Energy Multifamily Buildings Informed by Simulation and Policy 1.5 AIA/CES LU (HSW)	Wendy Meguro, AIA, LEED AP, BD+C Wendy Meguro is an architect and associate professor at the University of Hawaii, whose teaching and research focus on high-performance and carbon neutral architecture, grounded in building science and professional practice experience. With a joint appointment in architecture and Sea Grant’s Coastal Sustainability and Resilience Team (CReST), she also studies enabling coastal communities to adapt to sea level rise. The UH Board of Regents awarded Wendy one of six 2021 Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching for exhibiting an extraordinary level of subject mastery and scholarship, teaching effectiveness and creativity, and personal values that benefit students. She integrates teaching, applied research, and outreach as director of the Environmental Research and Design Laboratory and the Sea Grant Center for Smart Building and Community Design. Students learn from her experience at Atelier Ten, consulting architecture design and construction teams on energy efficiency, water conservation and reuse, daylighting, visual and thermal comfort, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, and LEED certification. She led the environmental design for laboratory, educational, office, library, museum, and multifamily buildings on teams led by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Grimshaw Architects, KieranTimberlake, Ennead, and others. Wendy earned a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Hawaii and a Master of Science in Architecture Studies in Building Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is a LEED Accredited Professional since 2005. Elliot Glassman, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, CPHD Elliot Glassman is a Senior Associate and Senior Technical Principal with Built Ecology, WSP’s high performance and sustainability group. He is also the National Leader of Computational Design for Building Systems and a charter member of WSP’s global computational design group WSPnext. Elliot obtained his Bachelor of Architecture from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a Master of Design Studies in Sustainable Design from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 14 years of combined professional practice as an architect and sustainability consultant, Elliot has worked on various projects around the world, each requiring a unique response to a diverse set of climatic, site, and programmatic conditions. His main area of expertise is passive building design for energy, daylight, and comfort. Other areas of expertise include water efficiency and renewable energy. Elliot’s focus is combining computational design techniques with performance simulation to inform the design process. These computational techniques help identify integrated design solutions that improve the performance of the built environment and provide deep insights to achieve wide range of intended project outcomes. Elliot has given presentations on utilizing computational design for building performance at conferences such as Greenbuild, the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), Advancing Computational Building Design (ACBD), and the Architecture Boston eXpo (ABX). Elliot also has guest lectured on high performance design at Columbia University, Syracuse University, Cooper Union, Carnegie Mellon, NYIT, and NJIT and co-teaches a net zero design studio at City Tech. John Delaney NCARB, LEED AP BD+C Architect John is a project architect and sustainability coordinator at Koning Eizenberg Architecture with a research focus on policy, construction methods, technologies, and materials. He has contributed to numerous award-winning institutional and multi-family residential buildings in the US and abroad and brings expertise in building systems and BIM integration. He is a LEED Accredited Professional and is managing the firm’s 2030 Challenge initiative, which is striving to combine a holistic, community-centered, socially-conscious design approach with optimized building performance. John has a Master’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Southern California where he was awarded the AIA Henry James Medal. He lives with his wife and son in Santa Monica and enjoys cooking, baking, and spending his Sundays on the soccer field.	Brian Kealoha Brian has been involved in energy and sustainability for over 20 years. Brian began his career developing and implementing energy programs with various utilities including Pacific Gas & Electric in California, Avista Utilities in Washington, and Maui Electric Company. He has managed a number of innovative projects in Hawai‘i, including the first net energy metered solar photovoltaic system in Hawai‘i, the largest solar canopy project in the state, and the first utility owned distributed combined heat and power system in the country. Upon the establishment of the Hawai‘i Clean Energy Initiative in 2008, Brian launched the Hawai‘i division of Chevron Energy Solutions, now Engie, and ran the group for 8 years. In 2016, Brian joined Leidos to serve as the Executive Director of Hawai‘i Energy to lead the program’s evolution in helping Hawai‘i’s families and businesses to reduce energy use and carbon emissions. The program reached some of its highest levels of energy savings while diversifying into other areas such as EV charging, demand response, and energy storage. In 2019, the Hawai‘i Energy program was recognized by Leidos as the small program of the year. In 2020, Pacific Business News named him as a Business Leader of the Year, Small Business, and in 2021 the Hawai‘i Energy program received the ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year award in Energy Efficiency Program Delivery. Brian earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Gonzaga University, majoring in both Economics and Marketing. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from Gonzaga University and holds a certificate in negotiation from the University of Oxford. Brian is a Certified Sustainability Design Professional, Certified Energy Manager, Certified Lighting Efficiency Professional, and Certified Demand Side Manager from the Association of Energy Engineers.
