Jamie Blosser is founder of the Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative and an Associate at Atkin Olshin Schade Architects. Since 2000, Jamie has lectured throughout the country on the importance of both cultural and environmental sustainability, and has collaborated with Enterprise Community Partners to promote green design strategies for Native American communities. Jamie was the 2000-2003 recipient of the Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowship with the Ohkay Owingeh Housing Authority. Jamie received her Master of Architecture (M. Arch.) from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996 and is a LEED Accredited Professional. Her work has been featured in Architectural Record and will be included in Design Re-Imagined: New Architecture on Indigenous Land, a book on contemporary Native American architecture.
Nathaniel Corum is a Design Fellow at Architecture for Humanity, focusing on appropriate technologies and building prototypes for community building and educational curricula, working with indigenous leaders worldwide. Nathaniel has worked on housing design/build initiatives with tribal communities with the Navajo, Hopi, Northern Cheyenne, and Anishanabe people. Nathaniel received a Fulbright Scholarship focusing on preservation and urban poverty issues in North Africa. As an Enterprise Rose Fellow, he worked with Red Feather Development Group and authored Building a Straw Bale House. Nathaniel received a product design degree from Stanford University and architecture degree from U.T. Austin.
Daniel Glenn is the principal of Glenn & Glenn Architects/Engineers and a member of the Crow Nation. Daniel is a board member for Navajo Flexcrete Enterprises and project liaison through the Collaborative SW Case Studies. Daniel’s design work has received national and regional recognition, including being featured in the documentary film, Aboriginal Architecture Living Architecture. Daniel was the founding design director of the Arizona State University Stardust Center for Affordable Homes and executive director of Environmental Works Community Design Center in Seattle. He has taught architectural design at universities in Arizona, Washington, Montana and Massachusetts. His work will be included in Design Re-Imagined: New Architecture on Indigenous Land, a new book on contemporary Native American architecture.
Joseph Kunkel is a design intern at Ayers Saint Gross in their DC office. Joseph has helped to facilitate integrated collaborative processes and has taught, researched, lectured and presented on the topics of land, culture and place. His current work in southeast Montana, on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, where Joseph is an enrolled tribal member, focuses on the need for culturally relevant sustainable housing. Joseph received his Master of Architecture from the University of Maryland.
Cynthia Fishman, LEED AP, as co-director and head of fundraising for the New Mexico chapter of Architecture for Humanity, spearheaded a fundraiser and master plan for The Community Farm in Santa Fe. In 2007, Cynthia completed an intensive 16-week sustainable design program at the Ecosa Institute in Prescott, Arizona. While in Arizona, she had the opportunity to design a showcase home for a new, green exterior-wall building system. Cynthia received her M. Arch. from Rice University.
Lindsey Love founded the New Mexico chapter of Architecture for Humanity. Lindsey has designed straw bale prototype homes for the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in collaboration with Red Feather Development Group and recently constructed a straw-bale home for a family in Moab, Utah, while working with an affordable housing non-profit. Lindsey interned with Laura Bartels, Founder of GreenWeaver Inc., a member of Al Gore’s Climate Change project who has presented to Congress. Lindsey earned a Master’s degree in Architecture from Montana State University.
Richard Neill is the founder of Adventure Pictures, a documentary production company, and is the director of photography and producer of Shelter, a film and educational outreach project which highlights the role of architects, engineers, and designers in creating sustainable housing for communities in need. During the past two decades he has directed and shot award-winning television specials, documentaries and educational media projects for National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, the American Institute of Architects, the Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative, The Nature Conservancy, The Lemelson Foundation, and Right to Play International. Richard’s work has garnered a George Foster Peabody Award, one of public broadcasting’s highest honors, and has received several Emmy nominations. He holds a BA in American History from Princeton University and an MFA from the University of Washington.
Nicole Rasmusson, Principal of Rasmusson Design, works with her non-profit clients as part of a collaborative to help build consistent messaging and outreach documents for all materials, printed and online. She believes that good design expresses a vision. Nicole co-founded Eko Design in London in 1996 and completed a variety of projects in the UK and Sweden before moving to New Mexico. She earned an MA in Communication Design from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.
Jason Wheeler, is an Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellow with Color Country Community Housing in Utah and is project liaison with NW Band of Shoshone Nation for the Collaborative SW Case Studies. Jason is a national lecturer for the Green Communities Initiative Criteria. Prior to the Rose Fellowship, Jason developed an award-winning prefabricated building system with Interland Architecture Paysage et Urbanisme in Lyon, France. In 2007, Jason was project manager for the University of Illinois Solar Decathlon Team. He received a Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
Roy Wroth, is the executive director of Santa Fe Complex. He has 16 years experience in architecture, planning, and urban design. Roy’s projects have included preservation planning at Zuni Pueblo, and master planning, zoning, and street design at Ohkay Owingeh. Roy worked for Moule & Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists, whose principals are among the founders of the New Urbanism. He is President of the Santa Fe Alliance. Roy holds degrees in architecture from University of Virginia and University of Pennsylvania.
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