Ron BoglE
Ron Bogle was named President & CEO of the American Architectural Foundation in July 2002. With this appointment, Ron brought to AAF a career-long commitment to public service and a lifelong passion for community development, civic engagement, education, art and architecture. Under Ron’s leadership, AAF has grown significantly in scope and impact by strengthening existing programs and adding numerous new national programs which support community leaders in the challenges of design. In 2004, Ron launched Great Schools by Design, a national program that provides resources to local community and educational leaders engaged in K-12 school facility design and construction. He is a member of the leadership team of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, internationally renowned program co-sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and AAF that provides innovative city planning and design resources to mayors across the country. Ron provided leadership instrumental in the creation of A+DEN (the Architecture and Design Education Network) a partnership with AAF, the Chicago Architecture Foundation and the American Institute of Architects supporting programs aimed at educating young people about architecture and design. At AAF, Ron’s efforts are squarely focused on creating and sustaining supporting programs to identify best practices for the design of livable communities across the country.
A native of Oklahoma City, Ron’s professional work was in higher education as Vice President for Administration and Community Affairs at two universities. Most notably, he served for a decade as an elected member of the Oklahoma City Board of Education and several years as the Board’s President. While in Oklahoma City, Bogle was a central leader in two major initiatives resulting in over $1 billion in public-funded support to transform the commercial and cultural viability of the city’s urban center by replacing or restoring a wide range of civic and educational facilities.
Today, Bogle is recognized as an innovative leader and highly regarded speaker. His professional interests include the impact of local community design choices and processes on community development, urban neighborhood revitalization, civic engagement, quality of life and governance systems in educational institutions and municipalities. In 2004, Bogle was appointed by then US Secretary of State to serve as a director of the US National Commission for UNESCO.
Susan M. Rundle
Susan M. Rundle is President of Performance Concepts International (PCI) specializing in the application of learning and productivity style theory for increased academic achievement and improved performance in workplace settings. Susan is also a member of the faculty of CEFPI and San Diego State University’s joint National Schoolhouse for the 21st Century Educational Facility Planning Program. In 2006, Susan helped launch Flip This Classroom: Environment Matters, a project to renovate three classrooms from floor to ceiling optimizing their overall learning environments while creating multiple diverse learning settings in each. This effort received rave reviews from the students and teachers from the Lakeland Central School District who are now using the new classrooms. Susan and her colleague, Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld, are in the process of completing research on the Flip this Classroom project.
Susan is co-author of the Building Excellence (BE) Survey, an adult learning-style assessment, (© 1996-2008 Rundle and Dunn), ELSA (Elementary Learning Style Assessment), the ELSA Research Manual, and An Educator’s Guide to the Learning Individual. She has delivered national and international workshops and conference presentations in Australia, Bermuda, Cyprus, Denmark, Dubai, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Norway, Philippines, Sweden, United Kingdom, Turkey, and Wales.
Frank S. Kelly
Frank S. Kelly, FAIA, is Principal and Director of Educational Planning in the Houston, TX office of SHW Group, an architectural, planning, and engineering firm focused on architecture for education. Mr. Kelly’s interest in the relationship between instruction and facilities led him to dedicate his career to the planning, programming, and design of K–12 schools.
With co-authors Ted McCain and Ian Jukes, Mr. Kelly wrote Teaching the Digital Generation: No More Cookie Cutter High Schools published by Corwin Press (2008). The book considers which industrial age high schools cannot serve 21st century students and describes a series of models for new ways to make high schools to serve the diverse needs and interest of students. Each model explores how instruction, technology, time, architecture and costs interact to shape the teaching/learning environment.
Victoria BergsagelVictoria Bergsagel is passionate about designing schools where all students achieve. She founded and directs Architects of Achievement, a network that helps people think creatively about design solutions that foster synergy between program and building, community and school.
Harvard-educated, Victoria has been a high school teacher, counselor, principal, district administrator and professor. As the Director of Design in a large public school district, Victoria led the educational program planning upon which the construction of new schools was based. As the Director of Educational Partnerships at Talaris Brain Research Institute, she worked with an interdisciplinary team to conduct, integrate, and interpret some of the world's leading brain research.
Victoria has a gift for helping people think beyond normal boundaries to inspired solutions. She now serves as a consultant, featured speaker, and design jurist for clients ranging from school districts to national architectural organizations to education departments in the U.S. and abroad. She also sits on the Board of Trustees for the Council of Educational Facilities Planners International Foundation & Charitable Trust, and chairs the Council’s Research Committee.
Chris Lloyd
Chris Lloyd is Senior Vice President and Director for McGuire Woods Consulting. Previously, he served five years in the Office of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade under Virginia Governors Allen and Wilder including service as the Assistant Secretary for policy. In this position, he was responsible for legislative, budgetary, and regulatory coordination and development for the fifteen agencies overseeing the Commonwealth’s economic development marketing, workforce training and business assistance programs.
Rob Winstead
Rob Winstead, AIA, LEED is a senior architect in and co-director of SHW Group’s new studio in Charlottesville, Virginia, dedicated to the Living Building Challenge. Rob is a leader in the national conversation pertaining to sustainable design, in general, and high-performance learning environments, in particular. An invited guest to many national and regional conferences, Rob is a USGBC Green Schools Advocate and spoke most recently at their national conference in Chicago, IL. He has also just been asked by the American Institute of Architects to lead their large-firm roundtable’s efforts to collaborate and pursue the 2030 Challenge. Rob is passionate about sustainable design and his designs for the Free Union Country School, Poquoson Elementary School and Cougar Upper Elementary School (Manassas Park, VA) garnered GoGreen! Awards from the James River Green Building Council. Rob’s approach to integrating sustainable design in educational settings is revolutionary as are his models for sustainable operations plans.
Steve Hostetler
Steve Hostetler is the Principal-in-charge of Timmons Group’s education practice where his oversight includes all phases of land planning and site design. Steve is passionate about the design of school campuses with special emphasis on the incorporation of natural and sustainable design systems and outdoor educational opportunities. He also enjoys designing sports complexes. Steve has worked in over 40 school systems in Virginia and North Carolina. Steve is a Recognized Educational Facility Planner and received his BS in Civil Engineering from Clemson University.