3:00 – 4:20 pm	Keynote: Modern Design Lessons for Hot & Humid Climates 1 AIA/CES LU (HSW) Sponsored by Hawaii Energy	Z Smith PHD, FAIA, LEED FELLOW, WELL AP Z Smith is Principal and Director of Sustainability and Building Performance at Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, winner of the 2014 AIA Firm Award. His built work includes academic, laboratory and residential buildings earning LEED Gold and Platinum certification, and winners of the RAIC Green Building Award and the AIA COTE Top Ten. He brings training and experience in physics and engineering (with a Sc.B. in Physics from MIT and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton) to the field of architecture (M.Arch., UC Berkeley), and is named as inventor on 10 patents and author on over 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications. He serves as the North American representative to the International Union of Architects Sustainable Development Commission, has taught at the Tulane School of Architecture, and has served on the national Advisory Group of the AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE), and as Chair of the US Green Building Council Louisiana Chapter. He is a member of the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories ( I2SL), the Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE), and the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP).	Jim Nicolow, FAIA, LEED Fellow As Lord Aeck Sargent’s Director of Sustainability, Jim Nicolow, FAIA, LEED Fellow, has committed his career to transforming the built environment through leadership and collaboration on significant deep green projects, sustainability education and advocacy, and leadership and mentorship. Jim directly led several of Lord Aeck Sargent’s most innovative green projects, guided the successful LEED Certification for more than 80 projects and has published more than 40 green building articles and delivered green building presentations at national and international conferences. Jim is currently the only LEED Fellow in Hawaii and was inducted into the AIA College of Fellows in 2018. Jim is currently serving as AIA Honolulu Vice President.
4:30 – 6:00 pm	Keynote: Shifting Relationships: Our Belonging to Land 1.5 AIA/CES LU (HSW)	David Trubridge David Trubridge is New Zealand’s best known furniture/lighting designer. His work, which is all manufactured by his own company in Hawke’s Bay, is sold and exhibited around the world. His designs have featured in countless international publications, including the most influential, as an instigator of the trend of ‘raw sophistication’ and as an exemplar of environmentally responsible design. In 2008 the French magazine Express listed him as one of the top 15 designers in the world, and in 2012 the Pompidou Centre in Paris purchased his ‘Icarus’ installation for its permanent collection. In 2019 he was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday honours list as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to design.	Robbie Dingeman

DAY 2: October 1st, 2021

TIME	TITLE	PRESENTER	MODERATOR
8:30 – 10:15 am	Health Equity in the Built Environment 1.5 AIA/CES LU (HSW)	Laurien “Lala” Nuss Laurien Baird Hokuli’i Helfrich-Nuss, aka “Lala Nuss”, born, raised and educated on O’ahu and Moku o Keawe, Hawai’i, has spent the last 11 years repurposing her global travel industry background in service to generational transformation and resilience. Founder of Conscious Concepts in 2016, a social enterprise in service to ʻāina and advocacy initiatives providing project management, community programming and organizing, facilitation, and place-based travel curation centered on social equity and ecological restoration within the corporate, public and philanthropic sectors. Lala joined the City and County of Honolulu’s Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency (CCSR) as the Climate Resilience and Equity Manager in 2019, establishing environmental justice and social equity initiatives into local government’s climate change and economic recovery plans, programs, policies, competencies and processes. Lala is dedicated to re-cultivating community resiliency and wellbeing through the practice of restorative justice and systemic change along with being an advocate and educator in regenerative travel and economics. In the spirit of radical collaborations, Lala continues to cultivate the practice of interweaving corporate and grassroots, island and global perspectives in relational, holistic approaches to centering equitable emergent solutions genuinely reflective of and appropriate to Hawaii’s unique cosmology. Lala is dedicated to the rehabilitation and healing of our primary forms of true waiwai (wealth): ecological, cultural, social and spiritual wellbeing. Kelly Worden, MPH Kelly Worden leads health research efforts at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and co-directs the Green Health Partnership research and development initiative between UVA School of Medicine and USGBC funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Green Health Partnership