Rachel Flynn is the Deputy City Manager of Greeley, Colorado overseeing several departments:  Planning, Building, Public Works, Transportation, Economic Development, Code Compliance, and Water & Sewer.    

Prior to moving to Colorado, Rachel worked for Fairfax County, Virginia (Deputy County Executive), Google (Director of Planning), Lennar/FivePoint Communities (Vice President), Oakland, California (Director of Planning & Building), Otak International (Director of Planning in the Abu Dhabi, UAE office), Richmond, Virginia (Director of Community Development), and Lynchburg, Virginia (Director of Community Development).  She practiced architecture for over twelve years with Cannon Design in New York, Boston, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.

She has been honored with numerous awards from civic and professional organizations for successful master plans, downtown revitalization, historic preservation, zoning reform, housing policies, environmental initiatives, and innovative technology programs. 

Rachel is a licensed architect and holds degrees from Harvard University and Catholic University.

Julia Laue is City Architect & Bureau Manager for the Bureau of Architecture (BOA) for San Francisco’s Department of Public Works where her focus is excellence in Project Delivery and Design for the City's great Civic Projects. Her 28-year overall career prior to BOA ranged from multi-family housing, urban mix-use projects, healthcare, to hospitality. In 2013 she left the private sector to join BOA, where she oversees an architectural staff of 70+ to deliver hundreds of building & renovation projects for a diverse range of communities and neighborhoods. BOA’s projects range from Branch Libraries, Fire Stations, Auditoriums, Community & Rec Centers, Homeless Shelters & Alternative Housing, Hospital & Healthcare Clinics. Julia’s goal has always been to inspire cultural and strategic change, raising the bar in design and technical execution on all the projects and organizations she works with. Project delivery through great design and excellence in execution is Julia’s passion. 

Rona G. Rothenberg, FAIA DBIA, PMP has devoted her career to service as an architect in government and industry.   Rona has been a program and project manager within public and private sector institutions, including over two decades in California state and local government.  She has provided leadership in master planning, design and construction delivery of over 200 institutional projects.  She has specialized experience, focus and a passion and expertise in planning and delivery of safe, resilient, functional, accessible, affordable, beautiful and lasting justice facilities in California including many completed building projects for the California Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal and Superior Courts, Highway Patrol, Board of State and Community Corrections, county sheriffs, and the California military for successful outcomes in court ser-vices and detention and improved access to justice for the public. Over her career Rona has been involved in leadership and mentorship through the American Institute of Architects at the national and state levels as a conference and advisory group chair, panelist, author and AIA California Board member and 2022 President.  Rona is committed to investing in the design and construction career pipeline across generations, races, genders, abilities and backgrounds.  She is a long-term mentor to younger architects, and participates in the AIA College of Fellows Men-tor program.  Rona has contributed to her community as a City of Alameda Planning Board member, as a non-profit building committee and board member, and as a local public school STEAM program instructor and career advisor.   Rona’s contributions were recognized with the AIA 2020 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture. Rona is a long-time Bay Area resident. Rona is a proud mother and grandmother! She values her work as a Citizen Architect and continues her family’s long-time tradition of giving back through community service in her professional and personal life.

Paul Woolford, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP is the Design Principal for HOK San Francisco; responsible for some of HOK’s most complex and creative buildings. He leads an interdisciplinary team comprised of architects, engineers, interior, landscape & product designers, and urban planners.

His designs have been honored with numerous awards including: Research & Development Magazine’s “Laboratory of the Year Award” in 1997; “Regional, State and National AIA Design Excellence Awards” in 2006 for the State Archives and Library of Georgia; the “AIA California Council Design Excellence Award” in 2008 for the Wind Portal at the SF BART Station; and various accolades from the USGBC for LEED Platinum and Gold certified projects.

Paul earned his Bachelor of Architecture at Cornell University with honors in 1983. He has been active in the American Institute of Architects at the state level as an officer, and at the national level, was named an “Outstanding Young Architect of the Year.” He has both chaired and been a juror for numerous AIA design awards. Additionally, Paul has taught design at the University of California, Berkeley; Cornell University; and Savannah College of Art & Design. He lectures around the world on environmental and design issues for organizations including AIA, USGBC, SCUP, MAAM, ULI and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.