Chicago Build 2024 | 22 October 2024 | McCormick Place, 2301 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616, USA

This is the largest construction & design show for the Midwest.

The show features 30,000+ AEC professionals, 400+ inspiring speakers across 12 conference tracks & AIA CES accredited workshops, 300+ exhibitors, live demos, networking parties, entertainment and much more!

This event Build offers a totally unique experience over the two days, featuring:
• 30,000+ attendees from contractors, architects, realtors, civil engineers, developers, local councils, house builders and construction professionals
• 400+ incredible speakers across 12 conference tracks
• AIA CES approved workshops
• The Festival of Construction with DJs, musicians, live performances, food and drinks tastings, entertainment and more
• Architect’s Hub with project displays of upcoming projects from leading architects
• Exclusive networking parties with key decision-makers
• The USA's largest networking event for Women in Construction and Diversity in Construction
• An inclusive Ambassador Program supporting Women in Construction and Diversity in Construction
• 300+ exhibitors showcasing the latest services, products and innovations

2024 Speakers

Aaron Beyers
Associate Principal and Architecture Design Lead, AECOM

Adrian Russell
Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion / Procurement, Shiel Sexton

Agnieszka Szpara
Associate Director, PALMA.GLOBAL

Aisha Ali
VP of Client Experience, Premier Construction Software

Alana Spencer
Vice President of Sustainability, Clayco

Alejandro Fernandez
Vice President, Thornton Tomasetti

Alex Katz
Managing Director, Farpoint Development

Alexandra Schabel
Associate Principal, SCB

Alicia Rucinski
Vice President, Article Student Living

Aliya Bagewadi
US Director of Strategic Partnerships, Allume Energy

Andrea Monllau
Director, Consulting, JLL

Andrew Cooper
VDC Project Manager, AECOM Hunt

Andy Gush
Senior Development Manager

Angela Tovar
Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago

Antoine Tissier
VDC Drone Operations Manager, Clayco

Asad Jan
Senior Director, Sustainability Solutions, JLL

Ben Weinstein
Senior Consultant, Turner & Townsend Heery

Bill Starcevich
Sr. Managing Director, Project and Development, Cushman & Wakefield

Blake Jackson
Director of Sustainability, NORR

Blake MacGregor
Director of Project Development & Preconstruction, Bulley & Andrews

Bob Hess
Vice Chairman, Global Strategy, NEWMARK

Bobby Larson
Architect, DLR Group

Brad Glazier
BIM Director, AECOM Hunt

Brandon Stanley
Associate | Electrical Engineering Discipline Lead | Project Manager, SmithGroup

Brett Charles Taylor
Principal, Gensler

Brian Arial, AIA
Senior Principal | Global Mixed-Use Leader, DLR Group

Brian Greve
Principal, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

Brian Keller
Outreach Service Provider, ComEd Energy Efficiency Program

Brittney Fenimore
Digital Brand Manager | Senior Associate, DLR Group

Bryan Younge, MAI, ASA, FRICS
Executive Vice President | Hospitality, Gaming & Leisure Practice Leader, NEWMARK

Cameron Trefry
Regional Vice President, Ware Malcomb

Candace Small
Design Phase Manager, Mortenson

Carmine Tucci
Global Energy & Sustainability Director, CBRE

Carol Stolt
Design Principal, FGMA

Carsten Raaum
Director of Capital Markets Research, CBRE

Carter Averbeck
Founder

Charles Fisher
Director, Risk Advisory, JLL

Charles Saville
Director of Sustainability, FitzGerald

Chris De Fosset
Senior VDC Manager, Power Construction

Christina Piper
Senior Vice President, Workplace Design, JLL Design Solutions, JLL

Christopher Drew
Director of Sustainability, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

Clark Evans
Vice President, Office Tenant Representation, JLL

Colleen Stuber-Zukanovic
Project Director - Building Technology, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH)

Conor Tighe
VP of Preconstruction Management, Clayco

Corey Blatt
National Smart Building Program Manager, GSA, Office of Facilities Management

Corey Zussman
QA/QC Vice President, AECOM Hunt

Crissy Ingram
Executive Director, NAWIC

Curtis Thompson
President, National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) Chicago

