Tiffany brings nearly 20 years of industry experience in business development, marketing, and leadership coaching to Cameron MacAllister Group. She advises firms on business development strategies, teaches training workshops on communication and presentation, and collaborates with the firm’s other consultants on strategic planning consulting. Tiffany brings her strong relational skills and an ability to connect quickly with others and demonstrates to clients how to build that capability in themselves.

Tiffany is Dare to Lead™ trained in the research and teachings of Brené Brown.  She wholeheartedly believes in Brené’s saying that Clear is Kind and lives this value in her consulting work. Her studies in Mindful Leadership have shaped her consulting in a positive way

Prior to joining Cameron MacAllister Group, Tiffany was director of business development at Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, a nationally recognized architecture firm based in New Orleans. In her free time, she and her husband run a sustainable design studio, repurposing salvaged reclaimed wood into one-of-a-kind works of art. They travel across the country for art shows, enjoy hiking, and are always up for new adventures.

Tommaso focuses on two aspects of climate responsive design: architecture and climate engineering based on his professional value of ‘sufficiency before efficiency‘. Tommaso deeply believes that a decision-making process based on a solid engineered and out-of-the-box thinking leads to resource conscious solutions and high quality built environments. It is important to him to keep environmental impacts such as CO2 emissions as low as possible in all projects.

His unique perspective on the integrated design process together with his understanding of both the architectural and the engineering approaches facilitate the communication of complex strategies to the design team. He is committed to education with the goal of helping the next generation rethink how to combat climate change and conserve the planet's limited resources.

Shirley Blumberg is a founding partner of KPMB Architects and a Member of the Order of Canada for contributions to architecture and community. She has designed many of the firm’s noteworthy and award-winning projects, which range in scale from interiors to architecture and planning.

Her academic projects include the Julis Romo Rabinowitz and Louis A. Simpson International Building at Princeton University, the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre and Ponderosa Hub, both at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and CIGI, the Centre for International Governance Innovation Campus in Waterloo Ontario, which received an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Honor Award, a Royal Institute of British Architects International (RIBA) International Award, and Canada’s Governor General’s Medal.

Her projects in the cultural sector include Ottawa’s Global Centre for Pluralism for the Aga Khan Foundation of Canada, the Remai Modern Art Gallery of Saskatchewan, Toronto’s Fort York Public Library, and the competition-winning Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.

Social justice projects have also been a focus of her practice. She has designed affordable housing projects for Toronto Community Housing, affordable student housing at UBC, and prototypical housing for the northern Indigenous community of Fort Severn. She continues to work on the intensification of suburban neighbourhoods with affordable midrise housing.

Shirley has served on numerous juries and design panels for the City of Toronto, Toronto Community Housing, the World Architecture Festival, and the AZURE AZ Awards. She is a recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal and the 2025 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Gold Medal in recognition of her significant and lasting contribution to Canadian architecture. She has taught and lectured at several universities, most recently at the University of Navarra, Spain.

She has also delivered sessions (2021-2022) on “Designing for Tertiary Education,” at the Old School / New School forum, hosted by Design Speaks, an architecture media program in Australia; given a keynote speech (2022) on “The Contribution of Women in Contemporary Architecture: The Canadian Example,” a program organized by the Patronage of the Order of Architects P.P.C. of the Province of Milan, the Italian Council of Architects, the Embassy of Canada in Italy and the RAIC; and a keynote presentation (2023) on reimagining the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia at Toronto’s Interior Design Show.

Inspired by the Order of Canada’s recognition – they desire a better country – Shirley began a conversation with like-minded colleagues that became BEAT – Building Equality in Architecture Toronto – a grassroots initiative to promote equality for women and minorities in the profession; today there are chapters across Canada. She has also led the firm’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) initiative, now a framework for policy and practice at KPMB.

