Jay is a skillful technical architect and specifier with over 20 years of sustainable project experience. He specializes in directing the delivery of nationally award-winning educational and public building designs in the Pacific Northwest through thoughtful documentation, material and system specifications, and successful construction administration.
Jay co-leads the Mahlum Best Practices and Quality Assurance teams to ensure that project design and technical rigor are realized for all delivery methods and construction budgets. Passionate about the environmental impact of our profession, Jay is an active member of the Mahlum Sustainability Steering Committee and spearheads the internal Healthy Materials Community at the office which mentors other staff and champions the selection of better materials.
Jay is an active member of the Health Product Declaration Collaborative (HPDC) and currently serves on the Technical Committee Subgroup for Harmonization.
He earned his Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Science in Building Sciences from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and is a registered architect in Washington State.
Courses
Living in a Material World: The Architects’ Role in Responsible Materials Selection
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 2-3pm EST
How can architects and designers take action in selecting holistically responsible materials? With competing priorities from clients and project teams to a whole world of product and project-level certifications, responsible material selection is hard to navigate – and one that has to be done on a daily basis. The AIA Materials Pledge provides a framework for architects and designers to begin to chart progress in data transparency and optimization across the five impact categories: Human health, Social health and equity, Ecosystem health, Climate health, and Circular economy.
Join AIA Materials Pledge leadership for this webinar where speakers will focus on beginner steps for designers to take in thinking about holistic material health. They will then speak about how the AIA Materials Pledge reporting framework can support firms at any stage of their materials journey. Finally, they will provide an overview of this year’s second annual Materials Pledge By the Numbers (RY24) report, looking at reported materials data from over 100 signatory firms.