New York Build 2023 | Oliver Kinross Ltd. | 7 March 2023 | Javits Center, 445 11th Avenue, New York, NY

The largest construction and design show for New York and the Tri-state area is set for the biggest edition yet at the Javits Center.

This award-winning show, is officially supported by the State of New York, and covers major construction opportunities in residential, commercial and infrastructure across New York and the Tri-state region.

The show features: 300+ top industry speakers across 11 tracks and AIA CES approved workshops, 250+ exhibitors, exclusive free-to-attend networking events including the Women in Construction and Diversity in Construction, exciting entertainment, New York's Festival of Construction, celebrity guests and much more!

2023 Speakers

Kathryn Martinez
Senior Director , MACRO, A Savills Company

Jaime Barrientos
Founder & CEO, Acuity Risk Consultants, Inc.

Adam Glass
Senior Technologist, Advance2000

Levon Whyte, PMP, CEM, LEED Green Associate
Project Manager, AECOM

Max Driscoll
Vice President of Sustainability, Construction Management, AECOM

Heidy Bosques-Mendez
Design Technology Specialist, Digital Solutions, AECOM

Katrina Lewis
Vice President, Energy, AECOM

Raul Garcia-Moncada, IIDA, NCIDQ, LEED AP, WELL AP
Associate Principal & Senior Interior Design Lead for the East Region, AECOM

Jennifer Villegas
Program & Project Controls Manager, AECOM

Osama Abdelfatah
Associate Vice President & Regional Program Controls Director, AECOM

Zafirah Baksh
Technology Program Lead, AECOM

Wahid Albert, PE
Vice President & Surface Transportation Lead, AECOM Metro New York

Gonzalo Cruz
Vice President & Urbanism + Planning Lead, AECOM Metro New York

Doreen Taveras
Director of Diversity Programs, AECOM Metro New York

Nick Novelli, PhD
High Performance Building Specialist, AECOM Metro New York

Amna Husnic
NYCSCA Construction Mentor Program Lead, AECOM Metro New York

Bahar Ozveren, PMP, LEED AP BD+C
Project Manager, AECOM Metro New York

Geoffrey Lynch, AIA
Vice President & Architecture Practice Lead, AECOM Metro New York

Charbel Mousallem
Digital Solutions Lead, AECOM Metro New York

Mitch Green
First Vice President, AECOM Tishman

Scott Harrigan
CEO / Head of Aerial Operations at AeroSpect , AeroSpect

Josh Lowe
Co-founder, Chief Solutions Officer, AkitaBox

David McCarty
Vice President, Alloy Development

Michael Paterno
President, CMAA Metro NY/NJ Chapter, ARCADIS

Janice Li
Vice President, Rail & Transit Market Sector Leader - North America, ARCADIS

Carly Foster
Vice President and Principal Resilience Lead, ARCADIS

Elaine Gallagher Adams
Net Zero Facilities and Sustainable Communities Solutions Leader - North America, Arcadis US

Paul McConnell
Global Experience / Strategic Design Leader, Arup

Michael Lorimer
Americas East Healthcare Business Leader, Arup

Raju Mann
Associate Principal, City Planning Leader, Arup

Zak Kostura
Associate Principal | Advanced Digital Engineering Leader for the Americas, Arup

Allison Bernett
Sustainability Manager and Systems Designer, Assembly OSM

Nate Coombs
Senior Business Consultant, Autodesk

Jack Worth
Director of Project Management, Avison Young

John R McNamara
Northeast Regional Sales Manager, B&B Lightning Protection

Varun Kohli
Assistant Vice President - Planning & Design, Battery Park City Authority

Michelle Xuereb
Head of Innovation, BDP

Rosalind Tsang
New York City Studio Director, BDP

Daniel Seigle
Chief Architecture and Design Officer, BHS

Daniel Sundlin
Partner, Bjarke Ingels Group

Tiffany Liem
Design Director, SPACE+ , Brookfield Properties

Michael​​​​ Daschle
Senior Vice President, Sustainability, Brookfield Properties

Taek Park
Vice President, Brookfield Properties

Rahul Shah
Director, Built Environment BSI Group, EMEA., BSI Group America

Keith Bryan
Director, Built Environment, BSI Group America

Sameer Mathur
Section Manager, Burns & McDonnell

Craig Schwitter
Senior Partner, Chair of Global Board, Buro Happold

Yasmin Rehmanjee
Partner and New York Co-Office Director, Buro Happold

Kyle Becker
Director, Construction, Carmel Construction

Marie Toucet
Director , CBRE

Eric Wagner
Northeast Regional Managing Director & Leader of Principal Projects for the Americas, CBRE