Following his interest in craft, detail, and the desire to work with clients who do honorable work, Jasen joined LMS A in 2005. Jasen has focused on quality assurance and ensuring project details are implemented during construction. Jasen was the project architect for two of the firm’s prominent education projects, the Nueva School Science and Environmental Center and the Sacred Heart School Science and Student Life Center. Bringing together a commitment to sustainability and design excellence, both schools were recognized as AIA COTE Top Ten Green projects. The Science and Student Life Center was also the first LEED for Schools Platinum certified building in the nation. Jasen was also the project manager for Firehouse No. 1, the first new firehouse to be built in San Francisco since the 1970’s, and San Francisco’s North Beach Branch Library. Jasen is a registered architect in the state of California, and a LEED Accredited Professional, with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

As a Principal/Owner with Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Ray Calabro FAIA MRAIC designs projects that respond sensitively to the culture and spirit of each place. With 30 years of experience, he brings a passion for the design process to buildings for higher education, cultural institutions, commercial clients as well as extraordinary private residences across the US and Canada. Ray’s work has been recognized with national and international awards for design, and has been published in Architectural Record, ArchDaily, Architectural Digest, Dwell, Global Architecture and The PLAN. In 2014, he was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows.

Mark Cameron, Hon. AIA, established Cameron MacAllister Group in 1986 to provide marketing advice and strategies to design firms. Prior, he was director of marketing for NBBJ and The Architects Collaborative.

Mark’s expertise includes strategic planning, leadership development, training, and ownership transition. He has conducted numerous training workshops throughout the United States and United Kingdom on communicating difficult messages, presenting competitively, listening and communication, client development, and strategic planning.

Mark has lectured on strategic planning and marketing at the University of California Berkeley School of Architecture, the University of Washington School of Business Administration, the American Institute of Architects national convention and local chapter events, and the Society for Marketing Professional Services national convention and local chapter events. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of AIA/San Francisco.

In 2016, the American Institute of Architects conferred Honorary Membership upon Mark in recognition for his contribution to the profession. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Milligan College, a master’s degree from The Divinity School at Harvard University, and he also studied at Boston Architectural College.

Abby Dacey has nearly 25 years of experience working with public and private institutions on campus and building design. Working with clients to find long-term solutions to complex challenges, Abby is adept at bringing together voices from the client, user groups, contractor, and jurisdiction, all while ensuring the design team has the resources to develop the right solution. With each project, she involves students’ voices and creates opportunities for them to learn more about building and design from the process.

Abby was a founding member of Architects Without Borders – Oregon, which provides pro-bono design services for communities in need. She has also served on the AIA-Portland board of directors and currently sits on the Architecture Foundation of Oregon board. With her professional work and service to the community, Abby advocates for design solutions that create stronger communities. She is also a board member of All Hands Raised, an organization that works to change systems to advance educational equity for every child in Multnomah County—from cradle to career.

Abby has a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from The Catholic University of America, and a Masters of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a registered architect in Oregon and Washington.

With a resume that includes positions as a design architect with Philip Johnson, project manager in a design-build firm and director of sustainability, Betsy carries a deep understanding of all aspects of the profession.

Betsy brings 30 years of architectural practice and sustainability consulting experience to Cameron MacAllister Group. This gives her the ability to develop integrated solutions that work for all phases of design and construction. Collaborating closely with Mary Ann Lazarus of Cameron MacAllister Group, she helps clients identify where their firms stand on the sustainability spectrum, sometimes uncovering effective efforts they might not be aware of.

Listening closely to the client and hearing what they are really saying is integral to her process. Betsy lays out a path to achieving the client’s desired results and works to identify potential roadblocks. Her solutions help clients develop a robust technical approach for creating high-performing environments while also benefiting the nested systems around the building and site.

Betsy was named a fellow by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and a senior fellow by the Design Futures Council. She served on the AIA Strategic Council from 2018-2020 and was the 2021 national chair of AIA’s Committee on the Environment. Betsy also teaches in the master’s degree program in Sustainability and Development—a program she was invited to develop and implement—in the Lyle School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University.

Lori brings 15 years of experience as an architect, structural engineer, and conservator to Cameron MacAllister Group. She is a renowned leader, advocate, and educator in sustainable stewardship of the built environment. Her personal mission is to break down silos between disciplines and across the building sector to leverage the built environment toward a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable future.