Curtis Witek
Project Director, Cook County

Dale Adney
Design Director, Mechanical Engineer, Americas, CBRE

Dallas Felder
Principal, HOK

Dan Lester
Vice President of Field Culture & Inclusion, Clayco

Daniel Spiegel, SIOR
Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Coldwell Banker Commercial

Dave Robson
Group Vice President - Industrial & Buildings, Walbridge

Deirdre Larsen
Director - Property Management, CBRE

Diane Gormely-Barnes
Principal Planner, HNTB

Doug Farr
Founder & President, Farr Associates Architecture & Urban Design

Doug Metzger
Executive Vice President - Construction, JDL Development

Duk Kim
Senior Principal - Global Hospitality Leader, Stantec

Ed Curley
Director of Architecture and Interiors, Epstein

Elena Daniel
Senior Vice President and Head of ESG, Logistics Property Company

Eli Lechter
Associate Principal, Lamar Johnson Collaborative

Emilio Padilla
Project Principal, JGMA

Emily Frazer-Smith
Vice President & Interiors Studio Leader, Corgan

Enrique Suarez
CEO, HED

Enza Parrella
Principal, Interiors Practice Leader, AECOM

Eric Aukee
Managing Principal, Perkins&Will

Eric Davis
Deputy Director, Cook County

Eric Vallejo
Director of Reality Capture and Geospatial Solutions, IMEG

Ernest Brown
Founder, Brown & Momen

Ernest Wong
Principal, Site Design Group, Ltd.

Evelyn Wilwerding
Director of Interiors, HOK

Frank May
Vice President, Recruiting, Clayco

Gabriel Wilcox
Director of Sustainable Design, Krueck Sexton Partners

Gabriella Nelson
Director of Housing, Business and Neighborhood Development, City of Chicago, Office of the Mayor

George Phillips Sorich
Vice President, Residential, North America, NORR

Gerri Harris
Member, Gilbane Building Company

Girard Jenkins
Vice President, Midwest & West Region, McKissack & McKissack

Goran Vukovljak
Healthcare Project Executive, Gresham Smith

Gordon Wright
Senior Principal - Firmwide Director of Operations, Interiors, HOK

Grace Kaage
President, Lowe Group North Shore, Compass

Grace Kuklinski Rappe
Managing Principal / Vice President, HDR

Grant Uhlir
Global Director of Large Projects | Principal, Gensler

Greg Randall
Managing Principal, GREC Architects

Hannah Moghaddas
Strategic Development Director - Americas, CBRE

Henry Johnson
Program Director, Chicago Department of Transportation Greencorp Chicago Program

Huzefa Irfani
Director of Architecture, Gannett Fleming TranSystems

Ioana Gruita
Construction Administrator, Senior Associate, BKV Group

Jackie Wilcox
Director of Interior Design - Chicago, BKV Group

James Holt
Vice President, Director of Virtual Construction, Clune Construction

James Woodall
Sustainability Lead, SOM

Jamie L. Rhee
Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation

Jana Williams
Assistant Procurement Officer, City of Chicago Department of Procurement Services

Janet Olson
Community & Civic Principal, HDR

Jarod Spohrer
Marketing Manager, NEWMARK

Jason Pugh
Principal + Global DEI Leader, Gensler

Jason Sparks
Director, Turner & Townsend Heery

Jason Wilen
Associate Principal, Klein & Hoffman

Jaymie Gelino
Global Chief Operating Officer, PDS, JLL

Jeannette Lenear Peruchini
Vice President | Managing Principal, AECOM

Jeff Boyer
Cx + Sustainability Section Leader, Farnsworth Group

Jeff Danley
Director of Innovation, Burns & McDonnell

Jeff Halper
Vice President, Procurement, Ryan Companies

Jeff Saad
Director of Healthcare, Baker Barrios Architects

Jenn Kovacs
Vice Chair & Treasurer, She Built Foundation

Jennie Fronczak
Executive Director - Chicago Housing Trust, City of Chicago

Jeremy Reding
Global Workplace Leader, Senior Principal, DLR

Jessica Bantom
Global Leader for Equity, Diversity, and Belonging, DLR

Jezieel Cortes
Deputy Procurement Officer Design & Construction, City of Chicago Department of Procurement Services

Jo Palma
Creative Director & Founder, Palma Global

Joe Sugiyama
Principal of Real Estate and Portfolio Management, Arctaris Impact Investors

Joe Zurad
Chief Quality Officer, Principal, Milhouse Engineering and Construction, Inc.

