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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.

Walcott oversees marketing, communications, branding, and product management, for YKK AP America’s commercial facades and residential businesses; she also supports communications for Erie Architectural Products group. Walcott brings nearly 20 years of B2B marketing experience with manufacturing companies over a variety of industries. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Syracuse University and earned her M.B.A. at Wichita State University; she also served in the armed forces as a U.S. Air Force officer.

Aaron Seward is Editor-in-Chief of The Architect’s Newspaper. Seward is an award-winning editor whose career has centered on interpreting architecture for the profession and the general public. He was editor of Texas Architect magazine for six years and prior to that held several positions at AN, including executive editor. In addition to those publications, Seward’s writing on architecture, culture, and the built environment has appeared in Architect, Curbed, Domus, Metropolis, and other publications. He has a BA in Literature, Writing and the Arts from The New School for Social Research.

Fellow of the American Institute of Architects

Yen Ong, FAIA, is a founding partner of 5G Studio Collaborative. He is instrumental in the development of 5G’s widely published award-winning portfolio, covering projects in the United States, China, Vietnam, and Indonesia. He directs 5G’s architectural research, is a contributing writer to design publications, and frequently serves on design award juries. Leading a practice culture that promotes curiosity, celebrates inclusivity, and empowers personal autonomy, Yen enables the discovery and application of the extraordinary into project conditions, entwining matters of context, typology, and craft into emotive works that are lucid, uplifting, and tactile with a nudge towards fantasy. He has twice led 5G, in 2017 and 2018, to be ranked 31st in the Design category among the Top 50 US Firms in the ARCHITECT 50 program run by the official publication of the AIA. In the past nine years, Yen has won 12 AIA Design Awards at national, state, and local levels. In 2023, Yen was elevated as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects honoring his distinguished work that has broad recognition for its design excellence at the national level.

Mark is a Senior Design Leader and an expert in understanding the design vision and translating it through the visualization, master planning and throughout the life of the project. Mark has worked in many project sectors and excels in public spaces. Mark is especially adept at listening carefully to the needs of the client and transforming their dreams into a reality. In a former career, Mark designed and fabricated custom furniture and architectural pieces, giving him a unique background and perspective on design, from the macro to the micro-level. A few of Marks notable and award-winning projects include The Boardwalk at Granite Park and The Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum. Mark’s favorite architects are Jean Prouve/Charles & Ray Eames. When Mark isn’t designing, he’s welding, making things, and spending time with his young twins.

Mark is a Senior Design Leader and an expert in understanding the design vision and translating it through the visualization, master planning and throughout the life of the project. Mark has worked in many project sectors and excels in public spaces. Mark is especially adept at listening carefully to the needs of the client and transforming their dreams into a reality. In a former career, Mark designed and fabricated custom furniture and architectural pieces, giving him a unique background and perspective on design, from the macro to the micro-level. A few of Marks notable and award-winning projects include The Boardwalk at Granite Park and The Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum. Mark’s favorite architects are Jean Prouve/Charles & Ray Eames. When Mark isn’t designing, he’s welding, making things, and spending time with his young twins.