develops health promotion tools including the LEED Integrative Process for Health Promotion for use by green building practitioners and the GRESB Health & Well-being Module for use by real estate companies and investors. Kelly holds a Master of Public Health from George Washington University and a B.S. in Human Biology from the University of Texas in Austin. Erin Christensen Ishizaki, AIA, AICP, LEED AP ND, EcoDistricts AP Erin Christensen Ishizaki is an urban planner and architect who partners with cities, agencies, trusts, and developers to put people first in support of strong economies and resilient environments. With over 20 years’ experience advancing healthy housing, transit-oriented development and high-performance districts, Erin understands the power of collaboration. She knows that business success and social good are not at odds – in fact, the most successful projects use an inclusive, holistic approach to maximize investment for all. Erin’s practice actively integrates cross-disciplinary research in projects like the widely published Mariposa Healthy Living District and helps shape industry standards like the EcoDistricts Protocol. Erin was recognized by the Urban Land Institute as a Global 40 Under 40 Professional.	Kapua Pimentel, Assoc. AIA, NOMA Born and raised along the Koʻolau mountains of Kaʻelepulu and Waimānalo, Oʻahu, Kapua Pimentel is a Native Hawaiian designer passionate about decolonizing design in Hawaiʻi and serves as Co-Chair of AIA Honolulu’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee. Kapua is a hula practitioner under nā Kumu Hula Sky Gora and Liko Cooke of Hālau Kilipohe Nā Lei Lehua, member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (a public service and social justice organization working with a primary focus on the Black community), and Architectural Designer at Ferraro Choi and Associates, Ltd.
10:25 – 12:00 pm	CarbonCure: Cracking Concrete’s Enormous Emissions Problem 1.5 AIA/CES LU (HSW)	Robert Niven Robert Niven is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CarbonCure Technologies, the global leader in carbon dioxide (CO₂) removal technologies for the concrete industry. Rob has the simple goal of making concrete sustainability both profitable and easy for industry. Under his direction, CarbonCure and its partners are achieving their mission to reduce 500 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions annually by 2030. Rob has received countless international awards recognizing his leadership in sustainability, innovation and technology development including the Canada’s Top 40 Under 40, the 2016 Ernest C. Manning Innovation Award, the Cleantech Group’s Top 100 Global Cleantech Companies and the BloombergNEF New Energy Pioneers Award. Rob holds an MSc in Environmental Engineering from McGill University and a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Victoria, British Columbia. In his spare time, Rob is an avid outdoors enthusiast and devotes his time to nature conservation and environmental community events. Alana Pakkala With nearly two decades of Hawai‘i real estate development and investment experience, Alana Kobayashi Pakkala is a Partner and Chief Operating Officer of The Kobayashi Group, where she is responsible for managing and overseeing all real estate development projects, from market opportunity through entitlements, design, sales and marketing, construction and post-completion oversight. Alana’s prodigious achievements and expertise across the Hawai‘i-based real estate/development/investment firm’s multimillion-dollar project portfolio span multiple facets of the company’s disciplines and services, including architectural and interior design management, proforma and construction project management, and sales and marketing management. Her leadership at every level of The Kobayashi Group’s real estate and development operations is marked by a strong combination of high attention to detail, value creation and long-term sustainability. Throughout her time successfully guiding and growing the reputation and experience of The Kobayashi Group’s development of residential communities, resorts, hotels and civic/nonprofit projects across Hawai‘i, Alana has excelled at keeping every project she oversees on-course, on-time and vision-focused through its conclusion. Alana’s work for The Kobayashi Group has resulted in an impressive, career-spanning track record of successfully planning, leading and seeing to completion multiple real estate development projects across a diversity of Hawai‘i industries. Her career with the company began in 2001 with her well-organized development and management of Kapolei Kai, a 204-unit single-family affordable residential community in West O‘ahu. Since then, Alana has been at the development forefront of all of The Kobayashi Group’s luxury multi-family development projects, including Park Lane Ala Moana ($1B) completed in 2017, ONE Ala Moana ($350M) completed in 2014, Hokua at 1288 Ala Moana ($280M) completed in 2006, and Capitol Place ($260M) completed in 2008, all on O‘ahu. In 2004, she introduced