David is a Sustainability Director based in Gensler’s New York office. Inspired by the intersection between the natural and built environment, he is at the forefront of recent innovations in sustainable design. Since joining the firm in 2007, he has worked on projects varying from 1 million-square-foot workplace renovations to ground-up mission critical facilities. His recent work includes carbon action plans, sustainability guidelines, and individual projects pursuing Net Zero Carbon, Living Building Challenge, WELL, Fitwel, and LEED certifications, including two AIA COTE award winning projects — Etsy Headquarters and Ford Foundation. Since 2020, he has led research at Gensler focused on embodied carbon and is spearheading multiple efforts to further Gensler’s global carbon reduction goals. David is a graduate from Cornell University and Pratt Institute.

LEED Fellow, Lisa is a registered Architect who joined Turner Construction in 2001. As a Senior Design Specialist - Architecture and Sustainability, she performs sustainability analysis and provides input to multi-discipline technical reviews, examines sustainability details, and recommends sequencing and logistics related to sustainability work, she evaluates and provides recommendations to project teams for technical support related to sustainability goals and she develops critical sustainability resources and knowledge to be used by internal teams and external clients. Lisa is a founding and active member of Turner’s National Sustainability Committee who develops recommendations for sustainability policies and procedures, oversee their implementation, set corporate environmental performance goals, and ensure that these goals are met, support sustainability training and provide operational oversight as needed. Most recently, Lisa was the Sustainability Consultant for Turner’s NY and HQ Relocation Project. She worked together with the designer to bring the LEED Platinum, WELL Platinum, WELL Health & Safety and LBC Core (pending) design to life. Lisa has led the engineering and sustainability documentation efforts on multiple Turner projects and was a vital resource for many more. She has trained hundreds of colleagues and clients with their Sustainability credentials. Other roles Lisa has performed within Turner include Preconstruction BIM engineer, estimating, change management, field and project engineer and project manager. Currently serving on the ILFI Materials TAG, USGBC MLAB and formerly on the Executive Board for the AIA Newark and Suburban and the USGBC NJ. Lisa serves as the Oviedo Women’s Club Environmental Committee Chair and an appointed member of the City of Oviedo’s Sustainability Task Force. Her added industry leadership includes her long-term commitment to the mentorship and empowerment of women in the industry and has driven this mission through Turner’s Women in Turner Group, AIA Women in Architecture, and USGBC Florida Women in Green.

Samantha Josaphat is an Architect and the founder of Studio 397 Architecture. Part of a mere 0.3% of Architects, she founded her firm and named it STUDIO 397 after her accomplishment of becoming the 397th African American female architect achieving licensure in all of USA history.

Highly regarded by past and present clients, Samantha’s ability to be a decisive team leader has earned her the respect as an Architect and Designers. Providing project stakeholders, consultants and vendors with clear direction and guidance to ensure successful outcomes is the baseline of her work ethic.

In 2024 Samantha was awarded a fellowship in Rome from the Pantheon Institute. In 2022 she was selected as a fellow for the Civita Institute Design Climate Action Fellowship and was awarded the Penn State College of Arts and Architecture Alumni award. In 2021 she was the award recipient for the Anna Hernandez/Luna Textile Visionary Award, which recognizes contributions made by women business owners in the design industry. In 2020 she received the Tribune Award from the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation for her commitment to advancing women in the building profession. In 2019 and 2020 Samantha served as the President of The New York Chapter of The National Organization of Minority Architects (nycoba|NOMA).

John is President & Principal at LEGACY. In his 35 years of experience in the industry, he has worked on some of the most prestigious and complex projects in the consulting engineering field. Before founding LEGACY, John spent the last 26 years as a partner at an international mechanical and electrical consulting engineering firm where he led projects across all market sectors including higher education, multi-family residential, cultural and commercial projects. Mr. Rice is recognized for his vast experience in designing heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems for high performance buildings and is sought by clients for his innovative thinking, his exceptional leadership skills, his passion for engineering and his application of both modern and traditional engineering technologies to achieve the owner’s goals. He has lead projects that incorporate sustainable features, including energy master-planning, cogeneration, micro-grids, energy recovery, geothermal heat pump systems, radiant floor heating and cooling and renewable energy.

With a strong focus on technology, media, and consumer goods, Stefanie focuses on creating designs that are inspiring and unique to each client’s business. As a creative force, Stefanie reenvision’s spaces rich in culture and brand for diverse companies, from Campari and Cadillac HQ, and Turner Construction, to immersive environments such as The Cadillac House. She specializes in innovating and crafting new ways of working for technology leaders like United Technologies to Verizon. Embracing research and strategy as the foundation for design, she collaborates closely with clients to develop inspiring solutions that distinctively reflect each one’s culture and values. Stefanie holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Pratt Institute.