Mrs. Holton is the Vice President of Engineering, Chief Engineer and Deputy COO for the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA). As Chief Engineer, she is responsible for the design and construction of Nashville International Airports $1.6 billion expansion and renovation program, known as BNA Vision, and the $50 million annual capital program for both Nashville International and John C. Tune Airports.

Donovan Olliff, AIA, Esq. is a Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at HOK. Donovan has over 25 years of combined industry experience as both a registered architect and construction law attorney. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University College of Architecture (1993) and the University of Houston Law Center (2001) and served 15 years as in-house counsel with HOK. Donovan served as a member of the AIA Contract Documents Committee since 2016. Relevant experience includes drafting and negotiation of complex domestic and international design contracts, including P3 and design-build, managing project-delivery risk, and resolving complex multi-party design-related disputes.

Neal is the Project Development Director for Hensel Phelps in the Nashville region and has been with the company for 18 years. Neal graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a master’s degree in Architecture. Neal served as the Design Manager over the Nashville International Airport projects overseeing all aspects of design management under a progressive design-build contract. Throughout his tenure from Hensel Phelps, Neal has worked on nearly $4.2 billion worth of work across the eastern United States including the iconic Pentagon Renovation following the tragedies of 9/11. Neal has been a critical component to the success of 13 design-build projects. He is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Robynne Thaxton is an attorney and consultant with both Thaxton Parkinson PLLC and Progressive Design-Build Consulting, LLC. Robynne assists primarily public owners in developing the procurement documents (RFQ, RFP, and Contract) for progressive design-build projects. She has worked on over 27 PDB projects with a dollar volume of over $5 billion. She is a former member of the Design Build Institute of America National Board and Northwest Regional DBIA Board and current chair of the DBIA National Education Committee. She also serves on the Washington State Capitol Projects Advisory Review Board. Representative clients include the State of Washington; WSDOT; Bonneville Power Administration; the cities of Seattle, Portland, and Tacoma; Western Washington University; the University of California system; University of California San Diego; University of California San Francisco; and CalTech. Robynne is also a frequent instructor for the DBIA National Contracts and Risk Management class as well as the Progressive Design-Build class. Robynne was recently awarded the Distinguished Leadership Award from DBIA and has been named to the Washington Super Lawyer list since 2010. More information regarding Robynne and her work can be found at www.thaxtonpark.com