Lauri Goodman Lampson is a business visionary who challenges executives to rethink their

approach to work and place. As PDR’s President and CEO, she is the mastermind behind the

firm’s innovative business model and integrated approach to consulting, design, and brand

services.

PDR guides organizations to leverage the boundless opportunities in front of them to move

forward faster. They work to simplify the complexity of workplace decisions— creating places

and experiences that make people, businesses, ideas, and decisions BETTER.

As a designer, workplace strategist, and business advisor, Lauri has built PDR into the thought

leadership platform and creative powerhouse it is today.

Turan is a passionate believer in ideas as catalyst for great design. His conceptual focus and dynamic design approach have led the creation of innovative projects for a wide spectrum of building types, scales and purposes. He is also an advocate for place-making, whether the location is urban or a sylvan site. In cities such as Austin, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; Washington D.C.; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Monterrey, Mexico, Turan is reshaping building form to meet the demands of today’s communities, foster a sustainable world and inspire the future.

Turan is a frequent speaker on topics such as design methodology and the role of public space within private development. In 2012 he was elevated to the American Institute of Architecture’s College of Fellows for his approach to architectural design.

As Chief Executive Officer of STG Design, Sandra leads the largest integrated architecture, interiors, and

planning firm headquartered in Austin, Texas, with additional offices in Nashville and Houston, serving

the world's most innovative companies across the U.S. and internationally. She fosters seamless

collaboration in architecture, interiors, and consulting disciplines. As an innovator in effective project

delivery, Sandra has refined the way companies work with design firms by elevating design excellence,

establishing efficiencies and consistencies through team composition and ideal delivery approaches,

customized and scalable to each client’s real estate objectives. Her main objective at the helm of STG is

growth for STG’s employee owners through expansion of services, project teams and the clients they

serve.

She holds a Master of Architecture and a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Texas A&M University,

as well as executive education certificates from the Harvard Design School Office of Executive Education

and Columbia Business School Executive Education. She currently serves as Presiding Officer, Texas

Military Department, Real Property Advisory Council. A member of AIA, Parét is licensed in 38 states,

and she is a Registered Interior Designer.

Prior to joining STG Design, Sandra Parét was Senior Vice President at AECOM, Global Commercial and

Corporate Market Sector practice director. She led strategic planning for the market sector practice,

working closely with regional leadership to align AECOM talent with client requirements. Her expertise

relied on understanding clients’ business challenges and real estate assets and then focusing on

consistent design and delivery across geographies and internal business structures. Prior to AECOM,

during her 18-year tenure at HOK, Sandra held several leadership positions, including Managing Principal

of the Dallas office and Global Strategic Accounts lead for corporate clients.

Her thought leadership includes contributing to a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) publication:

"Future Office: Next Generation Workplace Design,” as well as Future of Work research, publication and

speaking engagements.

As an Interior Design Leader at DLR Group, Nena Martin guides teams and collaborates with clients by creating transformative spaces through our integrated design process. By aligning with clients, she works hand-in-hand to deliver environments that are shaped by their policies, work patterns, and culture. Her passion for design goes beyond planning and aesthetics; she strives to make a positive impact on society, fostering sustainability and promoting holistic wellbeing.

Casey Kent is a Workplace Leader at DLR Group. He specializes in disrupting the status quo to affect innovation in and transformation of the physical work environment. He is particularly interested in leveraging emerging technologies to push and bend boundaries - a long-held approach that has become even more valuable as he helps clients navigate the new hybrid work reality. DLR Group is a 100% employee owned integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse. Our promise is to elevate the human experience through design. This promise inspires sustainable design for a diverse group of public and private sector clients; local communities; and our planet.

Amy Collins is a connector—a bridge between mindsets. She cultivates strategy, carries it through design, and ensures the built environment delivers on its promise.

As PDR’s Director of Design, Amy guides her designers to understand their roles as agents of change. She leads her teams to carry a project’s story from concept to completion. Together they deliver environments that evolve brands, respond to business needs (link to business imperatives) and deliberately engage the people who inhabit them.

Jackie Wheat, Managing Director of Design describes Amy as, “a holistic thinker who sees how design spans from big gestural concepts to the finest technical details—and that every part of the process is critical to project success. Amy is my right hand when it comes to design mentoring at PDR. By embodying our mantra of Purpose, Responsibility, Impact, she inspires our designers to reach new levels of commitment to their craft.”

Purpose represents Amy’s dedication to research and critical thinking. Her design team’s work for an innovation hub within a Confidential Global Services Firm began with three clear goals: to attract new talent, grow the client pipeline and increase knowledge through storytelling. Amy empowered her team to create designs that conveyed the client mantra of New Applied Now by cultivating a startup environment within the larger brand. A high-touch, adaptable design, it encourages end users to reconfigure their spaces to support their innovative pursuits. The creative messiness is tempered by grounding design elements, unexpected details and thoughtful pops of color. The result is a high-performing purpose-driven workplace—a hub for creative teams—and a powerful communication tool.

Responsibility describes how Amy leads her teams by listening, upholds the client’s vision, and manages funds as if they were their own. When designing Vitol’s workplace Amy and her designers were challenged to combine a world-class trading arena with a high-profile contemporary art gallery. Inspired to curate views, she led the design team to modify the base building to maximize Vitol’s high-rise perspective of the city. She and her team also integrated the company’s private artwork collection to feel effortlessly bespoke, a quality that further strengthens the prestige of the brand. Amy’s smart and responsible approach yielded many accolades. Her team’s distinctive project garnered a 2016 AIA Award and was published in Architectural Record.

