Tom is our design director for sustainability and a design principal in the Los Angeles studio. He actively leads the design direction of projects and our global efforts on low-carbon solutions. His current mass timber projects on the U.S. West Coast and Asia use our carbon-balancing methodology, targeting net-zero emitted carbon on day one for structure, core and shell. His recent mass timber projects include the Orange County Sanitation District HQ, mass timber design and bridging documents for the WSU Plant Biosciences Research Lab in Pullman Washington. For the new business center for BMS outside of Seattle, where mass timber was not feasible due to schedule, lowering embodied carbon is achieved through design efficiency, and low-carbon steel and concrete choices. He's a frequent lecturer on design innovation, and the potential for long-term carbon sequestration of buildings at-scale, to reduce the climate impact of urbanization. Tom earned a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and is a recipient of over 25 design awards. He was the pro-bono design leader for an all-volunteer team for the U.S. Green Building Council's Children’s Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The LEED Platinum and WELL Gold goals achieved triple net-zero in 2021.

Todd is a design engineer working to advance product and policy development related to mass timber value chains. By aligning public research (WSU), development codes (City of Spokane), and building codes (State of Washington) with private investment for manufacturing supply chains, Washington and the greater Pacific Northwest are leading an integrated approach to modular mass timber market diffusion to address our housing, energy, and environmental crises. Todd’s career has been focused on addressing the complexities of these tectonic and technoeconomic challenges with a grounding in design methodologies applied not only to our traditional understanding of architecture and engineering of buildings, but also applied to investment across the entire mass timber value chain. Todd is a vice chair of the WA State Building Code Council and a past president of the Spokane Plan Commission.

Susan is an Architect + Principal with HDR. An award-winning architect with over 30 years of experience, her passion is high quality design and detailing. Her career has touched all building types and sizes with a focus on Education + Science. She has a proven ability to deliver complex projects on budget and schedule, which she achieves through effective leadership and teamwork. Susan has been working on a number of projects over the past 5 years through Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) where she believes architects can return to the role of Master Builder. The collaboration that IPD brings between the designers, builder, and client allows creativity and innovation to flourish where amazing ideas come from unexpected places. Susan has recently completed 3 buildings with 100% Mass Timber Structures that has allowed her to gain extensive knowledge on how timber changes the design and delivery process. Susan embraces knowledge and the challenges every project brings.