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Betsy Scott

Betsy Scott

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PROGRAMS + ENGAGEMENT

HOUSING INNOVATION ALLIANCE

For more than 20 years, Betsy Scott has excelled at helping people think differently by taking complex ideas and concepts, analyzing them from the perspective of others, and translating the results into action. If you want to meet people bringing innovation to the housing industry, or know what’s new, she’s your ticket. A natural collaborator with a great social sense, she connects the dots between smart people, forward-thinking companies and big ideas. With Betsy in your corner, everyone wins. That’s why she helms the Housing Innovation Alliance, a passion she’s pursued since 2008 with founding partner IBACOS and now as the Executive Director, Program + Engagement of an independent entity focused on bringing business and technical innovation to housing. Her responsibilities for strategic planning, member and sponsor engagement, and programming speak to her fierce attention to detail, creative mind, and ability to make complex subjects tangible, relevant and actionable. She adds depth to ideas, finds and shares new opportunities, and conveys greater understanding to business issues. Armed with a degree in Marketing from the University of Pittsburgh, Betsy cut her teeth in the agency world and as an independent B2B and B2C marketing consultant before joining IBACOS in 2006. In her off-time, she’s either feeding her farm-to-table foodie jones, working on her century-old house, or spending time with her husband and fur children, Watson and Finnegan, at one of Pittsburgh’s many parks and rivers.

From <https://www.housinginnovationalliance.com/event/1-2-day-event-future-of-housing/>

Dennis Steigerwalt

PRESIDENT

HOUSING INNOVATION ALLIANCE

Dennis is a catalyst. An expert at driving market transformation programs, he knows people, money and how to get things done. As president of the Alliance, he leads our strategic vision and smart growth of our community. Prior to the Alliance, Dennis helped change the face of the housing industry in Saudi Arabia through two key initiatives: the Ministry of Housing’s Building Technology Stimulus Initiative (BTSI) and SABIC’s Home of Innovation™ program. In BTSI, Dennis helped to create a nationwide program to develop a modular housing industry—modeling 26 strategic initiatives that would jumpstart the creation of a robust construction ecosystem, evaluating 200+ global technology providers, and securing initial approval for $4B in government investment. Within one year, the commitment grew to $40B. Dennis was also a key player in SABIC’s Home of Innovation program, a $30M+ multi-year market engagement program focused on encouraging collaboration among the housing value chain and ensuring that better construction practices are adopted throughout the region. Together with his team, Dennis established and managed a global ecosystem of more than 1,000 subject matter experts, including 46 leading manufacturer partners. The program resulted in the Middle East’s first LEED platinum home, a pilot community of 1,200 LEED Silver homes and a LEED gold interactive exhibition center, which has become the epicenter for collaboration in the region. As of 2016, the program yielded 40+ business opportunities with more than $200M in new value creation. Before and after going global, Dennis acted as a consultant to and developer of residential and mixed-use real estate projects in southwestern PA, several of which are considered pioneering examples of placemaking in North America—including Venango Trails, Edgewater and Newbury. In his spare time, he enjoys big adventures with his wife and sons on the water and in the mountains and supports the efforts of other entrepreneurs—advising and investing in their startup companies.

From <https://www.housinginnovationalliance.com/event/1-2-day-event-future-of-housing/>

George Casey

Strategist, Coach, Author, Thinker and Executive with deep leadership experience as CEO, COO, CFO, and Board Member

The President and Chief Executive Officer of Stockbridge Associates, LLC George E. Casey, Jr. is an accessible leader and mentor who is known for his approachability and open communication. He effectively helps to develop and communicates goals and objectives to his clients’ personnel and understands how to build a rapport with everyone from CEOs and boards of directors to middle managers and sales teams. George understands how leadership style can affect a company’s fiscal performance and coaches senior executives to inspire their employees to do their best work. He immerses himself in his clients’ company culture to understand internal financial, operational and social systems and identifies areas for improvement.

