Mara Baum FAIA, LEED Fellow is an international leader in sustainable design, with expertise in carbon emissions reduction, climate resilience and adaptation, and design for health and wellness. A partner with DIALOG’s San Francisco studio, she has more than two decades of green building experience in complex campus and institutional projects, including higher education, healthcare, workplace, and science + technology. Mara’s design solutions are two pronged: places that create healthier and happier people, and strategies that build or rebuild a healthier environment. An accomplished facilitator, Mara is also a public speaker, published author and an online faculty member of the Boston Architectural College Sustainable Design Institute where she teaches Green Building and Health and Sustainable Design of Healthcare Facilities. She has a Master of Architecture and Master of City Planning from the University of California Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Washington University.

Kristina Koh is a Senior Data Analyst at USGBC, specializing in credit achievement analyses and LEED BD+C metrics. In her role, she leverages the data from LEED credit forms and uploaded calculators to quantify the impact of USGBC on the built environment and to inform decisions for future initiatives such as LEED v5. Before joining the data team this year, she focused on operational building performance at Arc Skoru, a subsidiary of GBCI, where she interpreted existing data from the Arc Platform, focusing on electrification, scope 1 and 2 emissions, and building performance standards. Prior to USGBC, she pursued a master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford.

Yazan Alwaid is the Head of Workplace Success at Kaiterra, a global leader in air quality monitoring, management, and analytics. Yazan is a seasoned technology executive with over 20 years of experience in helping F500 companies achieve successful outcomes in their technology implementations. During his tenure with Kaiterra, Yazan has been working closely with Kaiterra's customers in helping them achieve optimal IAQ in their Workplaces to provide their employees with a healthy and efficient space for peak human performance.

Shana Scheiber is a Senior Mechanical Engineer within Mead & Hunt’s architecture and building engineering team. She is responsible for leading building mechanical design activities including conceptional visioning, mechanical calculations, equipment layouts, controls, specification writing and construction coordination. She has a special interest in designing buildings with integrated IEQ features and low energy/carbon designs. She has experience with airports, healthcare, laboratories, manufacturing, and class-A commercial projects. She has a BS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and is a registered Professional Engineer in multiple states. She has over 23 years of mechanical engineering experience.x000D x000D She loves that current global interest in indoor air quality and electrification/decarbonization have inspired public understanding in the role HVAC engineers have in preserving public health and our planet. Shana has contributed to or been LEED administrator for over 30 LEED projects and has been a member of the USGBC IEQ TAG since 2021. She has contributed to 4 WELL projects.x000D x000D Shana is a member of ASHRAE and was the first-place recipient in the 2021 and 2022 ASHRAE Technology Awards programs for her work on American Family Insurance’s Spark building (LEED Gold certified and designed to WELL building standards) and Exact Sciences’ clinical laboratory and production facility (LEED Gold certified). The ASHRAE Technology Awards program recognizes engineers for post occupancy success regarding effective energy management, cost effectiveness, maintainability, indoor air quality, occupant comfort, occupant satisfaction, and overall energy/carbon conservation.