Licensed as both an architect and professional engineer, Lori provides Cameron MacAllister Group clients with a broad range of knowledge to help them see the great potential of existing buildings. She brings a balance of technical expertise and strategic thinking skills to her work with clients that lead to implementable outcomes. She works with firms to embed climate action into both organizational structure, staff development, and project delivery processes for measurable and consistent change.

Lori’s award-winning work leverages connections between the built and natural environments for a more equitable, resilient, and sustainable future. She is a frequent speaker on carbon mitigation and climate justice topics through building reuse at the local, national, and international levels. She is also a co-developer of the CARE Tool, which estimates the carbon benefits of reusing and retrofitting buildings. Lori’s research in establishing carbon accounting methods and standards of practice for existing and historic buildings has been featured in the Journal of Architectural Conservation and Architect Magazine. She has also presented her findings on stage at the UN COP27 climate conference.

In 2022, Lori received the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Young Architects Award. She also chairs the AIA Committee on the Environment, serves on the steering committee of the Climate Heritage Network, and is a co-founder of the Northeast Hub of the Carbon Leadership Forum and the Zero Net Carbon Collaboration for Existing and Historic Buildings.

Marc Fisher has served as UC Berkeley's Vice Chancellor for Administration since September 2017, bringing more than 27 years of experience within the University of California system. He leads the Administration Division, a team of over 1,700 staff across ten departments that provide the vital services enabling Berkeley’s teaching, research, and public service mission.

Under his leadership, the division advances a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement, with a strong focus on sustainability, resilience, and organizational effectiveness. The work of the division ranges from facilities, capital projects, and IT to finance, human resources, safety, and campus services—delivering integrated support that keeps Berkeley running every day.

Before joining UC Berkeley, Marc served as Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services at UC Santa Barbara (2008–2017), following his role as Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Design & Facilities (2002–2008). He began his UC career at UCLA, where he worked for seven years as Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Administration and Campus Architect, leading major capital initiatives and campus planning efforts.

Trained in both architecture and landscape architecture, Marc brings a deep commitment to thoughtful planning and sustainable design in higher education.

As UC Berkeley's Vice Chancellor for Administration, Marc works in close partnership with Chancellor Rich Lyons and Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost Ben Hermalin to strengthen organizational culture and institutional resilience. He also serves in key governance roles across campus, including as Vice Chair of the International House Board of Directors.

Melissa is passionate about creating innovative public buildings where communities come together, and is a believer in the power of architecture and design as a catalyst for positive change in the world. She enjoys working closely with clients to find creative solutions to their unique design challenges. Her expertise in recreation facilities, arts and culture, and long-range vision plans are demonstrated by the success of the Clayton Community Centre – the first Passive House certified community centre in North America – and the award-winning Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre and West Vancouver Community Centre. Her work on long range strategies includes the West End Community Hub Renewal Plan, Granville Street Design Framework, Granville Island 2040 Land Use Vision Plan, and the Vancouver Aquatic Strategy.

Melissa plays a key role in managing and developing the cross-disciplinary aspects of hcma, including communication design, sustainability, and community and stakeholder engagement to augment our architecture practice, enhancing our reach and impact. She believes that true collaboration and transdisciplinary design has the power to improve creative outcomes across all project types and scales. 

Melissa is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors for Downtown Van (the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association). She is past Chair of UBC’s Advisory Urban Design Panel (AUDP), and a past member of AIBC’s Diverse Membership Group and the City of Surrey’s Advisory Design Panel. Melissa is also an Adjunct at UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) and has taught a course on Social Sustainability and several architectural design studios.

Laura is a trusted adviser to corporate clients, including architects and engineers, working closely with them to identify and resolve legal issues involving employment, contract and ownership transition issues.

She assists clients through the corporate life cycle, addressing formation issues in the start-up phase on through to developing and implementing an exit strategy. She possesses extensive experience in general corporate counseling, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and ownership transition and provides results-oriented and practical solutions to her clients’ legal challenges. During her career, she has handled transactions in excess of $300 million in enterprise value.

