National Design Expertise
National Design Team Leadership
Ron Bogle, Hon. AIA
Founder & CEO, National Design Alliance;
Team Leader, Reimagine America’s Schools
Kerry Leonard, AIA,
Director of Architecture, Reimagine America's Schools
Josh Elder
Strategic Planning Partner and Program Funder, National Design Alliance;
Director and Head of Grantmaking at the Siegel Family Endowment
Ted Landsmark,
Board Member, National Design Alliance;
Distinguished Professor, Director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University
Meet our RAS Design Team
Chudi Abajue, AIA, NCARB, LEED ,
Project Manager, IBI Group
Satya Basu, Assoc. AIA, CPHC,
Associate Director of Design Engineering, IA Collaborative
August F. Battaglia, FAIA, REFP,
Design Principal Emeritus, Education Consultant: Design, Planning and Programming
Steven B. Bingler,
Founder and CEO, Concordia
Paul Bradshaw, ALEP
Principal-in-Charge, Grimm+Parker Architects
Ngozi Brown, AIA, ASID, NCARB, NCIDQ, M. Ed., LEED® AP ND, EDAC, GPCP,
Design Principal, Architect, Registered Interior Designer at NOB A+D
Peter Brown, FAIA,
Principal, DLR Group
Gaylaird Christopher, FAIA,
Founding Principal, Architecture for Education
Rick Cole,
Executive Director, Congress for the New Urbanism
Patricia Culley, AIA, WELL AP, LEED AP,
Senior Associate, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Emily E. Czarnecki, NCIDQ,
Senior Associate, Senior Interior Designer at JCJ Architects
Imani Day, AIA,
Principal, RVSN Studios
Aria Dellepiane
Architectural Design Associate at Fielding International
Sarah Weissman Dirsa, AIA, LEED AP, SEED,
Principal, KG+D Architects
Aimee Eckmann, FAIA, ALEP, LEED AP BD+C,
Principal and the Pre-K-12 Practice Leader, Perkins & Will
Devin Fields
Senior Project Associate, Hester Street
Ashley Flores,
Senior Director, Child Poverty Action Lab
Judy Hoskens, REFP, LEED ® AP,
2022 Chair AIA Committee on Architecture for Education
David Jakes
Founder and Chief Design Officer, David Jakes Designs LLC
Patricia Joseph,
Assocaite Project Architect, The Abo Group, Inc.
Joelle Maryzelle Juarez,
Student Intern, Northeastern University School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Scott Krenner, AIA,
Partner, BNDRY Studio
James E. LaPosta, Jr. FAIA LEED AP,
Chief Architectural Officer, JCJ Architects
Joshua Lee, PhD, AIA,
Carnegie Mellon University
Melissa S. Lee
Director of Planning & Community Engagement, Concordia
Kerry Leonard, AIA,
Director of Architecture, Reimagine America's Schools
Caroline Lobo, AIA, PhD,
Founding Principal, suoLL architects
Matthew Ryan Lowe, LEED ®AP BD+C,
Director of Design, DLA Architects
Kate Mcgrain,
Program Manager, MICA Center for Creative Citizenship
Jason Meyering, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP BD+C,
Jason Meyering Architecture
Vivek Kumar Mishra,
Student Intern, Northeastern University School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Colin Montoute, AIA,NOMA
Associate Principal, Director of Architecture, WXY Studio
Saralee Morrissey, FAICP
Chair, American Planning Association's Pubic School Interest Group
Erin Peavey, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C,
Vice-President, HKS, Inc.
John Pfluger,
Principal, Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc.
Philip Poinelli, FAIA, ALEP,
Architect, Educational Planner at SMMA
Jane Quinn,
Director (2000-2018), Children’s Aid National Center for Community Schools
Todd Ray, FAIA,
Principal, Page
Melissa Rodriquez, AIA,
Associate, HKS, Inc.
Leonardo Gonzales Sangri,
Director of Education, Principal, HKS, Inc.
Dr. Lennie Scott-Webber, NCIDQ, AIA Affiliate,
Owner & Principal, INSYNC: Education Research + Design
Dr. Priyanka Shejwal,
Student Intern, Northeastern University School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP
Principal, Vice President of Urban Planning, McAdams
Becky Slogeris,
Presidential Innovation Fellow, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
Lynne Sorkin, AIA, LEED AP
Principal, FGMA
David Stubbs II,
President, Cultural Shift Educational Consultants
Ben Thompson, LEED AP BD+C,
Associate/Project Architect, VMDO Architects
John M. Weekes, FAIA,
Founder/Principal Emeritus, DOWA
Amy Yurko, AIA,
Founder & President, Brain Spaces, Inc.