Laura believes that good design should first and foremost be ‘for the people,’ by always illustrating understanding and care for those who ultimately use the spaces she designs. Her many years of experience have led to long term relationships with PCA’s clients in developing award-winning projects in the retail, restaurant, academic and commercial markets. Most recently, Laura led the PCA design team on the Arsenal Yards project in Watertown, MA – a new dynamic neighborhood that brings together a mix of live, work and play environments.

A graduate of Clemson University with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and a Master of Architecture from the Boston Architectural College, Laura is active in the Greater Boston community. She serves as a board member for On the Rise based in Cambridge, MA, an advocacy group for chronically homeless women and transgender/non-binary people.

Alison Lies has been involved in over $3 billion USD in transaction and financing activity in her career and is a 20-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry. She was formerly Vice President of Acquisitions for Equity One as well as for a high net worth family office.

Michael Procopio is President & CEO of The Procopio Companies (TPC), a vertically integrated real estate development and construction firm based in Boston with a track record of over $1 billion and 5,000,000 square feet of institutional ground-up development.

Michael joined the firm in 2001, led a buyout of the third generation and became Principal in 2016, and was named CEO in 2020. Under his leadership, TPC has built a current ground-up pipeline of over 3,000 units, specializing in market-rate multifamily communities across the Northeast, the Carolinas, Florida, and Texas. Michael is known for pairing bold design instincts with disciplined execution, and for cultivating the enduring relationships — with investors, partners, and host communities — that have defined TPC’s approach across generations.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Science from Salem State University.

Under Michael’s leadership, TPC was named Family Business of the Year by Northeastern University, and Michael himself was recognized as one of Building Design + Construction’s 40 Under 40 in 2022. The firm’s projects have earned dozens of industry accolades, including PRISM Awards, ENR Best Project Awards, and NAHB Pillars of the Industry Awards.

For more than 25 years, Brian has been distilling clients’ objectives into architecture that performs as beautifully as it looks. His primary focus at CUBE 3: architectural design and oversight of the studio teams. With extensive experience in base building and interior design for healthcare, commercial developers, and residences, Brian has seen and done it all. In the course of doing it all, he has amassed a wide range of skills, expertise and insight. On top of that, his abilities in design, production, and management of complex, time-sensitive projects have been critical to the firm’s rapid success. Brian has helped build almost every kind of building, a solid reputation and a great place to work all in just a few years’ time.

Kendin Carr is an investment sales specialist in the Colliers Boston office, exclusively representing buyers and sellers of multifamily and mixed-use properties throughout the Metro Boston area. Kendin has more than 18 years of experience in the multifamily/mixed-use space and has closed over 50 investment real estate transactions valued over $100

million during his career. Offering customized research-backed property analysis and gaining a thorough understanding of client objectives, Kendin develops an optimal property level portfolio strategy to maximize value for clients.

With the strong understanding of the complexities, Kendin has also, successfully represented the City of Boston and the City of Newton in the disposition of several multifamily assets in receivership, negotiating favorable outcomes for both municipalities, and securing the return of the distressed properties to productive use.

Damien Chaviano is a real estate professional with strengths in all aspects of real estate financing, management and development. Damien marries a vision for outstanding placemaking with an understanding of how to permit, finance and market projects. He has applied this skill set to projects ranging from free standing single use buildings to large mixed-use projects in urban and suburban communities.

At MARK Development (MD), Damien is involved in all facets of the development process, including leading roles in permitting, project design and marketing. He has direct responsibility for the capital structuring and deal underwriting of the company’s mixed-use projects. Since joining MD, Damien has helped source a pipeline of 2.0+ million square feet of development, with an estimated total project cost of $1.0 Billion. To capitalize the portfolio, Damien has identified strategic partnerships with both high net worth investors and institutional capital sources with a long term “generational” investment horizon.

Before joining MD, Damien was part of the Samuels & Associates team responsible for bringing several notable projects to the Fenway and Allston neighborhoods in downtown Boston. In addition to participating in acquisition efforts, Damien sourced structured debt (including EB 5), preferred equity and common equity for projects such as Pierce Boston, Continuum, Van Ness, Verb Hotel and Landmark Center (401 Park).

Outside of the office, Damien serves on the board of Milagros Para Ninos at Children’s Hospital and serves as a Director of O’Brien Brothers, a Burlington Vermont based development company. He is an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Urban Mixed use Product Council and volunteers with College for Every Student, a nonprofit that helps underserved youth “prepare for, gain access to and succeed in college.” Damien also sits on the real estate committee of the Newton Needham Chamber. He was recently named to Boston Business Journal’s “40 under 40.” Damien is graduate of Middlebury College and received a MSRED from MIT.

Kent manages Northland's large scale and complex mixed-use development projects. He has over 30 years of diverse real estate development experience in the public, private, and non-profit sectors and has directly managed over $1 billion of development. Before joining Northland, Kent managed the planning, development, and construction of multiple projects throughout New England and Colorado.

Kent holds a Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a Master of Architecture, Urban Design from the University of Colorado Denver, and a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a LEED Accredited Professional in Building Design + Construction, an associate member of the AIA, and a member of the Urban Land Institute and the National Association for Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP).

Kent is active in the community, serving on the N-Squared Subcommittee and the Real Estate Subcommittee of the Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce. He has also served on the Planning Board, the Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Community Preservation Committee in the Town of Carlisle.