Awards of Excellence: Selection Committee

by USGBC-NCR

Meet this year's Awards of Excellence Selection Committee.

Dr. Michael A. Anikeeff, Ph. D

Michael A. Anikeeff, is a professor of real estate and chair of the Edward St John Department of Real Estate at Johns Hopkins University. His research interests and publications are in the areas of seniors housing, urban development, and strategic management. He has published in the Journal of Real Estate Research, Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management and the Journal of Managerial Issues. Dr. Anikeeff's professional real estate organization involvements include being a "Distinguished Fellow" with NAIOP; an "Eminent Fellow" with Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS); a full member of the Urban Land Institute; a licensed real estate broker in Maryland and Washington, DC. and a member of Lambda Alpha International. He serves on the editorial board of NAIOP's journal Development, and the editorial board of the International Journal of Strategic Property Management. Currently, Dr. Anikeeff, is working to identify the strategy and tactics that development company's use in entering foreign countries - particularly the emerging markets. Prior to joining Hopkins in 1991, Dr. Anikeeff was a senior associate in research and education at the Urban Land Institute in Washington, DC. He also served as assistant professor in the graduate planning program in the school of architecture, University of Arkansas; legislative assistant to Congressman Charles Bennett (D-FL), and assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Florida. Dr. Anikeeff received his AB from University of California at Berkeley in social science, a masters in city planning from the school of architecture, Ohio State University and a Ph.D. in sociology and planning, also from Ohio State as well as an MBA in finance from American University.

WillIam Hendrix

William brings two decades of professional experience to the Washington, DC office of Perkins+Will. He possesses an exceptionally broad base of experience in corporate, institutional, entertainment and retail projects ranging in scale from interior planning to multi-million square foot complexes. William's work has been prominently featured in both national and international publications, and has received numerous awards from industry and professional organizations, including the American Institute of Architects. In his work, William focuses on an urban-centric approach to design and space making. The dualities of technology and tradition combine in solutions of clarity and vigor. He has international experience with urban design and building projects totaling over 20 million square feet in the People's Republic of China. William participated in the New Acropolis Museum Competition in 1990, authoring a proposal for the museum complex to occupy a full city block at the foot of the Acropolis. Also experienced in archaeology, William served as the head architect of the archaeological excavations at Morgantina in Central Sicily from 1984 to 1992.

Rich Hubacker

Rich Hubacker is Director of Sustainable Design for Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects in Washington, DC. With a local presence and a national reach, Rich has led design efforts for many of the firm's award-winning projects for clients who highly value environmental stewardship. His clients include Duke University, Virginia Tech, Dickinson College, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Max Planck Society, University of Virginia, and others. Rich's work at Duke University has helped point the institution toward numerous sustainable best practices, including co-authoring a custom and broad set of goals for the University's Nicholas School of the Environment. Rich has served on committees for LEED-ND and LEED for Labs and has been a LEED Accredited Professional since 2001. He is an active AIA COTEdc member, a Washington Area Bicyclist Association Area (WABA) member, and a year-round bicycle commuter. Rich has shared his knowledge and passion in venues from small, local meetings to national conferences. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Miami with a minor in acoustics.

Brian Kriz

Brian Kriz is a Senior Vice President with HITT Contracting Inc. in Fairfax, Virginia. In this role, he is focused on the successful completion of numerous interior projects, and provides guidance to corporate interiors project teams. A natural leader, Mr. Kriz plays a key role in the definition of HITT's corporate culture and business direction. Brian's project experience ranges from small office renovations to 350,000 s.f. build-outs, and includes three Associated Builders and Contractors "Excellence in Construction" awards, two National Association of Industrial and Office Properties "Award of Excellence" awards, two Mid-Atlantic Construction "Award of Merit" awards, a Washington Building Congress "Craftsmanship" award, and an Associated General Contractors "Merit Award." His client list includes GTSI, PricewaterhouseCoopers, DirecTV, BAE Systems and Microsoft. A LEED-accredited professional, Mr. Kriz has taken the lead in promoting sustainable construction practices at HITT. His portfolio includes LEED projects for Time Warner Cable, RTKL, BP America, Lerner, and UNEP. One of his LEED projects, American Legacy Foundation, received an AIA Presidential Citation for Sustainable Design. In 2006, Brian was honored by Building Design & Construction's annual "Top 40 under 40" program, which recognizes the top under-40 individuals in the A/E/C industry. Brian joined HITT after graduating from Brown University with a degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering in 1993.

