Jeffrey R. Matz is an archetypal design thinker to whom “things designed” is as much a passionate avocation as an actual and true vocation. He believes fundamentally that project creation is about listening and leading at the same time and having a vision. Visit jrmallc.com

Aurora50 was co-founded by Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan and Diana Wilde in 2020 with a powerful vision: to achieve gender balance in the workplace.A UAE-based social enterprise, our first, successful initiative was to increase the number of women on boards in the UAE through the Pathway20 accelerator, The Board Summit and Manarat invite-only club for independent GCC women board directors.

Sustainable Design, Renovation and Restoration LEED Green Associate PhilaU Masters in Sustainable Design 2019 Current Project: http://domainedulayet.tumblr.com https://www.instagram.com/layetchapelle/

writer and design communications strategist

Whitney R. Smith (1977-2002) was a leader in post-World War II modernist architecture. Smith was among a group of Los Angeles architects and designers who participated in the "Case Study Houses" program of experimental modern houses designed and built primarily in Los Angeles from 1945 to 1966.