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The AEC Leadership Conference The Leader in Leadership The best leaders are constant learners. Great leaders gain an informed perspective and continually expand on their skills through learning. There is no better way to learn than to join a group of diverse professionals in the AEC industry to share the learning experience. The Construction Institute’s AEC Leadership Conference is the premier platform for industry leaders and leaders-in-training to share hard-earned leadership guidance and insights while developing relationships that will carry through their careers. This purpose-driven program trains leaders at all levels
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to meet our industry’s specific challenges. Whether you are a leader or an aspiring leader, the program
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will inspire and equip you with the skills you need to lead your team and thrive in the face of change.
About the Construction Institute The Construction Institute is a network of visionary leaders and skilled professionals from every aspect of the industry who inspire and drive our industry, providing resources, professional education, forums, signature programs and opportunities to lead the future of construction.
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The conference was time well spent. I like seeing the new trends in our industry, meeting new people, and reconnecting with old friends.” - 2019 attendee
LEARNING
NETWORKING
Engage & Contribute
Meet & Mingle
Our speakers give you the benefit
Connect with friends and meet
of new perspectives, drawing on
new colleagues, all at the same
their years of experience.
event!
Each year the conference delves
We all know that meeting in-per-
into a range of topics designed to
son is the best way to make con-
advance and strengthen leader-
group of thought leaders, in a va-
nections and maintain lifetime
ship skills. Agility, leading digital
riety of formats: keynotes, panel
relationships. Socializing face-to-
transformation, the neuroscience
discussions, focused breakout ses-
face allows you to exchange con-
of leadership, change manage-
sions, and interactive workshops.
tact information, place a name
ment, breaking silos, developing
The conversations are lively and
with a face, learn more about a
the mindset of innovation and
thought-provoking, leaving you
colleague, and support one anoth-
DEI. You will learn from a diverse
energized and inspired.
er on your path to leadership.
PROGRAM What will I learn? We know it is hard to take time away from the office and the field. Most training programs focus on improving technical skills. But technical skills alone won’t set up your team for success. Studies show that the highest indicator of project success is highly collaborative teams. CI’s AEC Leadership Conference is designed to train leaders at all levels to work together to address the unique challenges facing our industry, from labor shortages to safety, to incorporating new technologies, to the day-to-day challenges of designing and producing a quality job that is on time, on budget, and meets the users’ needs. Success in today’s environment requires a focus on agile and innovative organizations. The AEC Leadership Conference will provide you and your team with tangible takeaways you can put into practice the next day and assist them in developing the personal skills that will set them and your organization up for success.
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Companies Represented at Past AEC Leadership Conferences A. P. Construction Company
M. Frank Higgins & Co., Inc.
Adib Group
Majestic Realty Group
AdvanceCT
MassMutual
AIA Connecticut
McPhee Electric, Ltd.
Amenta Emma Architects
Michael Horton Associates
Ankura
MIT Investment Management Company
Antinozzi Associates
MMNT CPA
ARCADIS
Montagno Construction, Inc.
AVANGRID
New Tapestry, LLC
Bartlett Brainard Eacott
New York Division of Professional and Court Services
Becker + Becker Associates
PAC Group LLC
City of Hartford - Division of Licenses & Inspection
Paradigm Associates LLC
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority
Patriquin Architects
Consigli Construction Company
Peterson Engineering Group, LLC
Construction Solutions Group, LLC
Pratt & Whitney/United Technologies
Consulting Engineering Services
Quinnipiac University School of Law
DesignIntelligence
Red Thread
Dimeo Construction Company
Resource Options Incorporated
Dodge Data & Analytics
Ritz Inc/DIRTT
e2 engineers
Robinson + Cole LLP
Eversource
Ryan Marketing
F+F Mechanical Enterprises, Inc.
SLAM Collaborative
FATHOM
Sperling Brown Associates
Flow Tech, Inc.
Standard Builders
Fuss & O’Neill, Inc
Steelcase Inc
Gensler
Tecton Architects PC
Geomatrix Productions
The S/L/A/M Collaborative
Gilbane Building Company
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
greenbox-is, Interior Solutions
Triton Environmental
High-Profile Monthly
TSKP STUDIO
HRP Associates, Inc.
Tucker Mechanical/Emcor Group Inc.
Interscape Commercial Environments
Turner Construction Company
Interstate Electrical Services Corporation
University of Connecticut
JCJ Architecture
University of Hartford
JLL
University of Massachusetts Amherst
KC Architects, LLC
Vanguard Modular Building Systems
Lion’s Head Cost Consultants, Inc.
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Who attends? A multigenerational group of diverse professionals representative of our industry. Owners and facilities managers, architects, engineers, contractors, subcontractors,
estimators,
ac-
countants, attorneys, manufactur-
Past Speakers of AEC Leadership Conferences
ers, and more. Leaders at all levels
Hamid Adib
Seth Holmes
and stages of job growth. Anyone
Nancy Alexander
Stephen Jones
who is ready to understand and
Yvonne Alston
Carol Kardas
elevate their team’s working dy-
Michael Ayles
Petina Killiany
namic. The AEC Leadership Con-
Anastasia Barnes
Susan Klawans
ference creates lifelong, mutually
Matthew Barstow
Vaki Mawema
supportive relationships with in-
Bruce Becker
Kelly McDonald
dustry peers and mentors.
Robert Benzinger
Mike McKelvy
Doug Brown
James McManus
Barbara Brown
Luiza Mills
Ben Callaghan
Adrienne Nelson
Paolo Campos
Devon O’Nalty
Tiffany Cartier
Ellen Feldman Ornato
Mark Charette
Louis Pepe
Lisa Cini
Aurora Perreault
James Cramer
Matt Reiniger
Eric Cushman
Brent Robertson
Ted Cutler
Melissa Roy
Alondra de Leon
Pascale Sablan
Jenny Drescher
Raabia Shafi
Amy Dunn
Kristen Smitherman-Voltaire
Zoraida Ferguson
Chris Socha
David Ferris
Cody Soodeen
Mike Fraser
Ross Thornley
Rohan Freeman
Reginald Tolliver
Peter Glus
Joe Visgaitis
Denise Goodman
Alicia Washington
Anna Greenwald
Nancy Watt
Max Hartman
Daniel Weitz
Karen Hinds
Elizabeth Wright
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We can all make a difference, regardless of where we are in our organizations.” - 2021 attendee
Hugh Hochberg
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Vaki Mawema
Georgia Tech
Gensler
Rohan Freeman
Kelly McDonald
Freeman Companies
Hugh Hochberg The Coxe Group
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Luiza Mills Interstate Electrical Services
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2022 AEC Leadership Conference November 2022
OUR LEADERS Planning Committee
Executive Committee
Jim Cecil, Program Co-Chair
Kara Bacik Gruss, Co-Chair
NEXII
KarMa Marketing
Kaitlyn Dobberfuhl, Program Co-Chair
Petina Killiany, Co-Chair
Gilbane Building Company
ARCADIS
Kate Anderson
Melissa Ferrucci, Treasurer
Gilbane Building Company
CohnReznick LLP
F. Michael Ayles
Kathyann Cowles, Secretary & Chair, Advisory Council
Antinozzi Associates
KC Architects, LLC
Tiffany Cartier
Zoraida Ferguson, Past Chair
Fuss & O’Neill, Inc
Pratt & Whitney/UTC
Jeryn Koritzinsky
Nancy Greenwald
Berkeley Research Group
Ex Officio, Construction Institute
Tony Messina The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
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