The Kobayashi Group’s Luxury Spec Home division, managing the development of its Kūki‘o residential community on the island of Hawai‘i, as well as the Hokua condominium’s 7,600-square-foot Ali‘i Penthouse. In addition to Kapolei Kai, Alana’s development and management of affordable local housing projects for The Kobayashi Group includes its currently-in-development mixed-use Alder Street project in Honolulu’s Kaka‘ako district and a soon-to-be-announced Kapolei-area residential development she is in leading in partnership with the City and County of Honolulu. Alana Kobayashi Pakkala was born and raised in Hawai’i and attended Hanahauoli and Punahou schools before moving to Washington, D.C. where she graduated Cum Laude with a double major in English Literature and Psychology from Georgetown University in 1997. She is active in numerous community organizations and serves on the board of directors of the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children. She has been honored with the prestigious Girl Scout of Hawaii Woman of Distinction award. She has also volunteered for Hawaii Community Foundation as an ambassador evaluating applicants for grants and scholarships and chaired the Community Development Block Grant Selections Committee for the City and County of Honolulu for 2 years (committee member for 7 years). Her past involvements include being a former board member of Kapiolani Health Foundation, Assets School, GIFT Foundation of Hawaii and Oahu Transit Services. In addition to Alana’s varied professional experience and community involvement, she is the proud mother of two daughters. She is an active volunteer parent at their school, and enjoys their free time together. EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, English Literature, Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1997 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Women of Distinction Award, Girl Scouts of Hawai‘i, 2009 Hawaiian Electric Board Member, 06/2020 – Present Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women and Children, Board of Directors, 6/2017 – Present Oahu Transit Services Inc., Board of Directors, 08/01/2011-11/30/2019 Kapi‘olani Health Foundation, Board of Directors, 9/2007 – 6/2017 Assets School, Board of Directors, 06/2003 – 05/2008 GIFT Foundation of Hawaii, Board of Directors, 2003-2013 City and County of Honolulu Community Development Block Grant Selections Committee, Chair, 2014-2017 Steve Teves, AIA Steve Teves, AIA is a Principal at Design Partners Incorporated (DPI). He began his architectural career at DPI 19 years ago, after graduating from Honolulu Community College’s Drafting Education program and the University of Hawaii’s School of Architecture. While in school, he worked in the construction industry (in the office and on the field), which has helped him throughout his architectural career to understand actual construction means and methods. While working at DPI, he initially concentrated on residential and hospitality work. His focus was primarily on housing, specifically affordable rental projects. However, after moving to Guam in 2009 and opening their branch office there, his focus shifted to government work, specifically Department of Defense projects and Department of Defense Education Activity work throughout the Pacific and Asia. Since returning to their Honolulu office in 2013, he continues to practice in all these areas, and still oversee the management and operations of our Guam office. This allows him to split his time to work on affordable housing here in Hawaii, as well as work on a wide variety of Department of Defense work throughout the Pacific. Steve has been a member of AIA since 2009 and is now on the AIA Honolulu Board as a Director. Michael Young Steve Baldridge, P.E., S.E., LEED AP Steve is president and founder of BASE, a structural engineering firm headquartered in Honolulu with offices in Guam, Chicago, Florida and India. He leads their pursuit of innovation and practical approaches to making buildings stronger, safer, and more efficient. From a structural engineering standpoint, a significant contribution to practicing sustainable design principles is in optimizing structural systems to reduce the use of materials on a project, and he has presented on this topic at both international and national levels including “Tall Structural Sustainability in an Island Context: The Hawaii Experience” at the CTBUH World Congress in Dubai and more recently with an award winning paper “That Green Thing” for the Post-Tensioning Institute. Steve is one of the nation’s foremost experts in engineering for high-risk environments who has always remained budget-conscious and focused on developing efficient designs for projects of all kinds, from renovations to new structures big and small.	