Laura is Co-Chair of the firm’s Architecture, Engineering & Design Professional Firms practice, as well as the Business Succession Planning practice. She served for three years as the Managing Partner of the San Francisco office, has been a Co-Chair of the firm's Partnership Advancement Committee and a member of its Diversity Committee and Accounts Receivable Committee.

Mazie is an architect with over 25 years of experience across a wide range of design studios locally and nationally.  For the past 5 years, she has served as a Design Integrator Manager at Webcor Builders, where she bridges design and construction to create cohesive, high performing environments.  Mazie believes that great design has the power to strengthen communities and inspire people in their everyday lives.

As Lake|Flato’s Chief of Operations. Scott brings strong leadership and oversight to human resources, finance, management and business operations, ensuring that internal processes maximize the firm’s capabilities and growth capacity. He is committed to establishing an outstanding business culture supported by a sound financial and operational model to produce design of the highest quality. Scott’s attentiveness to organizational design and the alignment of process with organizational goals drives Lake|Flato’s success in an increasingly competitive marketplace. A graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of Architecture and the University of California, Los Angeles, with an MBA, Scott is as passionate about road biking, mountain biking and track racing as he is about behavior economics.

Syvia helps her clients with choice of entity decisions and entity formation, counsels businesses regarding general corporate matters and governance and regularly drafts and reviews contracts.

She works with clients to develop business succession plans to allow for internal ownership transition, and she represents clients in mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations. She also counsels clients regarding wind up and dissolution.

While Syvia’s clients come from a wide range of business sectors including the market research, public relations and custom furniture industries, a portion of her practice focuses on design professionals, including

architects, landscape architects, interior designers, engineers and environmental consultants. She drafts and reviews design services contracts and helps these clients to successfully transition ownership either internally, to a new generations of owners in order to allow for the growth of the design firms over multiple generations of

ownership and leadership, or externally to become part of a larger organization through merger and acquisition.

Claire is a nationally recognized leader in sustainable and regenerative design, driven by a mission to transform the built environment for the health of people, communities, and the planet. Her experience spans from the first LEED Platinum building at Ithaca College to the Salesforce Transit Center, the largest mass transit development in the West. With a dual background in architecture and environmental studies, Claire brings an interconnected approach to how architecture, building systems, and landscape interact. Her expertise includes façade optimization, thermal comfort, energy and water efficiency, embodied carbon, sustainable materials, and green building rating systems. As leader of PAE’s Regenerative Design Group, Claire is committed to advancing design strategies that move beyond sustainability—toward true zero carbon, ecological restoration, and enduring value for the communities they serve.

Kevin McClurkan is a Management Partner in Ennead Architects. He received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where he was awarded the University’s Edward Durrell Stone Award for Excellence in Design. He is a Board Member of the University of Arkansas School of Architecture, Professional Advisory Board. Kevin is a LEED Accredited Professional and a member of the American Institute of Architects.

A founding partner of KPMB Architects, Marianne McKenna has been honoured as an Officer of the Order of Canada for her contributions to creating “architecture that enriches the public experience.” She has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Financial Post, one of the top 30 “outstanding women in architecture and design” by AZURE, and one of the most influential Torontonians by Toronto Life.

Marianne is a strong advocate for putting architecture into the service of fostering community and combining sustainability and innovation for the most positive impact on the urban and natural environment.

Notable projects within the cultural realm include The Royal Conservatory TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning and its associated Koerner Hall (Governor General’s Medal) and the renewal of Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.

Past projects for science, engineering, and liberal arts programs include the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto (Governor General’s Medal), the Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre at the University of Waterloo, the McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, and Le Quartier Concordia, an integrated vertical campus for Concordia University. Completed projects include The Jenny Belzberg Theatre at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, The Brearley School in Manhattan, and the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University.

Marianne led the revitalization project for Toronto’s iconic Massey Hall and Allied Music Centre, and in Calgary, she is spearheading the expansion and modernization of the Werklund Centre (formerly Arts Commons), the city’s largest arts centre. She is also working on a series of community-building projects for Kindred Works and the design of a new Dramatic Arts Building at Yale University, which includes the Yale Repertory Theatre.

