Steven Casey is a partner of KPMB Architects. He contributes to many of the studio’s projects across project sectors, including cultural, education, hospitality, and workplace. Several of his projects incorporate existing structures, from workplace interiors to adaptive reuse. His commitment to excellence and quality in design and construction is showcased in the renovation and expansion of the Gardiner Museum in Toronto, the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Campus in Waterloo, and the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an advocate for collaborative design both within the practice and with clients, consultants, and all stakeholders to bring each project’s vision to fruition. Outside of KPMB Steven is supportive of Toronto’s arts community through his patronage at local institutions and he sits on the development committee for Toronto’s historic St-Lawrence Neighbourhood Association.

Mark Kocent serves as the University Architect at Penn. Within the Office of the University Architect, he leads the oversight of all aspects of campus planning, architectural selection and design, landscape design, environmental graphics design, sustainability, document archives and community design engagement. During his 20-year Penn tenure as University Architect and Principal Planner, Mark has led the oversight of the Penn Connects campus development plan, which included the Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics. This 30-year vision has guided the growth of the University’s 300-acre West Philadelphia campus with a focus on eastern expansion along the Schuylkill River, strategic reinvestment opportunities, and the emerging Pennovation Works tech transfer hub. From 2004-2024 these plans have produced 9M square feet of new development and 3.5M square feet of renovated space with a total of $7B of capital investment in University City.

Allison joined Keast & Hood in 2012, was promoted to Associate in 2018, and has over 20 years of professional engineering experience. High quality institutional projects comprise a significant portion of her portfolio. Examples include the Penn Quadrangle Renovation and the Penn State Sackett Renovation and Additions project. Allison’s projects typically feature components of thoughtful Historic Preservation, creative Adaptive Reuse and resourceful design solutions to architectural challenges. Allison holds a B.S. in Architectural Engineering and an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Drexel University; an M.B.A., in Business Management from Temple University; and is licensed in several states. She is a founding member and Chair of the Women in Structural Engineering Philadelphia. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Association for Preservation Technology, Delaware Valley Chapter and the Architectural Committee for the Philadelphia Historical Commission. In Addition, Allison is an Adjunct Professor at Drexel University College of Engineering.

Jessica is a Director of Atelier Ten’s New York office and the current leader of the Masterplanning practice. She advocates for sustainable solutions on a variety of scales from large campus masterplanning projects to small renovation projects. Some of her most significant contributions include leading energy and infrastructure masterplans for a wide range of institutions, including ongoing engagement with MIT starting from a campus net-zero masterplan, the recently occupied Kendall Square development, and continued district-scale visioning, operational and embodied carbon reduction analysis, and environmental design for the proposed Volpe development. She led the sustainability vision for the Perelman Center at the University of Pennsylvania which attained LEED Gold certification. As a LEED Accredited Professional with a specialty in Building Design and Construction (BD+C), Jessica continues to serve the sustainable design community and was a Lecturer of Daylighting for the University of Pennsylvania’s PennDesign program for ten years.