Bettina Mehnert, FAIA, LEED AP A respected visionary and leader, AHL’s president and chief executive officer, Bettina Mehnert, FAIA, LEED AP is a force in the evolution and innovation in Hawaii’s architectural sector. Her philosophy blends a focus on sustainability, technology, firm culture, client cultivation, and community service as inseparable filaments of professional leadership, keeping her almost 75-year-old firm firmly faced towards the future. In recognition of her management style and leadership, Mehnert has been honored with numerous awards and in 2016 was named a Fellow in the American Institute of Architecture (AIA), a prestigious honor held only by 53 architects in Hawaii since 1948. She was named CEO of the Year by Hawaii Business Magazine in 2019. In 2018, Mehnert was appointed to the new five-member Honolulu Climate Change Commission. She uses her background in architecture and engineering and her expertise in the built environment to advocate for strong resiliency policies. A licensed architect in her native Germany and in Hawaii and Guam, she is an active member of AIA Honolulu and International Chapters and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) where she serves on ULI’s National Council on Responsible Property Investment and Advisory Services Panel. She is a director of the Blue Planet Foundation, a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of Hawaii Energy and a member of Hawaii Green Growth’s Sustainability Business Forum. Mehnert also serves on the board of Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Hawaii and as a trustee of St. Andrew’s Schools. Most recently, she participated on a United Nations Global Compact panel of Hawaii’s thought leaders on “Regenerative Global Futures” during the UN’s annual general assembly.
12:30 – 2:00 pm	Closing the Gaps: The Roots of Organizational Well-Being 1.5 AIA/CES LU (HSW)	Yiselle Santos Rivera, AIA, LEED AP Yiselle Santos Rivera, AIA, NOMA, NCARB, LSSYB, WELL AP, LEED AP, is an architect, medical planner, and Global Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion at HKS, Inc. With national and international experience on healthcare, sports, residential, institutional, and commercial/mixed-use projects, she thrives on inclusive community design, building belonging through equitable practices, and creating workplace environments that promote psychological safety and mirror the communities it serves. As an AIA COVID-19 Health Impact Task Force member, Yiselle led the creation of the Additional Considerations section of the AIA Alternative Care Site Preparedness Assessment Tool V2.0 providing support measures for ethnically diverse and marginalized populations. She co-founded the Latin American Interior Designers, Engineers, and Architects (LA.IDEA) DC Committee and founded the “Women Inspiring Emerging Leaders in Design” (WIELD) Event program, which received the 2019 AIA Diversity Program Recognition Award. Currently, she serves as the AIA DC Chapter Board Treasurer, NOMA Chair of Research and Development, and AIA New Urban Agenda Taskforce member. Professionally, she focuses on bridging through differences and empowering the next generation of leaders in the AEC industry. Yiselle is a storyteller, a 2015 Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program Scholar, and a recipient of the 2018 AIA Associate Award. Sean Baumes, AIA Sean is an architect and Principal at WCIT Architecture, an award-winning design firm of internationally trained architects and interior designers with a shared design approach which explores historical and cultural inspirations, incorporates indigenous and global sustainable strategies in meaningful and interactive ways, and has community at its core. With more than 15 years of experience designing award-winning collaborative learning spaces at universities across the country and within Hawai‘i, Sean’s work is centered around the translation of the cultural and physical context into unique expressions of contemporary architectural form. Since joining WCIT in 2013, Sean has served as the project lead for much of the office’s significant planning and urban design work by overseeing design and community outreach. A graduate of Cornell University, his design expertise is derived from a diverse set of project scales and typologies from planning efforts such as the Blaisdell Center Redevelopment to the recently opened Daniel K Inouye College of Pharmacy on the UH Hilo campus. Jennifer Camp, AIA Jennifer’s passion for architecture and design was instilled in her at a very young age; as design, Architecture, and Engineering has been in her family for four generations. With her grandfather’s encouragement, Jennifer studied abroad in Como, Italy where she developed her love of travel, respect for cultural diversity, and the deep understanding that architecture reinforces the culture it is a part of. Jennifer always looks forward to collaborating and designing to create spaces that supports a culture that is engaging. As a principal of hi•arch•y llp, Mrs. Camp brings over 25 years of experience to the firm. She has extensive leadership experience in mixed-use and community center projects locally on Oahu and in Los Angeles. Jennifer is a board member (and incoming president) of NAIOP Hawaii and volunteers her time with non-profit organizations focused on sustainability