Marianne was the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Design Futures Council, holds an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Arts) from Swarthmore College, and is a King Charles III Coronation Medalist. In 2025, she was awarded the 2025 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Gold Medal in recognition of her significant and lasting contribution to Canadian architecture.

Her love of architecture extends to teaching, community activation, and mentoring. For six years, she served on the board of Metrolinx, Ontario’s public transportation agency, advocating for design excellence during a time of expansion. She has been a Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor at the Yale School of Architecture and a juror for the Holcim Foundation Awards, and she currently sits on the International Advisory Board for the McEwen School of Architecture at Laurentian University.

Amy Mielke is an Associate Principal at Ennead Architects and Director Emeritus of Ennead Lab, a research group within the firm engaged in design explorations aimed at expanding the traditional boundaries of professional architectural practice, including water infrastructure design, Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) engagement, and grant-funded research for education justice.  Amy is a design lead across multiple project sectors, including healthcare and commercial buildings, where she approaches architecture in service of people, place and environment, and recognizes that good design reverberates at a system scale.  

Named a “Game Changer” by Metropolis and a “Best Young Disrupter” by ArchDaily, she has been recognized internationally, including the Lafarge Holcim Gold Medal for North America, a global award for sustainable design. A frequent lecturer and visiting juror, she has taught and advised at Parsons School of Design and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.  

Amy grew up in Oklahoma, received a Bachelor of Architecture at Oklahoma State University in 2004 and a Master of Architecture at Yale University in 2013, and now lives with her family in Brooklyn, NY.

Gregg Novicoff, AIA, LEED AP, is a Principal with Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects (LMS A) in San Francisco, where he has led sustainable cultural, civic, and housing projects since 2005. His work is driven by a commitment to designs that advance environmental and social sustainability. Notable projects include the Ed Roberts Campus, an 85,000-square-foot disability rights center in Berkeley; the Edwin M. Lee Apartments, which pioneered combined housing for veterans and low-income families; Family House San Francisco; and Sweetwater Spectrum Community. He is currently leading UC Berkeley’s People’s Park Student Housing and the Sunnydale Community Center. His expertise spans new construction and adaptive reuse of historic structures. Gregg holds a BA in Architecture and English from UC Berkeley and a Master’s in Architecture from Harvard University. He serves on the AIA San Francisco board as Vice President/President Elect.

Leo practices at the intersection of seismic engineering, advanced analytics, and new technology, delivering effective, cost-efficient, and high-performance structural systems for clients. He has spent his career creating practicable structural solutions through a combination of expert understanding of building performance, cutting-edge academic research, and hands-on technical skill.

Leo also plays a key role in Tipping’s business operations and management, integrating staff scheduling and workflow with accounting and information architecture. He instills a culture of best engineering practices by encouraging generative learning, implementing and guiding technical strategy, and raising the bar for graphic standards. He inspires and mentors younger engineers to think critically about technical conventions and established norms when solving complex functional problems. Leo serves on the AIA San Francisco board and is a past board member of SEAONC, where he has worked to more closely integrate the architecture and structural engineering industries.

Liz Ranieri, FAIA, is a LEED-accredited architect and the Managing Principal of Kuth Ranieri Architects. She co-founded the bicoastal firm with her partner, Byron Kuth, FAIA, in 1990. The award-winning firm has earned a national reputation for expressive, site-specific, sustainable architecture, planning, and design. Her collaborative team works across scales and on various project types, from public park pavilions to community museums and airports. Liz has led the firm’s research & design on climate change impacts, mitigation, and resiliency. She has taught at California College of the Arts and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, served as a Friedman Professor and an Esherick Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design, and as a Capstone Advisor at UC’s Fung Institute for Engineering.

Arnold Swanborn has created a diverse portfolio of award-winning projects in his 28-year career that includes university research and academic facilities, academic health sciences facilities, healthcare facilities and K-12 schools, as well as national and international commercial, residential and mixed-use facilities ranging from 100,000 to over 2 million square feet. Arnold leads and sets design direction within the office and projects, and he is responsible for the development and integration of those principles into the firm’s projects. He received his Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University, and his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Southern California. He joined CO Architects in 2008.