George is a dynamic and invested collaborator who uses a personal, hands-on approach when leading his clients and their businesses to new levels of success. Many of the senior executives with whom he has worked consider him a life-long mentor and friend whose advice and knowledge have been a defining force in their careers. George has a passion for executive coaching and for helping businesses realize their highest potential. He is well-respected as a leader and strategic thinker and takes pleasure in seeing the people and businesses he helps reach new levels of profitability.

George holds an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Environmental Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

George Casey's Business Experience

George began his career as a Lieutenant in the US Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps, where he led Seabee construction teams in Viet Nam building riverboat bases and radar installations in the Mekong Delta. He was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat “V” during his two tours of duty in Viet Nam.

In the early years of his career, he was the first home building project manager for Toll Brothers in Philadelphia for a decade, where he managed teams in the acquisition, entitlement, development, sales, and construction of residential communities. Subsequently, George accepted management and leadership positions with several leading home building companies constructing residential developments in the Midwest and Southeast, as well as California. He was the executive in charge of developing two “new town” master planned communities: Weston, FL (10,000 acres; 16500 homes plus commercial) and Verrado, AZ (8500 acres; 10,000 homes plus commercial).

George has experience as an operating executive including Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Division President. George has served as a consultant, board member for both private and public boards, and industry expert and speaker on residential building and development industries. He has twice been part of senior management teams selected as Profession Builder’s National Builder of the Year (Toll Brothers and Realen Homes). A recent client (Thrive Homebuilders) was named the 2017 National Builder of the Year by Professional Builder.

Industry Involvement and Speaking Engagments

George is a full member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), has twice served as Chair of ULI’s Residential Neighborhood Development Council, currently serves as ULI’s Community Development Council, and is a Governor of the Urban Land Institute Foundation. He also serves as the Chair of the Housing Innovation Alliance and as Chair of the Vistage group for Southern Maine.

George speaks and moderates panels regularly at industry conferences, including ULI, the Pacific Coast Building Conference, the Housing Innovation Alliance Summit, and the Zelman Housing Leadership Conference. He writes a regular blog “By George!” for Builder Magazine on housing trends and strategy and is the author of the book “Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze”.

Daniel Small

The Engineerovation™ Renaissance Man

I'm an experienced executive and consultant with over 20 years of background driving growth through innovation, process optimization, strategy, and business development. Over the course of my career focused on technical innovation in the construction and building products industry, I have become adept at overcoming complex challenges and creating opportunities through new products, applications, markets, and partnerships.

Holding engineering and MBA degrees, I offer unique value in synthesizing the technical and commercial aspects of a business to create sustainable business growth.

As a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Certified Outcome-Driven Innovation® Practitioner with training in Jobs-To-Be-Done and Systems Thinking, I have a deep passion for helping my clients apply engineering principles and analytical processes to create and sustain explosive growth.

I am also an accomplished and impactful public speaker and trainer, having delivered thousands of hours of speeches, presentations, and classes.

Comfortable and effective in both the boardroom and the factory, I confidently solve a wide variety of commercial and technical problems for my clients. Having worked with companies ranging from startups to Global 100 multinationals, I am recognized for aligning cross-functional teams at the intersection of business and technology, producing top- and bottom-line results.

My work has resulted in millions of dollars in new product and service development, efficiency gains, market share growth, and profitable revenue increases for my clients.

Maged Diab

SENIOR EXECUTIVE ✦ PRESIDENT ✦ CEO ✦ Passion for Growing Businesses

Operating partner

Building Industry Partners

I’m a visionary leader with expertise creating shareholder value by driving growth, improving profitability, and turning around under-performing operations. As a customer-facing executive, I am known for relationship selling, product branding, and creating value through technology and software. I’m proven operator across complex, multi-cultural and diverse settings. I’m an effective communicator, resilient and dedicated leader.

✦ REVENUE DEVELOPMENT: Architects strategy to accelerate growth, expand into new markets and channels, develop new products, establish brand names and create customer value.

✦ FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE: Leverages P&L and financial acumen for timely executive decision-making with relentless focus on margin enhancements and results.

✦ CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION: Excels at forming winning cultures by inspiring teams, developing future leaders and communicating a clear vision and strategy.

✦ CUSTOMER RELATIONS: Builds relationships and trust with customers based on providing real, sustained value.

✦ MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Integrates organizations after executing mergers and acquisitions.

BIO

Maged Diab is an Operating Partner at Building Industry Partners. Until recently, Maged was President of MiTek USA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. MiTek is a global $2B sales business that creates and supplies engineered products, proprietary software, and automated component manufacturing equipment to the global building industry. Maged is an execution-oriented leader with more than 25 years of experience driving long-term shareholder value by leading turn-arounds of under-performing operations. Maged has vast experience in scaling market-leading units, with particular expertise in leading complex and diverse organizations by driving innovation through software and technology, and building teams and thriving cultures that are focused on creating lasting value for customers as well as producing sustainable profitable growth. Maged serves on the boards of several private companies. He earned both a BS and MS in Civil Engineering from Youngstown State University, and has completed Executive Education programs at the Olin Business School of Business of at Washington University in St. Louis and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

From <https://mergr.com/private-equity/building-industry-partners/maged-diab>

John Coogan

Website: https://www.johncoogan.com

Description

Co-founder of http://soylent.com and http://lucy.co I've been an entrepreneur for nearly a decade across multiple companies. I've done a lot of work in silicon valley, so that's mostly what I talk about. I've raised over 10 rounds of venture capital totaling over $100m in total funding. I work mostly in tech-enabled consumer packaged goods, meaning I use software to make the best products possible and then deliver them to the widest possible audience. I'm a big fan of machine learning, python programming, and motion graphics.

