Gwen Noyes has been a partner of Oaktree Development and its predecessor, Unihab Inc, since 1973, when Arthur Klipfel and she founded Unihab. Her work in these multi-family housing development companies has been focused to date in Cambridge and several metropolitan Boston cities. Trained as an architect, she has been the designer and partner in charge of many complete renovations and new communities totaling several hundred units. Frequently working in neighborhoods that are apprehensive or resistant to change, Ms Noyes has gained substantial experience in successfully permitting Oaktree’s projects. She helps neighborhoods to envision the contribution that an Oaktree community will bring. She also led in the sociologically complex formation and development of the Cambridge Co-housing community, an award winning, and nationally acclaimed example of environmentally responsible design. Gwen and her husband, Arthur Klipfel, live in this community.

Ms Noyes has a Master of Architecture degree (honors) from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College. She has lived and worked in Cambridge, MA for thirty eight years, though she enjoyed brief working stints in Japan, Denmark, and NYC. She has traveled extensively and served as an officer and President of the Board for the Cambridge Center for Adult Education. She has also served as a founding trustee on the City of Cambridge’s Affordable Housing Trust, and is a member of Cambridge Friends' Meeting (Quaker), where she heads the EarthCare Witness Committee. Growing up on an organic farm in Illinois provided the 'germ' for Gwen's concern for the environment, and has long found expression in the design of energy efficient, transit oriented, high-quality, multifamily housing that fosters a sense of community.

Kathy Spiegelman recently retired from her position as Vice President and Chief of
Planning, Real Estate & Facilities (PREF) at Northeastern University. This position
was created in 2022 with the merger of Campus Planning & Real Estate with
Facilities Management. Previously Kathy had been Vice President and Chief of
Campus Planning & Real Estate since 2013, when the position was created to
ensure that the university’s physical resources kept pace with its core values and
ambitions. In her leadership role for PREF, Kathy had responsibility for shaping
and caring for Northeastern’s physical resources throughout the university’s
global network. Northeastern’s experiential learning has been the centerpiece of
this work. Projects included maintaining campus operations during COVID;
development of award-winning learning and research buildings and private
student housing partnership projects bringing campus vitality to Columbus
Avenue in Boston; creation of spaces for Northeastern’s global network in US,
Canada and London; the emerging campus for the Rowe Institute at Northeastern
in Portland Maine; two Institutional Master Plans in the City of Boston and the
university’s first Climate Action Plan.

Kathy’s career began in local government in the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts
as a planner at the Cambridge Historical Commission and Community
Development Department, including her role as the Assistant City Manager for
Community Development. She had responsibility for affordable housing,
economic development, neighborhood planning, zoning and urban design. Her
entry into university work was with Harvard University where she filled several
roles with responsibility for coordinating design and planning consultants,
negotiating with representatives of Harvard faculties as well as members of the
community to accomplish capital plans, including the evolving 20+ year building
program for Harvard’s Allston development. In her university work Kathy has led
department reorganizations and mergers to achieve strategic institutional
objectives and gain greater efficiencies. This required leading campus and
environmental planning initiatives, project management, regulatory approvals,
PILOT negotiations and property operations.

All of this work facilitated responsible stewardship, principles of sustainability
and resilience, the value of community context and engagement and a
commitment to collaboration and innovation. These values were communicated
to her students during the dozen years she taught the planning studio at Harvard
Graduate School of Design and reflected in her commitment to volunteering and
non-profit board participation. Kathy graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Brown
University and holds a Masters of Science from the Columbia University School of
Artchitecture and Planning.

Rosemarie E. Sansone, President & CEO of the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District (BID) Corporation, has focused on business, jobs and community in a career that has spanned the private and public sectors. She has worked in government, community affairs, advertising and fundraising.

Rosemarie was twice elected to the Boston City Council, where she served at large, developing a broad understanding of the relationships among city, state and federal agencies. Later she played a pivotal role in attracting businesses, tourism and conventions to the city as the director of the Mayor’s Office of Business and Cultural Development in the Flynn administration. In 1994, she joined Suffolk University as director of public affairs, with responsibilities that included collaborating with public- and private-sector partners on downtown’s ongoing revitalization.

In 2007, Rosemarie transitioned to the Downtown Crossing Partnership, the BID’s predecessor organization. As its leader she spearheaded the multi-year campaign that led to the BID’s establishment in 2010. Rosemarie brought a collaborative style built upon teamwork with hundreds of business and property owners as the driving force behind the creation and success of Boston’s first BID.