John Clous
VDC Manager, Clayco

John M. Burke
Vice President, NEWMARK

John Sullivan, CSP
HS&E Director, Walbridge

Jordan Multack
Director - Multifamily & Mixed-Use Investments, Greenstone Partners

Jose Castro Delgado
VDC Engineer, AECOM Hunt

Joseph Burns
Managing Principal, Thornton Tomasetti

Joseph DiPinto
Sales Manager, Premier Construction Software

Joseph Huang
Principal, BIM & Innovation Leader, Stantec

Josh Greenfield
Director of High Performance Design, HDR

Joshua Freedland
Director of Historic Preservation, Bulley & Andrews

Juan Nunez
Practice Technologist Senior Engineer, Clayco

JuanPablo Prieto
Director, Diversity Programs, Chicago Transit Authority

Julide Bozoglu
Director of Digital Practice, Goettsch Partners

Justin Illg
Principal, Technical Director, Wight & Co

Justin Puppi
Vice President, CBRE

Karolyn Raphael
President, Winger Marketing

Kelly Powers Baria
Vice President of Powers & Sons and Co-Lead of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Work Group for Lakeside Alliance

Ken Griffin
Sr. Building Scientist, ESD

Kendall Williamson
Director of Community and Industry Engagement, AECOM Hunt

Kenneth Baker
Regional Managing Principal, Gensler

Kermin Chok
Associate Principal, Arup

Kevin Kosciulek
Technology Practice Leader, bklarchitecture

Krista Weir
Director of Preservation | Associate Principal, HARTSHORNE PLUNKARD

Krystle English
Marketing Director, KPFF Consulting Engineer

Kurt Karnatz
Vice President, Buildings, Stantec

L. Randall Buescher
Senior Vice President Director of Client Services, Epstein

Lana Crouse
Regional Director, U.S. Market Transformation and Development, U.S. Green Building Council

Larry DiVito
Senior Vice President, Development, Brennan Investment Group

Latricia Gordon
Executive Director of Urban Advocates, JLL

Laura Jay
Regional Director for North America, C40 Cities

Laura Pager
President, Gale Construction Company

Laura Rebbe
Vice President Associate Director of Architecture and Interiors, Epstein

Laurent Amar
VP Sales, CMiC

Len Sciarra
Principal & Director of Sustainability, Farr Associates Architecture & Urban Design

Lisa Chung
Design Director, Gensler

Lisa De Lor
Vice President, Human Resources, Clune Construction

Lisa Freelon, MBA
Deputy Procurement Officer (Intergovernmental Affairs/Community Engagement), City of Chicago

Lorraine Kasznia
Workplace Practice Leader, Principal, Kahler Slater

Lucas Goldbach
Partner & Design Director, En Masse Architecture & Design

Mahesh Mohnalkar
Director, Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority

Malek Abdulsamad
Director, Greenstone Partners

Mari Bishop
Head of Sustainability Data & Reporting - AMER, JLL

Mario Romero
Digital Practice Manager, Associate, Perkins&Will

Marissa Rose
Vice President, Avison Young

Mark Stern
Managing Director, JLL Capital Markets, JLL

Marney Coleman
Sustainability Manager, Trammell Crow Company

Mary Person
Senior Vice President, Clayco

Matt Rebbe
Associate Principal Design Director, Interiors, AECOM

Maurice Robinson
Senior Aide | Mayor Brandon Johnson, City of Chicago

Mehdi Jalayerian
Senior Principal, Stantec

Mel Langlais
Senior Operating Group Safety Director, Mortenson

Michael Levin
Associate, Practice Leader, NORR

Michael Lirtzman
Principal, Colliers

Michael Morris
Preconstruction Director, Walsh Group

Michael Nowicki
Associate Electrical Engineer | Great Lakes Region, Burns & McDonnell

