Agenda

Dionne Darling has been with The A|N Media Group for over six years. As A|N’s Associate Publisher, she manages A|N’s Texas headquarters and handles accounts in the West, Southwest and Europe territories. Dionne has over 28 years of direct B2B sales, management and business development experience.

Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C is a Senior Associate and Technical Director at Gensler. Stephen has worked and lectured in the United States, Asia and Europe and has authored papers about façade design, intelligent building technology and sustainability. Stephen is the founder of Gensler Enclosures; a group dedicated to innovation and research for building enclosure design. Stephen has played strategic positions on award winning projects including the Johnson Controls Asia-Pacific Headquarters, the Willis Tower Repositioning Project and the Kohler Global Communications Headquarters to name a few. He favors an inclusive design process which recognizes the importance of teamwork, listening and the power of imagination. Stephen is a licensed Architect, a member of the American Institute of Architects, the AIA National Building Performance Advisory Group and is a LEED Accredited Professional. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hobart College and a Master of Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis.

Ashley Rogow is an architectural and technical designer at Gensler Chicago. Originally from Ann Arbor, she moved permanently to Chicago in 2008 to study studio drawing at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After spending time working in photography, marketing, and teaching, Rogow received her Master of Architecture from UIC in 2016 and started work at Gensler immediately following. While in school, she served as a teaching assistant for Architectural Theory and interned with FGM Architects.

In her time at Gensler, Rogow has worked on a variety of confidential office buildings, taking them from sketches to construction administration. She has primarily been focused on the redevelopment of the Old Chicago Post Office, a 2.5M SF historic preservation and repositioning project. In her spare time, she enjoys rowing, traveling, going to music festivals, cooking, and of course – drawing whenever she can.

Interested in the craft of architecture and the applications of digital design, Lucas Tryggestad specializes in designing and realizing technically complex building systems. A native of Illinois, Lucas draws upon his Midwestern roots, as well as a global portfolio spanning five continents, to apply his contextual knowledge to projects both locally and abroad.

His project work includes 100 Mount Street, an office tower that is efficiently designed to minimize the carbon impact of construction, and AMIE 1.0, a research partnership between SOM and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory exploring energy efficiency and the applications of 3D printing.

Ashley Rogow is an architectural and technical designer at Gensler Chicago. Originally from Ann Arbor, she moved permanently to Chicago in 2008 to study studio drawing at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After spending time working in photography, marketing, and teaching, Rogow received her Master of Architecture from UIC in 2016 and started work at Gensler immediately following. While in school, she served as a teaching assistant for Architectural Theory and interned with FGM Architects.

In her time at Gensler, Rogow has worked on a variety of confidential office buildings, taking them from sketches to construction administration. She has primarily been focused on the redevelopment of the Old Chicago Post Office, a 2.5M SF historic preservation and repositioning project. In her spare time, she enjoys rowing, traveling, going to music festivals, cooking, and of course – drawing whenever she can.

Wenzel is an architectural sales representative for YKK AP America covering Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. He has over 25 years of experience in the glass & glazing industry helping architects, general contractors and glazing contractors solve fenestration challenges.

Curtain Wall & Façade Specialist for the Strategic Accounts Division of STI Specified Technologies, covering the central United States and Canada.

Aaron joined STI Specified Technologies in 2015 and has over 30 years of experience in construction materials. He has conducted firestop trainings for STI, The International Firestop Council and to a variety of groups including; architects, engineers, consultants, code officials, inspectors and all types of trades. He is certified at Level 2 of Firestop Instructional Training (FIT II).

Marty Wood is the Program Director for The Architect’s Newspaper’s Facades+ Conferences and other AN events and initiatives that bring together AEC professionals to share their stories, expertise, and projects. As a writer, he’s contributed to The Architect’s Newspaper, Metropolis, and other design publications. He is also a visiting instructor at Pratt Institute. Wood has a BA in Communications from San Francisco State University and a M.S. from Columbia University GSAPP.

Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C is a Senior Associate and Technical Director at Gensler. Stephen has worked and lectured in the United States, Asia and Europe and has authored papers about façade design, intelligent building technology and sustainability. Stephen is the founder of Gensler Enclosures; a group dedicated to innovation and research for building enclosure design. Stephen has played strategic positions on award winning projects including the Johnson Controls Asia-Pacific Headquarters, the Willis Tower Repositioning Project and the Kohler Global Communications Headquarters to name a few. He favors an inclusive design process which recognizes the importance of teamwork, listening and the power of imagination. Stephen is a licensed Architect, a member of the American Institute of Architects, the AIA National Building Performance Advisory Group and is a LEED Accredited Professional. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hobart College and a Master of Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis.

Ashley Rogow is an architectural and technical designer at Gensler Chicago. Originally from Ann Arbor, she moved permanently to Chicago in 2008 to study studio drawing at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After spending time working in photography, marketing, and teaching, Rogow received her Master of Architecture from UIC in 2016 and started work at Gensler immediately following. While in school, she served as a teaching assistant for Architectural Theory and interned with FGM Architects.

In her time at Gensler, Rogow has worked on a variety of confidential office buildings, taking them from sketches to construction administration. She has primarily been focused on the redevelopment of the Old Chicago Post Office, a 2.5M SF historic preservation and repositioning project. In her spare time, she enjoys rowing, traveling, going to music festivals, cooking, and of course – drawing whenever she can.

Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C is a Senior Associate and Technical Director at Gensler. Stephen has worked and lectured in the United States, Asia and Europe and has authored papers about façade design, intelligent building technology and sustainability. Stephen is the founder of Gensler Enclosures; a group dedicated to innovation and research for building enclosure design. Stephen has played strategic positions on award winning projects including the Johnson Controls Asia-Pacific Headquarters, the Willis Tower Repositioning Project and the Kohler Global Communications Headquarters to name a few. He favors an inclusive design process which recognizes the importance of teamwork, listening and the power of imagination. Stephen is a licensed Architect, a member of the American Institute of Architects, the AIA National Building Performance Advisory Group and is a LEED Accredited Professional. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hobart College and a Master of Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis.

Ashley Rogow is an architectural and technical designer at Gensler Chicago. Originally from Ann Arbor, she moved permanently to Chicago in 2008 to study studio drawing at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After spending time working in photography, marketing, and teaching, Rogow received her Master of Architecture from UIC in 2016 and started work at Gensler immediately following. While in school, she served as a teaching assistant for Architectural Theory and interned with FGM Architects.

In her time at Gensler, Rogow has worked on a variety of confidential office buildings, taking them from sketches to construction administration. She has primarily been focused on the redevelopment of the Old Chicago Post Office, a 2.5M SF historic preservation and repositioning project. In her spare time, she enjoys rowing, traveling, going to music festivals, cooking, and of course – drawing whenever she can.

Dionne Darling has been with The A|N Media Group for over six years. As A|N’s Associate Publisher, she manages A|N’s Texas headquarters and handles accounts in the West, Southwest and Europe territories. Dionne has over 28 years of direct B2B sales, management and business development experience.

Ashley Rogow is an architectural and technical designer at Gensler Chicago. Originally from Ann Arbor, she moved permanently to Chicago in 2008 to study studio drawing at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After spending time working in photography, marketing, and teaching, Rogow received her Master of Architecture from UIC in 2016 and started work at Gensler immediately following. While in school, she served as a teaching assistant for Architectural Theory and interned with FGM Architects.

In her time at Gensler, Rogow has worked on a variety of confidential office buildings, taking them from sketches to construction administration. She has primarily been focused on the redevelopment of the Old Chicago Post Office, a 2.5M SF historic preservation and repositioning project. In her spare time, she enjoys rowing, traveling, going to music festivals, cooking, and of course – drawing whenever she can.

Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C is a Senior Associate and Technical Director at Gensler. Stephen has worked and lectured in the United States, Asia and Europe and has authored papers about façade design, intelligent building technology and sustainability. Stephen is the founder of Gensler Enclosures; a group dedicated to innovation and research for building enclosure design. Stephen has played strategic positions on award winning projects including the Johnson Controls Asia-Pacific Headquarters, the Willis Tower Repositioning Project and the Kohler Global Communications Headquarters to name a few. He favors an inclusive design process which recognizes the importance of teamwork, listening and the power of imagination. Stephen is a licensed Architect, a member of the American Institute of Architects, the AIA National Building Performance Advisory Group and is a LEED Accredited Professional. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hobart College and a Master of Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis.