SPEAKERS

Jongwon Lee

Associate / SOM

Jongwon Lee, AIA joined SOM in 2009 and has led a wide range of projects, from higher education buildings to large transportation centers. With his technical expertise, he guides projects from concept design through construction administration, focusing on providing creative design solutions for fabrication and constructability. Sustainability and tectonics are essential to his work, and he has used a variety of new materials, including timber, copper, and aluminum, in designing the details and geometry of a number of buildings around the world.

Leonard Lopate

Associate Principal / SOM

Leonard Lopate brings a wealth of experience in mixed-use, commercial office, and institutional buildings to his work at SOM. As a technical expert, he collaborates directly with clients, engineers, contractors, and fabricators to realize the design vision and minimize environmental impact. His strong attention to detail throughout the documentation process ensures quality workmanship and thorough deliverables on each of his projects.

Michelle Maheu

Director for Planning, Design & Construction / Wellesley College

Michelle has 30+ years experience with a dedication to planning and design of higher education facilities. She provides leadership to a talented and high performance team, accomplishing a wide range of projects at the beautiful and diverse Wellesley College campus.

Brian Neely

Vice President / Gale Associates

Mr. Neely is a certified Building Enclosure Commissioning Provider and is actively involved with supplying design review analysis and managing building enclosure commissioning and testing services for new construction and renovation projects. Mr. Neely is a past President of the Boston Building Enclosure Council and assisted the National Institute of Buildings Science in the development and presentation of the building enclosure training program.

CHRIS O’HARA

Founding Principal / Studio NYL

O’Hara is facade director for the Skins Group, a division of Studio NYL, established to provide full service facade design specializing in thermal modeling, moisture/ condensation analysis, and in-depth detailing. Although Studio NYL is recognized for its skins work with cutting-edge glass and glazing, their team also specializes in digitally fabricated metal skins, GFRC, reinforced polymers, stone, ultra high performance concrete, terra cotta, and traditional precast. O’Hara is currently working on multiple projects in the Boston area.

LARA PFADT

Sustainability Strategist / Finegold Alexander

Lara Pfadt has 23 years of experience in preservation, adaptive reuse and new construction projects serving as the firm’s Sustainability Strategist. She has a demonstrated track record with systems integration as it relates to sustainable practices and the role it plays in preserving and reusing existing and historic buildings. She graduated from the Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University with a Bachelor of Architecture in 2000.

SHU TALUN

Senior Facade Consultant / RDH

Shu Talun brings her passion for the mechanics and science within facade systems to the RDH Boston team. With a Master of Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design, and over 14 years of experience in the field, Shu provides clients with a balanced approach to achieving architectural distinction and cost aware optimization. Recent projects include Seaport Circle Parcel H, Volpe Redevelopment, UCSF New Hospital at Parnassus Heights and 1700 Alberni.

ALEX YOON

Project Manager / CHPC

Alex Yoon is Director of Design at Monte French Design Studio. His work across the last 12 years runs the gamut of housing: designing new singlefamily homes, retrofitting Boston triple-deckers, infilling urban lots with midrise multifamily, and recently overseeing the construction of Boston’s first ground-up mass timber structure, a 7 story Passive House multifamily. His experience in the breadth of Boston housing has underscored and girded his commitment to crafting a better built environment across all scales.

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