Michael Wright
Chief Strategy Officer and Founder, RedTeam

Mike DeRouin
President, Fitzgerald Associates

Mike Emerson
Principal, Lamar Johnson Collaborative

Mike Shively
Founding Partner, En Masse Architecture & Design

Mike Themanson
Vice President of Safety, Clune Construction

Mikel Mays
Assistant Project & Business Development Manager, Bulley & Andrews

Monica Bricker
Associate Principal, AECOM

Nathan Casteel
Principal | Mixed-Use Leader, DLR Group

Nathan Custer
Director of Design, Dewberry

Neil Reindel
Urban Designer, Perkins & Will

Nicholas Spoor
Associate Principal, Arcadis

Nicolas Anderson
Principal / Technical Director, Latent Design

Nilesh Bansal
Vice President, Sustainable Buildings and Program Innovation, GBI

Nora O'Leary
Director of Business Development, Capitol Construction Solutions

Norman Ruano
Deputy Director, Illinois Works, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

Omari Moore
Executive Director, NeighborScapes

Patrick Carata
Architecture Design Director, Epstein

Patty Lloyd
Director, Sustainability, Leopardo Construction

Paul DeKruiff
Multifamily Acquisition and Development, Redwood

Peter Babaian
Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger

Peter Kindel
Cities & Climate Lead, SOM

Peter Schneider
VDC Manager, Power Construction

Philip Castillo
Executive Vice President | Managing Director, Jahn

Pipa Bradbury
Interior Design Leader, Principal, DLR Group

Prem Sundharam
Chief Climate Officer, DLR Group

Raghvendra Agarwal
Assistant Construction Manager, Burns & McDonnell

Randy Connor
Commissioner, City of Chicago, Department of Water Management

Ricardo Rondon
Director of Architecture, SB Architects

Richard Barrett
Associate Principal, Goettsch Partners

Rickey Molina
VDC Director, Alston Construction

Rob van het Hof
Director, Design & Construction Technology, Becknell Industrial

Ron Deverman
National Environmental Planning Leader, STV, Inc

Ross Wimer
Senior Vice President & Americas Architecture Lead, AECOM

Ryan Lovell
Managing Director, Investments, The John Buck Company

Ryan Ornberg
Associate Principal, Krueck Sexton Partners

Sam Larson
Innovation Developer, ARCO/Murray

Sam Mittal
Principal | Midwest Region Engineering Director - Structures, STV Inc.

Sara Beardsley
Associate Principal, SCB

Sarah McCarthy
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Rick Hansen Foundation

Sarah Torres
Senior Advisor for Policy and Research, Illinois Housing Development Authority

Scott Conwell
Director of Industry Development, International Masonry Institute

Scott Tagge
Director of Cybersecurity, Special Projects, Exp Federal Inc.

Sean Twomey
Director of Project Development, Clayco

Sergio Terreros
President and CEO, National Hispanic Contractors Association

Shannon DeVon
Director of VDC, Shiel Sexton

Shir Abecasis
Founder/CEO, Firmusai

Soliman Khudeira
Section Chief - Major Projects, City of Chicago

Sonja Flint
Associate Director, bklarchitecture

Sophie Bidek
Partner, Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture

Stephen Lenz
Senior Associate | Design Strategy Practice Leader, Perkins&Will

Steve Cavanaugh
Principal, Design Leader, DLR Group

Steve Eskildsen
Director of Business Development, Mortenson

Steve Kiley
Senior Director, CBRE

Steven Goldstein
Senior Vice President, Jameson Commercial

Steven Kohn
Principal, Avison Young

Stuart Brodsky
Principal, Wight & Company

Sue Harrington
Technical Director, Gensler

Tashna-Loy Donaldson
Director, CBRE

Teena Lorie Harris
Executive Director, Chicago Public Schools

Tim Condon
Energy & Sustainability Lead, JLL

Timothy Schwarz
Associate Principal, KTGY + SIMEONE DEARY | DESIGN GROUP

Tom Coleman
Vice President Project Delivery and Innovation, WSP USA

Tom Grassi
Project Director, HNTB

Tom Silva
Founder, Silva Brand

Tomislav Žigo
CTO and Vice President, Clayco

Trace Jacques
Senior Design Leader, Partner, BKV Group

Tracy Hagen
Human Resources Director, Turner Construction

Tyler Wilson
Project Manager, MC Construction Group

Umi Grigsby
Chief of Policy, Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago

William Carney
Design Technology Leader, Principal, DLR

William Tippens
Senior Director, Related Midwest

Zubair Ghafoor
Principal, Director of AI Solutions, CDM Smith