In leading the BID, Rosemarie is committed to serving its members through direct and immediate attention to their needs and those of the district. She works closely with the mayor’s office, the Boston Planning & Development Agency, the Boston Police Department, and a host of other city agencies to ensure the BID achieves the district’s full potential as a premier and vibrant destination.

Rosemarie studied liberal arts at Suffolk University and earned a master’s degree in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Art Institute of Boston. Rosemarie has served on many boards, including the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Economic Development Industrial Board. She currently serves on the board of Revolution 250, which commemorates the anniversaries of significant events that led to the outbreak of the American Revolution. In 2013-14, Rosemarie served on Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s transition team, advising the incoming administration about basic city services. In 2016, she served as co-chair of the commission that oversaw the creation of the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park in Boston’s Seaport.

Jay Doherty began his career at Cabot, Cabot & Forbes in 1981 as a project manager and held a succession of staff and managerial positions, culminating in his promotion to president of the firm in 1998. Jay has served as Chairman of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), the leading voice for commercial real estate in Massachusetts, and is currently a Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of The Massachusetts Business Roundtable (MBR). Jay graduated with an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1981 and with a BA from Middlebury College in 1975.

Marc Robillard, Assistant Vice President, Auxiliary Services, joined the University in 1982 as Assistant Director of Housing and in 1983 was named Associate Director of Housing. In 1987 Marc was promoted to Director of Housing, a position he held for 23 years. Promoted to Executive Director of Auxiliary Services in 2011, Marc was responsible for BU Housing and Vending Services and for leading special projects related to both housing, dining and vending operations. In 2017 Marc was promoted to Assistant Vice President of Auxiliary Services and currently serves as project manager for the renovation of Myles Standish Hall. In addition, Marc oversees project planning for large and small residences and leads improvement initiatives for campus dining, Terrier Card, and housing security systems. Marc is also responsible for managing the integration of Auxiliary Services functions related to the Wheelock College merger.

Bill Whitney has been Vice President for Real Estate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts since 2007. He is responsible for property acquisition; major capital project planning; permitting, including Institutional Master Plan (IMP) and Art. 80 project-specific approvals; project design and construction management; leasing as lessee and lessor; overseeing the college’s physical plant and campus planning offices and serving as a member of the President’s Cabinet.

Among the real state projects recently completed by Berklee are 1) revitalization of a block of Boylston Street near Berklee’s campus, including construction of outdoor dining terraces and other public improvements, and retail leasing of the ground floor of buildings owned or master leased by Berklee to such retail tenants as Boloco, Pavement Coffee House, Boston Burger and J.P. Licks, 2) substantial rehab of 1108 Boylston Street to create new classrooms and music rehearsal rooms, 3) substantial rehab of portions of the interior and facade improvements to 150 Massachusetts Avenue, the college’s largest academic and student housing building, and 4) 160 Massachusetts Avenue, a $100 million, 155,000 sf newly constructed mixed-use development, including 369 beds of student housing, a 400 seat dining hall and music performance facility, three new recording studios and other music technology space and ground floor retail space.

Prior to joining Berklee, Bill was a Vice President of The Druker Company, Ltd., a privately held, Boston-based firm that acquires, develops and manages real estate; Director of Planning of the New England Aquarium and Assistant Director for Urban Design and Development of the Boston Redevelopment Authority.

With more than 25 years of experience, Jack Callahan leads CohnReznick’s Construction Industry Practice. He has significant knowledge and experience in accounting, corporate taxation and business consulting matters within the construction community. Jack serves clients in most construction sectors including: heavy highway, general contractors, construction management, specialty contractors, building trades, and building supply and equipment companies. He has worked extensively with public agencies and major construction owners to develop successful fiscal and integrity monitoring programs that enable contractors to improve the profitability, safety, and integrity of construction programs. He was a lead partner for CohnReznick on the monitoring and investigative work performed at Ground Zero and at the new World Trade Center Transportation Hub.

Jack joined CohnReznick in August 2005 after serving as the managing shareholder of a leading private New Jersey accounting firm. He began his career with a national accounting firm and founded his own firm in 1996. As the managing shareholder for that firm, Jack built the company into a 16-person accounting and consulting firm focused on serving the needs of the construction industry.