Jennifer Berthelot Jelovic

President & CEO Sustainpro

LEED Fellow, LEED Faculty, LEED AP (BD+C, Homes), WELL Faculty, WELL AP

About me

Jennifer is the President and CEO of A SustainAble Production (ASAP). ASAP is a woman owned, full-service, global Sustainability and Wellness Consulting firm based in Los Angeles, CA. ASAP provides an array of holistic global consulting services including sustainable, regenerative, resilient and healthy design & construction for single buildings, communities, porfolios, and entire cities; WELL certification; LEED certification; Living Building Challenge; Net Zero; Waste Audits; and more. Jennifer is an expert in the International WELL Building Institute’s (IWBI) WELL Building Standard (WELL). Jennifer was one of the first Provisional WELL APs, WELL APs, and WELL Faculty in the world. Jennifer was a Peer Reviewer for v1.0 and v2.0 Pilot of the Standard, and continues to contribute to the development of WELL and its Pilots. Jennifer has had the unique experience of being a Consultant to both Delos and IWBI; as well as working with WELL in various phases and Pilots, on over 100 projects around the country and world. Jennifer works with Global companies as they explore WELL for their projects and portfolios. Jennifer is the WELL Consultant and Portfolio Advisory Representative for numerous Portfolios enrolled in the WELL Portfolio Pathway Pilot Program. Jennifer has also been a second-round reviewer for the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo education program multiple times as a Health and Well-Being expert. Jennifer’s continued contributions to WELL make her an expert and innovator, always leading the way. As a holistic wellness and sustainability Consultant; Jennifer also has extensive experience with the USGBC’s various LEED rating systems including LEED for Homes, New Construction, Core & Shell, Commercial Interiors, LEED for Schools, Retail, LEED Volume, Campus, Arc and more. She is currently working on many projects seeking Net Zero certification. Jennifer’s contribution to some of the most innovative and “first of their kind” sustainability projects in the country and world, has been invaluable. In her previous role as Owner’s Representative at Shangri-La Industries and Director of Sustainability at Shangri-La Construction; Jennifer was instrumental in securing the world’s first LEED Platinum certification for New Construction for an aviation facility through her work on Hangar 25 in Burbank, CA. Hangar 25 was awarded the title of “Greenest Aviation Facility In the World”. Jennifer also successfully facilitated the LEED certification of 302 E Carson located in Las Vegas, NV. This LEED Gold Core & Shell project was Nevada’s first LEED Gold office retrofit, marking an important milestone for the City and State. Jennifer also orchestrated the LEED Platinum certification of Citadel Environmental Services, Inc.’s Corporate Headquarters under LEED for Commercial Interiors. This was the first LEED Platinum Commercial Interior office space in the Tri-City (Glendale/Pasadena/Burbank) area. One of Jennifer’s most renowned projects is Step Up On Vine, a Platinum certified LEED for Homes Multi-family, permanent supportive housing project for chronically homeless, mentally ill individuals in Hollywood, CA. Jennifer has provided tours of hundreds of LEED and WELL registered and certified projects around the country for international and domestic Owners, Developers, Design teams, Build teams, Consultants, Innovators, Fortune 500 Companies, and more. Jennifer has also provided hundreds of Sustainability and Wellness presentations around the country for over 50 organizations. Jennifer has been written about, quoted, and published in over 100 articles and publications over the past 10 as well as being the voice and face of many of IWBI’s marketing campaigns. Jennifer partnered with Chromatic Content as a Subject Matter Expert on the WELL Learning Library (WLL). The WLL is a series of eLearning modules focused on WELL v2. Jennifer is a content contributor and reviewer, in addition to being featured in the modules as a Subject Matter Expert. Jennifer’s commitment and service include joining the Board of Directors for the San Fernando Valley (SFV) Green Team, while simultaneously Co-Chairing the SFV Green Building Task Force from 2009 to July 2013. Jennifer was a Board Member of the USGBC-LA Chapter from March 2012-August 2018; as Vice Chair from January 2013- August 2015, and as Secretary from January 2012- January 2013. Jennifer was a Founder of the SFV Branch of USGBC-LA Chapter; as Chair and later, Vice Chair from September 2013 to present. Jennifer joined the Urban Land Institute Los Angeles Building Healthy Places Steering Committee in March 2016 and is still an active member. Jennifer’s Projects have won hundreds of awards between them and Jennifer herself, has also won numerous awards for her leadership and contributions in the industry, including: • Green Building & Design (gb&d) 2018 Women In Sustainability Leadership Award (WSLA) Winner • International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) 2018 Leadership Award Winner • Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2014 Women Making a Difference Award Winner- Rising Star Winner ~ 250 Women were nominated in 6 categories. Jennifer won the Rising Star award for making noteworthy contributions to date, and being well on her way to making a meaningful imprint on the future of her organization and the local business community. • USGBC-LA Chapter, 2014 Leadership Award & 2011 "Green Mind" Award Nominee

Sara Gutterman

As cofounder and CEO of Green Builder Media, Sara is a visionary thought leader and passionate advocate for sustainability. A former venture capitalist, she has participated in the life cycle (from funding to exit) of over 20 companies, with an emphasis on combining sustainability and profitability. She lives in Lake City, Colo., with her husband, where she is an avid long-distance runner, snowboarder, and Crossfit trainer.

From LinkedIn Bio:

I have been the CEO of Green Builder Media since 2005. A former venture capitalist, I had the opportunity to participate in the rapid adoption of Internet infrastructure technologies and the mainstreaming of the organic foods industry as it transformed from crunchy and scary to smart and healthy. My passion for sustainability and experience with advanced technology has helped me set a vision for Green Builder Media that embraces an innovative new media model, delivering intelligent information about sustainable living to building professionals and consumers across North America.

Green Builder Media’s imaginative, entrepreneurial spirit has taken the construction industry by storm, galvanizing a new era of green building professionals and homeowners to join together to affect positive change across the planet.

Carol Galante

CAROL GALANTE, FACULTY DIRECTOR, TERNER CENTER FOR HOUSING INNOVATION

Carol Galante is a Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning and Faculty Director of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley. Carol previously served in the Obama Administration as Assistant Secretary for Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing Programs. Prior to her appointment at HUD, she served for over ten years as President and CEO of BRIDGE Housing Corporation.

Carol is a leading authority on innovation in the U.S. housing industry and has advised industrialized construction, financial innovation, and technology platform startups. Through the launch of the Housing Lab, she is focused on building a robust ecosystem to accelerate innovations to address the housing crisis.