Recognition within the design industry is proof of a project’s merits, but Amy places more value on a different success measure: Impact. Often the projects with the highest degree of transformation register the most resonant outcomes. When HP Inc. approached PDR after its split with HP Enterprise, the executive team was not merely asking for more of the same. They called for a major workplace change from dark and detached to vibrant and connected. In line with their vision, Amy and her design team partnered with PDR leaders in Workplace Strategy (link to service), Architecture (link to service) and Change Management (link to service) to develop HP Inc.’s roadmap to reinvention. When the nearly 4,000 employees occupied their new space, the feedback (link to HP video) was overwhelmingly positive with a greater opening-day response than any other workplace in HP history. From siloed to celebratory — that’s the impact of Amy’s design leadership.

As the firm’s CEO and founder of the Boston branch of HLB, Carrie brings 30 years of substantive experience in the world of architectural lighting design. She is a dynamic and passionate leader, an architect by training, and has a design sensibility that transcends standard design schemes. Carrie is an active member of the architectural community and has served in many industry leadership positions, including board roles in various professional organizations. Carrie frequently shares her thought leadership with worldwide lighting and architecture communities, with recent speaking engagements that include virtual webinars, Lightfair, ABX, BisNow, and the IALD Americas, Europe and Asia Conferences.

Dan Bettencourt is the CEO of Pravo Construction, leading the Business Development and Preconstruction departments. Having spent the first 10 years of his career in the Silicon Valley building for major tech companies and VC firms, Dan identified a need for mid-market client-based GC’s in Austin and founded Pravo in 2016. Over the last 6 years, Dan has worked to grow an incredibly exciting commercial construction company, with a diversified portfolio specializing in corporate interiors, industrial and land development projects. Dan is extremely passionate about thought leadership, fostering great relationships and team development. In addition to construction, he enjoys playing golf, long-distance running, traveling and spending time with his family.

Brett Rhode is well known for his ability to design and manage large, complex projects, producing award-

winning buildings within budget and schedule constraints. Brett honed his skills for over a decade in New

York City on complex international commissions in the offices of I.M Pei and Phillip Johnson. In Austin as

a Vice President at Page Southerland Page, Brett worked on healthcare and civic projects for eight years

before founding Rhode Partners in 2005. Rhode Partners is organized in an open studio environment to

facilitate team communication and easy client access.

Paul leads the Austin office and has been responsible for the firm’s growth since 2005. His wide-ranging design capabilities span project typologies and styles. In addition to being a skilled architect and designer in his own right, Paul is an accomplished entrepreneur who has led Clayton Korte (formerly Clayton & Little) with a disciplined approach since 2005 when he bought Emily Little Architects after working at the firm for 4 years. Over the next fifteen years as principal, he grew a five person architecture firm into an interdisciplinary design firm with offices in two cities, and a team of more than 30 full time professionals.

Having strengthened the firm’s core capability with a mix of hospitality, restaurant, retail, and other commercial work, Paul expanded the firm’s offer to incorporate Interior Design (2014), Brand Services and Experience Design (2017). The expanded offer stems from Paul’s deep-seated humanist philosophy: remarkable experiences result from a thorough response to sensory details beyond architecture.

In October 2020, the firm changed its name to Clayton Korte to reflect a change in leadership, ownership, and design direction. Today, together with three partners, Paul continues to grow Clayton Korte with a steady hand and an unerring commitment to quality, design, and operational excellence.

Jett is a designer, strategist, educator,

entrepreneur, aspiring flâneur, and

the blind ambition of FÖDATM.

{Raised by a working artist in a rural airline

family, all of the above seemed inevitable;

while his father showed him the world, his

mother taught him how to see it...and he

had a lot of time on his hands to read.}

IBM’s Quantum Division, NYCxDesign,

SXSW, Pecha Kucha, Brand New ‘First

Round,’ the Texas Society of Architects,

and various chapters of the AIA, AIGA

and AdFed have invited him to speak.

Lecturing at numerous colleges, he was

invited to teach in the Design Division at

the University of Texas from 2012—2017

while still leading his award-winning studio.

elly McEachern is a Senior Interior Designer in the Perkins&Will Austin Studio and is a regional resource for the firm focused on Workplace Strategies. Kelly has focused her work on enhancing the pre-design, discovery phase of each project to align the client’s unique

business strategies and goals with the planning and design approach. Creating beautiful interiors is not nearly

enough. A workspace must reinforce an organization’s culture and values with human centered solutions to connect

the users and their specific work functions. Kelly combines data-based solutions with planning creativity for a tailored

workspace that best supports an organization’s workplace needs.

Ryne Diaz is a creative who believes that improving the lives and work flow of those around him are at the center of everything he does in his work and in life. Through his 13-year career in the A&D Industry, he has gained experience from all facets within our industry, including being a key component of the Southwest Region’s consulting group at Gensler, and helping launch several contract furniture dealers in new markets. As the Director of Market Strategies at CORE Office Interiors, he builds and manages relationships in Houston, Austin, and San Antonio to connect key players with each other and find innovative and effective solutions for the built environment.

Tim Ford, Texas Territory Manager at Saint-Gobain/SageGlass. Tim is a demonstrated leader who dedicates himself and has extensive experience in a diverse Sales, Operations, and Business Development background with the compliment of an incredible entrepreneurial spirit. Being part of Saint-Gobain puts Tim at the forefront of the most exciting time for innovation, technological advancement, and, more importantly, healthy building in the real estate industry. He focuses on helping architects and building owners improve property values by enhancing the occupant experience/comfort while reducing energy demand and educating about critical benefits and essential factors.