Ray Demers is a Sr. Direcotr, Design Leadership Intiatives with Enterprise Green Communities where he leads the Rose Fellowship, Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute, and co-led the 2020 Green Communities Criteria. At Enterprise, Ray leads the Rose Fellowship, the Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute (AHDLI) and other emerging priorities at the intersection of design and housing. He co-led the technical development of the 2020 Enterprise Green Communities Criteria, the latest version of the nation’s only national green building program designed explicitly for green affordable housing construction. Ray serves on several national advisory groups, notably as the co-chair of the Housing Knowledge Community with the Boston Society of Architects and as secretary of the Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community with the American Institute of Architects.

Global Director of Design, Principal. Global architecture, design & planning firm with 49 locations worldwide, supporting academia, students and collaborative efforts.  A sought-after spokesperson on the future of design both domestically and globally, Jordan has been featured in many prominent design publications, including selection as a “40-Under-40” national industry leader by both Building Design & Construction and the Washington Business Journal. The latter also named Jordan to its 2013, 2015 and 2017 “Power 100,” an annual list of the region’s most influential business leaders. An advocate of helping the next generation of designers prepare for tomorrow, Jordan teaches a graduate course on design at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his Master in Architecture 

With graduate degrees in architecture and structural engineering, Corey Gracie-Griffin is the associate dean for research and an associate professor of architecture at Penn State Altoona. He advocates for faculty and student research across all disciplines and oversees all internal and external research funding at Penn State Altoona. As the founding director of the Building Science Laboratory to Advance Teaching (BUILT) at Portland State University, Gracie-Griffin connected students at all levels to meaningful research in green buildings with industry partners. His own research focuses on how to make new and existing buildings healthier, more productive, and resilient while simultaneously reducing their impact on the planet. As Principal Investigator, he has received nearly $1.5 million in external funding from agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the W.M. Keck Foundation, various industry partners, and others. 

Heidi Henderson holds a Master’s Degree in Accountancy, she is the host of the Healthy, Wealthy and Wise Accountants Podcast, and is a Real Estate Professional with over 28 years specializing in tax and accounting strategies. She is a consultant to business owners and investors to ensure tax efficiency and optimization of federal, state, and local incentives throughout the US. Her experience includes industry-specific federal lobbying efforts in D.C. and technical guidance on varying tax topics. Her tax incentive projects range from small office buildings, restaurants, self-storage, and rental homes to multi-million-dollar projects including the W Hotel in Manhattan and the Sea-Tac Marriott. She has published numerous articles in AccountingToday among other CPA and Real Estate publications, and has spoken to audiences including AIA, USGBC, Energy Symposiums, Tech Symposiums, AICPA, varying International CPA Associations, and AccountingToday’s national conference, qualifying for Continuing Professional and Legal Education. 

Mary Hubbard is the technology-to-market manager within the Building Technologies Office’s (BTO’s) Emerging Technologies Program. In this position, she works across the office to lead BTO’s Technology-to-Market Initiative. This includes a number of programs and activities to help researchers and innovators in the buildings space de-risk their technologies, products, and processes to make them more attractive to private investment. Mary also helps innovators access the resources and develop the skills needed to make an impact in the buildings industry. 

The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) is an industry-funded initiative that promotes the use of wood and funds research and innovation. SLB also supports education through courses and competitions, such as Timber in the City and more. Hyoun spent 17 years with Zonda (formerly Hanley Wood), where he led marketing, client services, and editorial development efforts. 

Dr. Kyoung Hee Kim is Director of the Integrated Design Research Lab (IDRL) an interdisciplinary research platform for integrating architecture design and innovative building technologies. Dr. Kim is registered architect in the state of North Carolina and has practiced as both an architect and engineer. Her expertise lies in performance-based design, innovative building systems integration and high-performance facades as a way to improve the sustainability of the built environment. Dr. Kim has served as PI for a 2020 NSF STTR award, 2020 and 2019 NSF Team Program, 2017 and 2013 AIA Upjohn Research Initiative Grant, 2011 EPA-P3 award, and institutional research grants to develop advanced building enclosures and regenerative building technologies toward net zero energy architecture. She received the 2021 R&D award for microalgae façade system and is the recipient of NSF ICorps Team and AIA Upjohn grants.

The PCI Foundation funds curriculum development, research, student design teams, internships, fabrication programs, and R&D in prestressed/precast concrete.