James Hanley
Senior Director, CBRE

John Perez
Senior Director, CBRE

Lana Amer
Senior Facilities Manager, CBRE

Marie Touchent
Director, CBRE

Ana Dudarenko
Senior Project Manager - Team Lead, CBRE

Roland Nader
Director of Owners’ Forum , CMAA Metro NY/NJ Chapter

Michael Cohen
President - Tri-State Region, Colliers

David Zwang
Executive Managing Director, Colliers

Zach Redding
Managing Director , Colliers Capital Markets

Tricia Baratta
Founder & CEO, Comp Matters Inc.

Whitney Kraus
Planning and Design Director , Compass Development Marketing Group

Charles Esteves
Director of Preconstruction, Consigli

Carla Gallardo
Senior Project Manager, Consigli Construction

Frank A. Cuomo
General Manager, Consolidated Edison

Nilesh Bansal
Director of Sustainability, cove.tool

Aleh Kandrashou
CEO, Co-Founder, Cuby Technologies

Jonathan Stimmell
Senior Director, Cushman & Wakefield

Rachel Casanova
Senior Managing Director Tri-State Lead, Total Workplace, Cushman and Wakefield

Brian Skripac
Director, Virtual Design & Construction, Design-Build Institute of America

Lynn Maurer
SVP of SW Region, Digital Marketing Group

Doron Netanel
CFO & Head of Captive Insurance division, Electra USA

Ryan Noone
Architect - Principal, Embarc

Dalsie Andrade
Director of Business Development, Empire State Development’s Division of Minority and Women’s Business Development

Angela Chi
Senior Associate and Director of BIM Practices, Ennead Architects

Sam Tahmasebi
Associate Vice President, VDC Technology, EnTech

Pierce Reynoldson
Vice President Technology & Innovation, EnTech Engineering

Ray Stripling
North America Lightning Protection Marketing Manager - LPI Board Member, ERICO Commercial & Industrial

Marin Binički M. Arch
Lecturer , Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb

Mateja Nosil Mešić
Project Assistant, Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb

Prof. Zoran Veršić
Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb

Aki Karja
Head of Fairstead Ventures | Director, Proptech, Fairstead Ventures

Paul Stone
Product Strategist, Flow Forma

Harshad Pillai
Director, Fogarty Finger

Daniel Piselli AIA, LEED AP, CPHD
Principal, Director of Sustainability, FXCollaborative

Kimberley Petredis
Senior Associate, Director of Residential Interiors, FXCollaborative

Leslie Jenkins
Director of Marketing & Communications, Senior Associate, FXCollaborative

Alexandra Pollock
Chief Technology Officer, Principal, FXCollaborative

Wendi Shafran
Principal, Director of Affordable Housing, FXCollaborative

Jack Robbins
Partner, Director of Urban Design, FXCollaborative Architects

Florencia Kratsman
Director of Interior Architecture, FXCollaborative Architects LLP

Michael Gabellini
Founding Partner & Creative Director , Gabellini Sheppard Associates

Elan Abneri
Vice President, New York MEP Manager, Gannett Fleming

Tony Conchado
Mechanical Technology Manager, Gannett Fleming

David Butts
Engineering Technology Manager, Gannett Fleming

Byron Comati
Vice President, Transit Planning, Gannett Fleming

Nick Dandolos, CCM, PMP, DBIA, ENV SP
Vice President | Area Manager, New York Construction Services, Gannett Fleming

Huzefa Irfani
Senior Architect, Gannett Fleming Engineers & Architects

Colin Milner
Director of Sustainability, Gilbane Building Company

Kelly Benedict
Vice President, Gilbane Building Company

Megan Baker
AVP, Engagement, Green Building Initiative

Michele Pincus
Deputy Market Director - Real Estate, H2M

Kevin Paul
Senior Vice President and Director – Private Sector Architecture, H2M architects + engineers