and workplace satisfaction and safety. She is a founding member of Hawaii Healthy Building Experts. Kawika McKeague, AICP Under the shadowed cascades of Pu’u Palailai, Pu’u Makakilo, and Pu’u Kapolei as his pūnana, Kawika was raised by his grandparents and therein privy to cultivate a perspective of stewardship and community responsibility through their experiences. Kawika’s academic and professional background in environmental and community planning with an emphasis in the advocacy of a Maoli perspective in urban design, master planning, and resource management for nearly 20 years has afforded him opportunities to engage in difficult but necessary conversations across multiple sectors of industry. At present, Kawika is actively involved within a spectrum of community partners that are seeking viable and indigenous based solutions to address a myriad of needs relative to affordable housing, regenerative agricultural practices, sustainable renewable energy solutions, and micro-scaled solutions to climate change. Kawika is currently engaged in fostering a planning practice at G70 that purposefully seeks a more inclusive state of diverse perspectives in order to foster attention to the emotional intelligence that hope infuses in our communities. Kawika fundamentally believes hope is core to shifting our collective consciousness to a more profound and attuned state of dynamic presence and energy that abides in our human being as to then emphatically and effectively respond to the social inequalities and injustices that abide in our global island home. Kawika is a trained Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner as an ‘olapa and ho’opa’a under the auspices of Kumu Hula Vicky Holt Takamine. Kawika has also been trained by several key kumu and loea in the care and protection of iwi kūpuna, wahi kapu, and wahi pana. Finally, Kawika is also an established musician, composer, and kīho‘alu artist for nearly 46 years and was the distinguished recipient of the 2012 State Foundation of Culture and the Arts Folk Arts grant wherein he understudied with famed kīhoʻalu master, Uncle Cyril Lani Pahinui for a decade. Kawika has also serves his community as an active board member of PA’I Foundation, ʻİlioʻulaokalani Coalition, Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation, and the Polenesia Arts and Cultural Foundation. Kawika is also a current member of the Hawaiʻi Leadership Forum Omidyar Fellows Program and also serves on the American Planning Association Hawaiʻi Chapter Equity Diversity Inclusion Committee. Lisa Y.T. Rapp, AIA, LEED AP Ms. Lisa Y. T. Rapp has over 30 years of experience in Architecture, Planning, and Design of large-scale resort and urban hotels, restaurants, commercial mixed-use, and high-end residential projects worldwide. As AHL’s hospitality and high-rise residential principal, she guides her teams with design leadership that executes the client’s overall vision, core values, and goals. She values the collaborative process within the office and achieving success with her team, finding it rewarding to create spaces that enhance peoples’ lives and enrich their experiences Lisa’s projects with AHL have contributed to meaningful design representing Hawaii’s culture and history within the hospitality, residential, and retail sectors, elevating our standards for sustainable, resilient, and relevant design. Some of these projects include: Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, the first LEED Silver Certified resort in Hawaii, the Watermark Waikiki condominium tower, the renovations of the historic Moana Surfrider, and Sheraton Maui Resort and Spa Prior to joining AHL, Lisa gained extensive experience as a Designer, Project Architect, Project Manager, and Construction Administrator with Hornberger+Worstell Architects and Planners, Roy K. Yamamoto Architect, AIA, Inc., Hemmeter Design Group, and WATG. Her design and planning experience extends in Asia and throughout the continental United States having worked on projects such as: the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, AZ; JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa in Tuscon, AZ; Shanghai Urban Business Hotel in Shanghai, China; and the La Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio, TX. She earned her Bachelor of Science from MIT in 1989, followed by a Master of Architecture from UCLA in 1991, and became a licensed architect with the State of Hawaii in 1995.	Kapua Pimentel, Assoc. AIA, NOMA Born and raised along the Koʻolau mountains of Kaʻelepulu and Waimānalo, Oʻahu, Kapua Pimentel is a Native Hawaiian designer passionate about decolonizing design in Hawaiʻi and serves as Co-Chair of AIA Honolulu’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee. Kapua is a hula practitioner under nā Kumu Hula Sky Gora and Liko Cooke of Hālau Kilipohe Nā Lei Lehua, member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (a public service and social justice organization working with a primary focus on the Black community), and Architectural Designer at Ferraro Choi and Associates, Ltd.
