Benita, named a principal of Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel, Architects, DPC in 2009, has worked on a variety of projects from the firm’s comprehensive portfolio, which range from commercial and residential interior design projects, new residential and commercial buildings and hospitality and historic preservation projects. Over the years, she has especially gained a comprehensive knowledge on restoration…
Jane Smith, AIA, IIDA is the founding principal of Spacesmith LLP, a New York City based certified woman-owned architecture, planning, and interior design firm. With a diverse portfolio and many repeat clients, Spacesmith has done work for city and state public agencies, schools, institutions, not-for-profits, and private sector clients in fashion, finance, and media. Believing…
Marta is a principal of Architecture Outfit who brings insights and expertise from over 25 years of designing and building in New York City. With focus on arts, education, and public space projects, she has led numerous large, multi-faceted teams through inclusive design and construction efforts to successful completion. She embraces the challenge of “discovering…
Ms. Raygorodetsky has spent the last twenty years cleaning up brownfields in New York City. She is currently a practice leader for Langan’s Environmental Group in New York. In this capacity, she leads multi-disciplinary engineering teams to source and direct large, complex and contaminated redevelopment projects from the earliest stages of pre-development diligence, through the…
Singapore-born Jean Oei is an architect and a skilled decoder of complex architectural programming. Jean owns a design-build firm, Atelier RENZ+OEI, with her partner in Brooklyn, designing and fabricating projects of all scales, including hardware, scupture, kiosks and architectural interiors. She spent over 16 years with Morphosis Architects, working on many award-winning projects with Pritzker Prize laureate…
Julia Murphy is a Director at Skidmore Owings and Merrill LLP managing several multiple large-scale commercial and mixed-use projects including Manhattan West and Four Hudson Square. Julia is the leader of SOM’s New York Practice Group and the Chair of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation. Julia is a third generation architect and a graduate of…
Patricia J. Lancaster, FAIA is the President of The Lancaster Group, a capital program management and consulting firm, and a full Professor in the Masters Program at NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate. She is a New York State Registered Architect with more than 25 years' experience in public/private real estate partnerships, teaching, and public…
