Thank you to the buildings experts who devoted their time to supporting the 2023 Design Challenge as jurors or mentors.
Learn more about the individual jurors for the 2023 competition event, listed by division below. Visit the Design Challenge rules to learn how the jurors evaluate projects.

Mark Chambers
Director, Earth Alliance

Jess Farber
Vice President, CMTA Consulting Engineers

Amy Matthews
Remodeler, TV Personality

Courtney Anderson
Net Zero Energy New Buildings and Homes Administrator, City and County of Denver

Joseph Kunkel
Director, Sustainable Native Communities Design Lab, MASS Design Group

Sara Ann Logan
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Executive, Volumetric Building Companies

Lance MacNevin
Director of Engineering, Building and Construction Division, Plastics Pipe Institute
Semifinal Competition Jurors

Susan McFaddin
Colorado Governor's Fellow and Fulbright Specialist

Sam Rusek
Project Designer, Lake|Flato Architects

Magnus Asbo
Senior Director of Technical Marketing in North America, SolarEdge

Paul Francisco
Housing Researcher and Trainer, Colorado State University

Meeta Morrison
Owner, Founder, and Principal Architect, MMD Architecture

Vicki Worden
President and CEO, Green Building Initiative
Semifinal Competition Jurors

Michael Ihesiaba
Director of Engineering, Elevate

Stephen Wilder
Founder and Architect, Think Wilder Architecture

Karla Butterfield
Sustainability Director, Steven Winter Associates Inc.

Vanessa Hostick
Sustainable Design Leader, HOK St. Louis

Jamie McKay
Building Science Department Manager, Morrison Hershfield Corporation

Gene Myers
Owner and CEO, Thrive Home Builders
Semifinal Competition Jurors

Alex Gamble
Architect, Indian Health Service

Steve Urich
Chief Programs Officer, National Fenestration Rating Council

Devin Abellon
Business Development Manager, Uponor North America

Parag Rastogi
Building Scientist, arbnco

Smita Chandra Thomas
Founder and Principal, Energy Shrink

Reginald Truxon
Architect, Gensler
Semifinal Competition Jurors

Sarah Hong
Affordable Housing Specialist, Group14 Engineering

Luz Toro
Architect, Consejo Profesional Nacional de Arquitectura

Jill Kurtz
Principal and Director of Building Sciences, Page

Mohit Mehta
Principal and Global Head of Sustainability, Populous

Elvin Ruya Ozel
Senior Energy Engineer, NORESCO

Rick Ruppert
Director of Partnerships, RIB Software
Semifinal Competition Jurors

Patricia Joseph
Associate Project Architect, The Abo Group

Catherine Tinkler
Strategic Consultant, Page Southerland Page

Leia de Guzman
Co-Founder, Cambio

Luke Leung
Principal, Sustainable Engineering Studio, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Vinay Shekar
Mechanical Engineer, Affiliated Engineers Inc.

Ryan Velasco
Principal, ZGF Architects
Semifinal Competition Jurors

Lisa Ferretto
AIA, LEED, WELL, EcoDistricts Accredited Professional

Amy Jiron
Manager, High Impact Technology Catalyst program, Commercial Buildings Integration, Building Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy

Nooshin Abolhasani
Building Energy Specialist, SEPID

Malak Alanizy
Interior Designer, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nahel Al Darwish
Architect, EDGE (Arch), Dubai

Sebastián Alvarado Grugiel
Architect, Gensler, Catalonia, Spain

Farabi Bashar
Relationship Manager for Sustainable Development, How to Change the World

Divya Chaudhari
Sustainability Consultant, Grune Design

Alisia Colon
Building Systems Analyst and Field Verifier, Steven Winter Associates

Derek Cowburn
CEO, LumenCache

Matthew Duffy
Building Science Professional, Integrated Environmental Solutions, Ltd.

Sydney Edwards
Design Engineer, EDF Renewables

Jyotika Girdhar
Senior Sustainability Research Associate, Green Building Research Institute

Don Gren
Professor of Management, Salt Lake Community College

Ar. Samvedna Jadhav
Assistant Professor, MMIED's College of Architecture, Lohegaon, Pune, India

Mohsen Jahandardoost
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Sanika Kulkarni
Assistant Professor, MMCOA, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Brandon Lee
Electrical Engineer, Optima Engineering

Andrea Lin
Architectural Intern, Kipnis Architecture + Planning

Aihs Palmer
Program Assistant, University Of Alaska Fairbanks Kuskokwim Campus

Alyssa Parr
Founder & Creative Director, Luminescent Dreams LLC

Farah Qadeer
Architect, Sustainable Design & Resiliency, New York City School Construction Authority
Richard Sanchez
Lead Architect, Western Area Power Administration, U.S. Department of Energy

Hamed Sangin
Master Assistant, Khavaran Institute of Higher Education
Pang Shen
Assistant Project Manager, Siena Construction

Areej Siddiqui
Assistant Project Manager, Siena Construction

Emma Siegel
Sustainable Design Engineer, HKS

Akshay Srinivas
Project Staff Architect, The Miller Hull Partnership

Hunter Swope
Building Science Engineer, CMTA Engineers

Adriana Martínez Toxqui
Landscape Architect, PAAR Taller

Kevin Vanderman
Architect and Project Designer, HKS

Timothy Villwock
Architectural Associate, Architectural Construction Services

Molly Wheelock
Principal Designer/Owner, Studio MW

Jonathan Wong
Postgraduate Student, Architectural Association School

Michael Wong
Senior Energy Analyst, EQ Building Performance Inc.

Nikhil Singh Yaduvanshi
Architectural Engineering Instructor, University of Texas at Arlington