Elga Killinger
Principal , Handel Architects

James Wisniewski
Managing Principal, HDR

Madeline Julian
Health Principal, HDR Inc

Daron Pardine
Senior Industry Consultant, Hexagon

Jason Ivaliotis
Director of Design, Hill West Architects

Patrick Janson
Product Lead, Hines Global Venture Lab, Hines

Thomas Grassi
Associate Vice President, Project Director, Transportation Architecture and Infrastructure Architecture, HNTB

Christopher Korsh
Senior Principal, New York Regional Leader, Health Care, HOK

Aman Krishan
Principal, HOK

Roze Kolaj
Project Manager Compliance, Holt Construction

Jason Spector
Executive Director of Field Operational Services, Holt Construction

Kristen Ternullo, MBA
Director of Marketing, Holt Construction

Esther Toporovsky
Housing Partnership

James Lee
Director of Design and Construction, Hudson Valley Property Group

Ken Lovett
Partner, ICHOR

Joe Eichenseer
Director – Building Lifecycle Solutions, North America, IMAGINiT Technologies

Andie Moeder
New York Director of Workplace, Interiors and Change Management. , Jacobs

Hamid Adib
Vice President – Project Executive , Jacobs

Brittni Pertijs
Color, Material & Finish Product Designer, JennAir

Pam Klyn
Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations & Sustainability, JennAir

Samuel Lawrence
Executive Director, JLL

Adam Fisher
Vice President, Sustainability , JLL

Caroline Gadaleta
Executive Managing Director/Head of Tri-State and Greater Philadelphia Property Management, JLL

Gaspar Cabrera
Senior Project Manager - Energy & Sustainability Services, JLL

Liz VanDyke
Head of Public Sector, North America, JLL Technologies

Alexander LaFranco
VDC Manager, JRM Construction

Atul Paralkar
Director of Business Intelligence, JRM Construction Management

Rebecca Karp
Managing Principal + CEO, Karp Strategies

Dylan Quan
Digital Design Director, BIM Manager, Kiewit

Linda F Martin
Principal, KLME Martin Associates LLC

Tim Joohyun Yang
BIM Practice Specialist, Kohn Pedersen Fox

Joe Jacob
Director, Emerging Technologies, KPMG LLP

Laura Spencer Humphrey
Director of Energy and Sustainability, L+M Development Partners

Michelle Murdock
Workforce and Contract Diversity Manager, L+M Development Partners

Andrew Wohl
Director of MEP, L+M Development Partners

Sara Levenson
Senior Director of Development, L+M Development Partners

Krystal Peartree-McLean
Director of Workforce and Contractor Diversity , L+M Development Partners

Spencer Orkus
President of Development, L+M Development Partners LLC

Samuel Singer
Senior Project Manager and ASCE Metropolitan Section President, Langan Engineering & Environmental Services

Amanda Kaminsky
Director, Sustainable Construction - Americas, Lendlease

Omar Renteria
Associate Vice President, Deputy Business Head Architecture and Sustainable Design, LiRo Group

David Klatt
COO, Logical Buildings

Jason Whipple
Senior Account Executive, McKinstry

Ahmet Zahit Poyraz
Board Member, MEPEX

Kirsti Latimer
Senior Project Manager, Mott Macdonald

Claudia Fernandez
MTA Transformation Manager, MTA C&D

Melissa M. Jones
Director, Construction Diversity Programs & Contract Compliance Management, MTA CD

Amen Mukhlis
Capital Projects Lead, MTA Construction & Development

Jazmine Tirardo
Vice President of K-Four Construction Corp/ NAWIC Chapter Treasurer, NAWIC

Malik James
Executive Director of the Black, Latino and Asian CaucusBlack, Latino and Asian Caucus, New York City Council

Pierina Sanchez
Council Member - District 14, New York City Council

Gina Bocra
Chief Sustainability Officer, New York City Department of Buildings

Eric C. Macfarlane
First Deputy Commissioner, New York City Department of Design + Construction

Alison Landry, AIA
Associate Commissioner, New York City Department of Design and Construction

Zack Aders
Vice President, New York City Economic Development Corporation

Claudia Flores Reich
Senior Vice President & Director , New York City Economic Development Corporation

Cecilia Kushner
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, New York City Economic Development Corporation

