Affordable Housing Summit
Affordable Housing Summit
VIRTUAL | October 24 & 25, 2024 | 8AM–12PM PT
CELEBRATING INNOVATION
Join us virtually on October 24th and 25th for our annual Affordable Housing Summit! This year we are elevating the strategies and stories that are inspiring us most right now. We will share stories and highlight the revolutionary work of affordable housing practitioners who are integrating community culture and sustainability, rapidly decarbonizing the sector, scaling healthy and accessible materials, and more. This summit will invite us all to imagine how we build a regenerative future for all.
PROFESSIONAL TICKET
Living Future Members ($80)
Living Future Members ($80)
Current Living Future Members receive a 10% discount.
Apply this discount code at check out: AHSMEM
Nonprofit Ticket ($70)
Nonprofit Ticket ($70)
Employees of non-profit organizations may utilize a reduced rate ticket.
Apply this discount code at check out: AHSNONPRO
Student and Financial Need Ticket ($25)
Student and Financial Need Ticket ($25)
This ticket is available to current students or those with an expressed financial need. We are able to offer a limited supply of this ticket type.
Apply this discount code at check out: AHSSTUDENT
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Featured Speakers
Vice President, Sustainability, Introba
Marilyn Specht
A recognized leader in sustainability, Marilyn often works directly with owners on an international scale, setting sustainability standards, and guiding them in implementing sustainability programs and strategies across their global portfolios. She volunteers on ILFI’s Materials Health TAG, USGBC’s Environmental Quality (EQ) TAG, and was recognized as one of the top 50 Women Leaders in Georgia for 2022.
Director, Shepley Bulfinch - Design Strategist, Lens
Sonja Bochart
Sonja is a regenerative design strategist who fosters community health and well-being. She specializes in working with individuals, teams, and organizations to reach their potential - enabling design outcomes based on living-systems frameworks and approaches that awaken and lead to environments and experiences for people and the planet to flourish.
Associate, Living Building Challenge Services Director, Miller Hull Partnership
Chris Hellstern
Chris is the Living Building Challenge Services Director, senior architect and author with The Miller Hull Partnership in Seattle with a variety of project experience including six certified Living Buildings and more on the way. His book, Living Building Education, chronicles the story behind his first Living Building, the Bertschi School. Chris founded the Seattle 2030 Roundtable and co-founded the Healthy Materials Collaborative.
Executive Director, Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition
Marnese Jackson
Marnese is an Environmental and Climate Justice activist, advocate, trainer and educator. Marnese is the inaugural and first Black Woman Executive Director of Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition. Prior to her appointment, Marnese was the Co-Director of Equity and Community Engagement at Midwest BDC.
Principal/Sustainable Design Director, David Baker Architects
Katie Ackerly
Katie Ackerly is an Associate at David Baker Architects, a top multi-housing design firm based in San Francisco. Katie is DBA’s Sustainability Lead, and acts as the firm’s resource and advocate for building-performance tools and best practices.
Owner, Cultivate, Inc.
Dylan Lamar
Dylan is among the nation’s leading architects of sustainable housing. His practice is informed by his diverse experience as both a passive house consultant, and an innovative housing developer. Dylan has designed and developed multiple socially-nourishing clustered housing developments, and provided sustainability consultation on over a hundred passive house, net zero energy, and other high-performance buildings across America.
Project Manager, Architectural Nexus
Megan Girvan
Megan Girvan, AIA is a Project Manager at Architectural Nexus and Chair of their Social Equity Committee. A graduate of Clemson University's Masters of Architecture and Health program, Megan focuses in sustainable healthcare architecture, with the aim that her projects contribute to the healing of both people and the environment.
SENIOR PRINCIPAL, PAE
Ruwan Jayaweera
As a Senior Principal at PAE, Ruwan has over 25 years of experience in mechanical engineering designs for sustainable, resilient buildings. Ruwan has provided expertise for thirty LEED-rated or registered projects and twelve net zero projects including Terwilliger Plaza Parkview Expansion, the largest Passive House project on the West Coast.