Jack is an active member of many industry associations and has written a variety of construction related accounting, tax, and business articles.

As a principal with Bruner/Cott & Associates, Scott Aquilina provides strategic planning and design leadership for new, revitalized and expanded buildings for educational and cultural institutions. Scott has led multi-disciplinary teams through planning, design and construction for wide variety of academic clients, including the New England Conservatory of Music, Princeton University, and Cornell University. He is the principle-in-charge for the new Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine and is leading a feasibility study for a New Performing Arts Center on behalf of the City of Nashua, NH. His projects have been recognized for design excellence from national and state chapters of the AIA and the Society for College and University Planning. Scott lives along the Boston Marathon route in Newton with his wife and two children. For over twenty years, he has been an active member of Grace Episcopal Church in Newton Corner, overseeing care of the 1873 landmark building as a member of the Property Committee. Scott also volunteers as an adult mentor on the Diocesan Youth Council, a youth group which provides leadership training and faith based retreats at its camp in Southern New Hampshire. Scott is an enthusiastic fisherman and can be found fishing for bass with son Patrick from his two-man inflatable kayak on summer evenings.

As Director of Higher Education at SGA, Jacob leads all projects in the institutional market sector. These include projects in student life, student residences, classroom facilities, faculty and administrative spaces, student health and wellness and lifestyle centers. Passionate about sustainability, Jacob is leading the design of the first two passive house residence halls in Massachusetts – Wheaton College’s Lower Campus Dormitory and Williams College’s Garfield House - as well as a number of other projects including, adaptive reuse, technology in design, high performance buildings and corporate lifestyle trends.

Trisha Filippone is Vice President of Business Development and Client Services for Education. She works closely with regional and national leadership to develop client relations and implement growth strategy for the company’s Northeast Region, specializing in public and private K-12 education, as well as higher education, with a focus on Public Private Partnership delivery. She has spent the last 13 years in higher education, at institutions including Harvard, MIT and UMass, and over 32 years working on developing, financing, and constructing nearly $10 billion of assets in Massachusetts. She is a recognized leader in the industry and a Subject Matter Expert on Public Private Partnerships.

Prior to joining Suffolk, she served in various positions at the University of Massachusetts including Executive Director of the University of Massachusetts Building Authority (UMBA).

As Executive Director, Filippone oversaw an ambitious $3.1 billion growth plan that includes the building and renovation of academic and research buildings, dormitories, and athletic facilities on all five UMass campuses. She was involved in numerous capital projects to improve teaching, learning and student life. Filippone joined UMBA in 2012 as CFO and assistant secretary-treasurer. As CFO, she managed all aspects of finance, including controller, treasury, risk management, business systems, and capital planning.

In addition she served in various positions at The Broad Institute, including CFO and assistant treasurer, senior financial officer and controller. Previously, she was director of Allston Finance at Harvard University and 12 years at the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. Filippone is a member of the Massachusetts’s Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Treasurer’s Club of Boston, Financial Executives International, Boston Women in Public Finance, Professional Women in Construction, and the Society for College and University Planning.

Mike Davis, FAIA, is Bergmeyer's President. Committed to sustainable design at its deepest level, he is also an effective advocate for progressive public policy and a staunch defender of the quality of the public realm. In addition to his many civic and professional involvements, Mike is a recent President of the Boston Society of Architects, is currently Chair of the BSA Foundation, and is chair of the Boston Civic Design Commission. Experienced in adaptive reuse and new construction, Mike has been Principal-in-Charge of some of Bergmeyer's most significant housing, mixed use, institutional and commercial building projects. With an imaginative view of a project’s potential and a firm understanding of the many variables involved in community building, he provides our clients with clear vision and valuable insight.

At home in his cherished Boston neighborhood, Mike is ebullient about the city. He sees Boston as an increasingly diverse and multicultural world-class center for the rapidly-expanding 21st century creative economy. Still proficient with sketchbook, tracing paper and magic markers, he has also earned master's status in social media and Tweets and blogs more than he probably should.

Mike holds a BS in Architecture from Penn State and a Master of Architecture from Yale University.

Colleen Arria is a Principal and Interior Designer with Stantec. She co-leads the workplace design practice in the Boston office and brings 20 years of experience across workplace, commercial mixed-use, institutional, multi-family and student housing design. She believes and strives to make design an inclusive and holistic process, enabling clients to discover how their goals and culture can be supported and transformed through collaborative placemaking.