Susan C. Piedmont-Palladino

Susan C. Piedmont-Palladino is an architect, a curator at the National Building Museum and a Professor of Architecture at Virginia Tech's Washington/Alexandria Architecture Consortium (WAAC), the urban extension of Virginia Tech's College of Architecture and Urban Studies. At the National Building Museum, she is the curator of the current exhibition Green Community. She had previously served as a guest curator for Tools of the Imagination: Drawing Tools and Technologies from the Eighteenth Century to the Present. She is the author of two books, Devil's Workshop: 25 Years of Jersey Devil Architecture, and Tools of the Imagination, the companion book to the exhibition, both published by Princeton Architectural Press. She is currently working on the companion book for Green Community, to be published in October 2009. She writes on sustainability, American urbanism, design-build, and architectural education. Her articles have appeared in the popular and professional press, including "Blueprints", the "Journal of Architectural Education," and "Perspecta 29" among others. Susan received her Master of Architecture from Virginia Tech and her Bachelor of Arts in the History of Art from The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Before joining the faculty at the Washington/Alexandria Architecture Consortium, she taught at the University of Maryland and at the Catholic University of America. She is the former national president of Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility and served on the design committee for the National Peace Garden Foundation, and was an advisor for the Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon in 2005.

Travis L. Price III, FAIA

In his three decades as an architect, author, educator, and philosopher Travis Price has developed a modern architecture informed by ecology and mythology that restores the spirit of place to modern design. Guided by a humanist-based perspective and desire for ecological sustainability that honors both nature and culture, his award winning book, The Archaeology of Tomorrow : Architecture and the Spirit of Place, follows Price's quest for the mythic modern while offering inspiration for a reinvigorated architecture of the 21st Century. Price's vision is grounded in real-life success for over 30 years with large-scale AIA award-winning private and public works, including the world's largest solar building, the Tennessee Valley Authority's one-million-square-foot complex. He has planned new town developments from Virginia to Uganda, designed an array of stunning individual residences, commercial properties, and institutional monuments (e.g., the new Explorer's Hall for the National Geographic Society and St. John's College Library). Working under the auspices of SPIRIT OF PLACE/SPIRIT OF DESIGN, Inc., a non-profit 501-C3 organization directed by Price, the architect's quest to engage the spirit of place also manifests in built visions realized on design expeditions with clients and students. Extraordinary places touched by SPIRIT OF PLACE/SPIRIT OF DESIGN expeditions range from metaphysical outhouses and a modern sweat lodge in British Columbia, to a floating house on the Amazon, a star-gazing temple at Machu Picchu, a Snake Shrine in Nepal, and pre-Celtic retreats in western Ireland. As the Director of Cultures & Sacred Masters Studies in Architecture at the Catholic University of America, Price is a popular international lecturer. His international publications include The New York Times, Architectural Record, Le Monde, BISES, Hauser, and Metropolitan Home, and he has been featured in many films, radio, and TV programs. Travis' education, like his work, spans philosophy and architecture. He holds both a B.A. in Western Philosophy and Political Economics from St. John's College (the Great Books School) where he was honored as Alumni of the Year in 1996, the 300th anniversary of the Annapolis campus. As well he holds a combined Masters of Architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA and The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM. Price is a registered architect with NCARB and is registered in 10 states including New York and the District of Columbia.

Ken Sandler

Ken Sandler coordinates green building programs for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as leader of EPA's Green Building Team and Co-Chair and Co-Founder of EPA's Green Building Workgroup. Over six years, this Workgroup has grown to include over 100 EPA representatives covering over 30 EPA programs. Ken has spent more than 18 years working on green building and other sustainability issues, including recycling and indoor air quality, at the US EPA. He led development of a new EPA Green Building Strategy for the Agency, and is now directing implementation of this strategy. Ken's green building work has included rotational assignments to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the White House Office of the Federal Environmental Executive, where he drafted an influential report on Federal green building. Ken has given over thirty major presentations, in addition to publishing several journal articles, developing websites and a blog and serving on numerous committees and workgroups on sustainability and buildings issues. Most recently, he was a major supporter and contributor to two high-profile green building research agendas, from the U.S. Green Building Council and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Ken graduated cum laude from the University of Illinois in 1986 and gained a Master's from the University of North Carolina in 1989. He was a One-Day Jeopardy! Champion in 1999.