Mr. Covington has served in various positions as both a Contractor and a Department of the Army civilian providing Installation Planning, Regional Planning, and Command Planning. During these efforts, he was instrumental in the adaption of Form-Based Planning for the Army’s primary landholding command. He is currently supporting: Installations of the Future, Planning for Energy/Climate Change/Resiliency, and Plan Based Programming – each focus on making planning; more effective, more responsive, and more relevant.

Ed Gauvreau, FAIA, is Chief, Planning Branch, Installation Readiness Division, HQ US Army Corps of Engineers. He oversees the Corps’ work in master planning, facility requirements, and other areas totaling $200 million annually. Ed has over 39 years of federal service, 26 with the Corps of Engineers. He is the current chair of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Architecture Practice Community of Interest. Ed was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows in 2017, and is a recipient of the SAME Urbahn Medal for excellence in architecture.

Grace, former chair of AIA Project Delivery Knowledge Community, is an Owner’s advisor. As a senior project manager at CBRE, she sets out procurement strategies, project delivery blueprints, supports clients’ businesses and operational requirements. She provides customized services from project inception to completion that minimize risks optimizing project outcomes. She is responsible for timely reporting ensuring client goals are achieved. She orchestrates the integration of project delivery systems, multifaceted business functions, and directs project implementation. Her multi-market experiences foster innovation and drive efficiency. Her experience is complemented by a B.S. degree in Architecture, two M.S. degrees – in Construction Administration and in Sustainability Management – both from Columbia University. After working for global architectural firms, she transitioned into the Owner’s side. Her previous roles from “both sides of the fence”, being an Owner and a consultant, cultivated her talents at big picture ideas, executing details, and qualified her the perspectives to purvey strategic master planning. Her broad-based knowledge benefits real estate development, design, construction, capital facility programs, and sustainability management. Grace serves on the PDKC, Urban Land Institute, Association of Medical Facilities Professionals steering committees. She is an adjunct professor at Columbia University, School of Professional Studies, teaching graduate-level students.

Ms. Long is a Community Planner with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) where she influences change through leading the 'Installations of the Future' program, focuses on modernizing and transforming Army Installations.

Ms. Wolters is a Research Landscape Architect with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Environmental Laboratory, where she drives the modernization of planning processes for the Department of Defense through digital transformation to provide installation leaders and planners, and enterprise partners with the tools to make real-time holistic decision making for a stronger, more united force and community partner.