As an urban designer with evolveEA, Ashley’s capacity to connect technical information to the lived experience has contributed to a number of award winning community development plans, design projects, and comprehensive plans. She managed the Allentown Vision 2030 Plan, which was recognized with a 2020 Pennsylvania Governor’s Award, and also managed the Joint Comprehensive Plan for Braddock, East Pittsburgh, and North Braddock. 
Ashley holds a Bachelor’s of Architecture degree from Howard University, has studied design in Barcelona and also earned a Master of Urban Design from Carnegie Mellon University. Ashley is a member of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), and is an EcoDistricts Accredited Professional. 

Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, LFAPA, Hon AIA, is a social psychiatrist and professor of urban policy and health at The New School. Since 1986, she has conducted research on AIDS and other epidemics of poor communities, with a special interest in the relationship between the collapse of communities and decline in health. From her research, she has published numerous articles, book chapters, and monographs. She has also written: The House of Joshua: Meditations on Family and Place, Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It, and Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America’s Sorted-Out Cities. A third edition of Homeboy Came to Orange: A Story of People's Power, which she helped her father, Ernest Thompson, write, was released in May 2018 by New Village Press. She is co-author, with Hannah L. F. Cooper, of From Enforcers to Guardians: A public health primer on ending police violence, issued by Johns Hopkins University Press in January 2020. Her book, Main Street: How a City’s Heart Connects Us All, was released in October 2020 by New Village Press.  

Erin is on a mission to cultivate health, well-being, and belonging through design. She is a vice president, licensed architect, and researcher at HKS. Erin’s passion for creating environments that support health, happiness, and well-being drives her evidence-based, user-centered approach to design. In her leadership role at HKS, she helps integrate research and practice to advance design for health, combat loneliness, and foster resilience across the globe. Erin’s research has been published in international scientific journals and industry publications across the globe, including Fast Company, Metropolis, Environment & Behavior, Health Environments Research and Design, and The Architects Handbook of Professional Practice. Erin was named a Best Under 40 in Architecture for Health by the American Institute for Architects, and a Rising Star by Healthcare Design Magazine. 

She is active in giving back to the design for health community as a speaker, mentor, teacher and board member, and was adjunct faculty at The Pratt Institute, and New York School of Interior Design, where she still serves on the Advisory Board. She is a Cornell Institute for Health Future’s industry scholar, and serves as an advisor for the WELL building standard. She was recently appointed as a board member of the City of Dallas, South Dallas Fair Park Opportunity Fund. Board She served as trustee and research chair for the Academy of Architecture for Health Foundation for close to a decade. Her research has been published in international scientific journals and industry publications, including Fast Company, Psychology Today, Environment & Behavior, Health Environments Research & Design, Journal of Nursing Administration and The Architects Handbook of Professional Practice. Erin was awarded the AIA Henry Adams Certificate for excellence in architecture, and the AIA-AAH Arthur N. Tuttle Fellowship for her work on design for healthcare teamwork. She was named Best Under 40 in Architecture for Health by the American Institute for Architects (2015), 40 Under 40 by Building Design and Construction (2020), a Top Young Professional by Engineering News Record (2021), and a Rising Star by Healthcare Design Magazine (2019). 

Emily joined Harrison Design's Commercial Studio in 2017 and was promoted as the company's first female Principal Architect in 2021. Emily has led over 2 million square feet of design and construction ranging from cottage style homes to over 450K square feet of mixed-use and multi-family developments ranging from 3 to 20+ acre sites. Prior to joining Harrison Design, Emily spent a decade in commercial architecture focused on private education, country & golf clubhouses and hospitality design. 
Emily serves a three-year elected term on AIA Atlanta’s Board of Directors as 2023 President and Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Design Advisory Board. From 2020-2021, she served as the AIA South Atlantic Young Architect Regional Director, in 2021 she graduated from the Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program, and in 2022 was honored by receiving AIA Georgia’s Emerging Professional of the Year Award.  
She is known for her expertise in the field of mental health and architecture, mentorship to emerging professionals, and activism for JEDI efforts in the profession and community. 
Emily is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art (ICAA) and a certified member of the National Council of Architectural Registration Board (NCARB).