Dylan Baker-Rice
Director Architecture & Engineering Services, New York City Housing Authority

Matthew Charney
Vice President, Design & Construction, New York City Housing Authority

Sondra Little
Director of Diversity and Opportunity, New York State Department of Transportation

Emily Dean
Director, Housing Decarbonization, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

Henry Stimler
Executive Managing Director, Newmark

Mike Doty
Director, Originations, Nuveen Green Capital

Kaitlin Butler
Associate, Investment & Portfolio Management, NY Green Bank

Wes Adrianson
Associate, Investment & Portfolio Management, NY Green Bank

Robert Holub, RA
Executive Director, Code Development , NYC Department of Buildings

Constadino ‘Gus’ Sirakis, PE
Deputy Commissioner, NYC Department of Buildings

Peggy Liu, R.A.,
Code Development Architect, NYC Department of Buildings

Yule Lee R.A., LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
Code Development Architect, NYC Department of Buildings

Ashraf Omran, P.E.
Executive Director of Cranes and Derricks, NYC Department of Buildings

Emily Hoffman, P.E.
Director, Energy Code Compliance, NYC Department of Buildings

Alan Price, P.E.,
Director, Technical Certification and Research, NYC Department of Buildings

Gary Macio
Deputy Director - Program Management, Manhattan & Citywide, NYC Department of Design and Construction

Mahan Shirazi
Deputy Director of Design Strategy, NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development

Dhanraj Singh
Assistant Commissioner, Economic Opportunity and Regulatory Compliance and MWBE Officer, NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development

Jennifer Bloom Leone
Chief Sustainability Officer, NYC Department of Housing, Preservation and Development

Emily Weidenhof
Director of Public Space, NYC Department of Transport

Carlos Bannister
Senior Deputy Chief Contracting Officer / Chief Contracting Diversity Officer, NYC DOT

Suzanne Veira
Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer , NYC School Construction Authority

Heather Belovin, ESQ.
NYCHA

Siobhan​ Watson
Deputy Director of Sustainability Programs, NYCHA

Debora Lopes
NYCHA

Sunitha Sarveswaran
NYS HCR

William Xia
Director, Multifamily, NYSERDA

Thomas Yeh
Advisor, NYSERDA

Michael Reed
Team Lead, Advanced Efficiency Solutions, NYSERDA

James Mannarino
Senior Project Manager, NYSERDA

Michael Rubin
OSHA Defense Attorney, Ogletree Deakins

Srivatsan Raghavan
Chief Information Officer, OHLA

Dana Kfir
Director, Customer Success, Otoos

Aracely Thompson
BIM Practice Director, Parsons

Nil Dutta
Vice President Parsons X Business Development , Parsons

Jim Varney
Senior Director, Connected Communities, Parsons Corporation

Olivia S. Farquharson
Director of Marketing, Pavarini McGovern

Theodore Liebman
Principal, Perkins Eastman

Kate Kyoungeun Ann Brito
Senior Associate, Perkins Eastman

Connor Glass
Principal, Workplace Practice Leader, NYC Interiors Studio Leader, Perkins Eastman

Eric Fang
Principal and Practice Area Leader, Perkins Eastman

William Harris
Principal, Managing Director, New York, Perkins&Will

Robert Clemens
Associate Principal, Operations Director, New York, Perkins&Will

Robert Goodwin
Design Principal, Perkins&Will

Esin Pektas
Major Capital Projects Program Director, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Dennis Sanschagrin, Assoc DBIA
Sr Vice President, PULLMAN SST, Inc.

Peyvand Melati
CEO, QEA

Daniel Avery
Director of Policy, Real Estate Board of New York

Maya Kurien
Vice President of Advocacy , Real Estate Board of New York

Sevinc Yuksel
Vice President, Related Companies

Kim Sarrantonio
AVP, Residential, RXR

Nick Farmakis
Vice Chairman, Savills

Jim Wenk
Vice Chairman, Director, Savills North America

Gabe Marans
Vice Chairman, Savills North America

Sabrina Pagani
Senior Managing Director, Workplace, Savills North America

Hyon Rah
Director of ESG Consultancy and North American Representative of Savills Earth , Savills North America

