Heidi Jandris grew up immersed in her family’s New England concrete block business, Jandris Block, established by her grandfather in 1920. She received a Master of Science degree in Sustainable Building Systems from Northeastern University’s College of Engineering, a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Pratt Institute, and earned a Whole Building LCA (WbLCA-P) micro-credential from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. She provides technical services to the design community with a focus on embodied carbon, while researching and implementing ways to improve the efficiency of and lower the environmental impacts of Jandris’ manufactured concrete products. She is chair of the Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes Association (CMHA) masonry committee and serves on the CMHA executive committee. She also chairs the national programs committee for the Concrete Masonry Checkoff Board.

Tino Kalayil is a technical director with the Block Design Collective. He is an experienced structural engineer with a diverse background in design, support, and education of various building materials. With a passion to utilize building materials responsibly and efficiently, he dedicates his career to educating the building community on designing buildings with purpose. Tino has taught at Marquette University, his alma mater, and lives in the Chicagoland area with his wife, Julie, and daughter, Haley.