Heather Jauregui, LEED AP BD+C, O+M, CPHC, works for Perkins Eastman as the Director of Sustainability, where she combines her passions for both research and architecture. As a firmwide resource, she works internally to educate architects about sustainability, and to provide them with easy access to key research and tools they need to integrate sustainability into the design process. As a project resource, she works as an internal consultant to help guide sustainability throughout the design process from goal setting to strategy identification to measuring results. She is passionate about passive design, building science, indoor environmental quality, and pre/post-occupancy evaluations.

Sean O’Donnell leads Perkins Eastman’s international K-12 education practice. Understanding how intrinsic learning is to the human experience, he sees schools as the center of community bringing together civic architecture, sustainable design, and innovative educational planning to create high-performing, inspiring places where students learn and grow. A global thought leader in education facilities research and design, he is co-director of the Consortium for Design and Education Outcomes, a partnership with Drexel University’s School of Education.