Ryan Goddard
COO, SD Builders

Carrie Hunter
Vice President Business Development, Sensera Systems

Guy Vardi
Chief Innovation Officer, Silverstein Properties

Anita Woolley Nelson
Chief Strategy Officer, Skanska

Emirjeta Taipi
Senior Architect and Project Manager, SOM

Christoph Timm
Principal, SOM

Donna Walcavage
FASLA Env SP, Principal/Landscape Architect, Stantec

Roberto Vila
Principal, Transit Buildings, Stantec

Jenn Ryden
Senior Health Infrastructure Project Manager, Stantec

Margaret Newman
Practice Leader, Urban Places + Smart Mobility, Stantec

Kate Abudarham
Rainscreen Specialist, Northeast, Sto Corp

Vincent Poon
Digital Innovation Leader, VDC Manager, Structure Tone

Stacey Dackson-Weir
Vice President, Operations, Structure Tone

Chekota Newhart
Manager, Customer Success, StruxHub

Beth Miller
Vice President, Communications, STV

Nejat Babür PE, LEED AP
Vice President, MEP Technical Director, STV

Thomas Kyd
Director of Operations - Buildings & Facilities, STV

Elisabetta Barzi
Digital Integration Consultant, STV

Evan Dubil
Engineering Operation Senior Manager, STV Inc

Jonathan Ehrlich
COO, T2D2

Mark Drozdov
OSHA Authorized Instructor, University Professor, Environmental Health & Safety , The Cooper Union

Cheryle Cranbourne
VDCO Deputy Director, TheLiroGroup

Jose B. Rodriguez
TT Sustainability Lead in NYC, Thornton Tomasetti

Charu Chaudhry, AIA, LEED AP
Associate Principal, Thornton Tomasetti

Robert Otani
Senior Principal & Chief Technology Officer, Thorton Thomasetti

Imogen Large
Associate Director, Head of Net Zero Programs North America, Turner & Townsend

Kat West
Associate Director of Sustainability, Turner & Townsend

Jennifer Rimmer
Senior Vice President, Turner & Townsend

Terrence Dunn
Vice President - North American Head of Investor/Developer, Turner and Townsend

Wayne Lambert
Director of Supplier Diversity, Turner and Townsend

Eoin Kiely
Associate Director and Digital Asset Advisory Lead, Turner and Townsend

Lisa Moving
Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Turner Construction Company

Emily Belote, MBA, LEED AP BD+C
Innovation Manager, Turner Construction Company

Ayse Polat, AIA
Regional VDC Manager- NY Region, Turner Construction Company

Fuquan Collins
Vice President - Community and Citizenship, Turner Construction Company

Chris Carlson
Staff Engineering Associate, UL Solutions

Albert De Plazaola
Senior Principal, Strategy, Americas, Unispace

Rhiannon Jacobsen
Managing Director, U.S. Market Transformation & Development, US Green Building Council

Michael Hardman
Senior Project Manager, Vice President, Head of Cost Management for New York

Lauren Moss
Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer, Vornado Realty Trust

Harry Kucharczyk
Portfolio Director - Commercial Leasing, Wework

Trevor A Boz
Senior Vice President of Properties and Building systems, WSP

Adam Kwartowitz
Senior Vice President - New York District Civil Manager, WSP

Aryeh Lemberger
NYC Practice Lead – Traffic Engineering and ITS, WSP

Suzanne Puccino
Global Director Workplace Strategy, WSP

Jocelyn Dupre
Director, Resilience Practice, WSP

Alex Mikszewski
Principal Project Manager and ESG Technical Leader, WSP USA

Zachary Fink
President, ZBF Geothermal, LLC

2023 Sponsors

NETWORKING HUB SPONSOR:
• MEPEX

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT STAGE SPONSOR:
• Akitabox

FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION STAGE SPONSOR:
• Ichor

NETWORKING SESSION SPONSOR:
• Tarter Krinsky & Drogin

FEATURED SPONSORS:
• Autodesk
• Advance200
• Acuity Risk Consultants
• BEP
• BSI
• Cintoo
• Covetool
• Domani Consulting
• DBIA
• Emme
• Crystal
• DMG
• Jennar
• QEA
• STO
• Nearmap
• Sensera
• Imaginant
• B&B
• FlowForma
• Hexagon
• Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis
• Karp Strategies
• Navvis
• KMPG
• New York Insulation