3:00 – 4:20 pm	Keynote: Rwanda to Hawai’i: Designing locally and sustainably 1 AIA/CES LU (HSW) Sponsored by Source	Sierra Bainbridge, RLA, ASLA Sierra began work with MASS in 2008 focusing on landscape architecture and joined full time in 2009 to finalize design and oversee implementation of the Butaro Hospital, MASS’s first project. Currently Sierra directs the ongoing design and implementation of MASS’s planning and architectural projects and is currently overseeing The Kayanja Center, an academic facility supporting rural health care delivery and research in Uganda, a number of African Conservation Schools in DRC, Tanzania, Zambia, and Rwanda, and the Butaro Hospital Expansion Plan, among others. Those completed include Butaro Hospital, the Umubano Primary School, the Butaro Doctors’ Housing, and the Butaro Ambulatory Cancer Center. Prior to joining MASS, Sierra worked for four years at James Corner Field Operations, primarily in design and oversight of implementation of Section 1 of the New York City High Line. Sierra has taught graduate level studios at various universities and from 2010-2012, Sierra served as Head of the Architecture Department at the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in Rwanda. At KIST, Sierra was instrumental in shaping the current curriculum. She is invited to speak regularly, including the keynote address at the Healthcare Design Conference, serving as a Sasaki Distinguished Visiting Critic at the Boston Architectural College, and lecturing at the Carter ‘Lectures In African Studies’ series, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, University of Toronto, and the American Institute of Architects, among others. Select features of Sierra’s work with MASS Design Group include A+U Magazine, Lotus, Mark Magazine, and Detail. Sierra received her Bachelors of Arts in Art and Architectural History from Smith College and her Masters of Landscape Architecture and Masters of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.	Bettina Mehnert, FAIA, LEED AP A respected visionary and leader, AHL’s president and chief executive officer, Bettina Mehnert, FAIA, LEED AP is a force in the evolution and innovation in Hawaii’s architectural sector. Her philosophy blends a focus on sustainability, technology, firm culture, client cultivation, and community service as inseparable filaments of professional leadership, keeping her almost 75-year-old firm firmly faced towards the future. In recognition of her management style and leadership, Mehnert has been honored with numerous awards and in 2016 was named a Fellow in the American Institute of Architecture (AIA), a prestigious honor held only by 53 architects in Hawaii since 1948. She was named CEO of the Year by Hawaii Business Magazine in 2019. In 2018, Mehnert was appointed to the new five-member Honolulu Climate Change Commission. She uses her background in architecture and engineering and her expertise in the built environment to advocate for strong resiliency policies. A licensed architect in her native Germany and in Hawaii and Guam, she is an active member of AIA Honolulu and International Chapters and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) where she serves on ULI’s National Council on Responsible Property Investment and Advisory Services Panel. She is a director of the Blue Planet Foundation, a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of Hawaii Energy and a member of Hawaii Green Growth’s Sustainability Business Forum. Mehnert also serves on the board of Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Hawaii and as a trustee of St. Andrew’s Schools. Most recently, she participated on a United Nations Global Compact panel of Hawaii’s thought leaders on “Regenerative Global Futures” during the UN’s annual general assembly.