Meet the Judges
Michael J. Hanley
President
The Hanley Foundation
Washington, DC
Mike Hanley is the retired CEO of Hanley Wood LLC, a company he founded with Mike Wood in 1976 which, under his leadership, grew into the nation’s leading business-to-business media company focused on residential and commercial construction through it magazines, Web sites, and trade shows. Hanley and Wood were included in the 1999 Folio 40 list of the most influential people in the magazine industry, and in 2006 Media Business named both men as two of the top 25 business magazine entrepreneurs of all time. Hanley has been a visiting professor at the George Washington University Publishing Specialist Program, served on the BPA (Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc.) board of directors, and the American Business Press board. He has also served on the board of directors of BPEF (Business Press Educational Foundation) and has been a featured speaker at many industry conferences and meetings. He is currently on the Board of Directors of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and consults with a variety of organizations.
Following his retirement from Hanley Wood in 1999, Hanley created The Hanley Foundation in Washington, DC., to support people and programs working to improve education, health care, the environment, and housing, as well as a variety of humanitarian issues.
In an effort to address critical environmental challenges, and to acknowledge and encourage the housing industry’s response, The Hanley Foundation created and funds The Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing, produced in collaboration with Hanley Wood and EcoHome magazine. Hanley directs the Hanley Award program and sits on the Judges Panel participating in the winner’s final selection.
Frank Anton
President and CEO
Hanley Wood LLC
Washington, DC
www.hanleywood.com
Frank Anton is president and CEO of Hanley Wood, LLC, the nation's premier media company serving the housing and construction industries. As president, Anton oversees the company's strategic growth and development both enterprise wide, and within each of the company's four operating divisions: Business Media, Exhibitions, Marketing and Market Intelligence. Under Anton's leadership, Hanley Wood has developed and launched major cross-divisional efforts that call on the expertise of all company divisions, such as the Big Builder conference, which brings together top executives from the country's largest homebuilding firms and building-product manufacturers to discuss industry challenges and debate solutions. Anton also forges and cultivates the company's strategic relationships, such as those with leading policy think tanks The Brookings Institution and the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Anton's tenure at Hanley Wood spans three decades. Prior to being named company president, Anton served for 25 years as editor and publisher of BUILDER magazine, the company's flagship title and the respected industry leader. His significant experience and stature within the industry make Anton a sought-after commentator on housing-related issues. An engaging presenter, he also speaks often at media- and housing-industry events and conferences.
Anton is a member of the board of American Business Media and of the executive committee at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and holds a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
Steven Winter, FAIA
President
Steven Winter Associates
Norwalk, CT
www.swinter.com
Steven Winter, FAIA, is an architect and founder of Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA), a leading research/design firm specializing in energy efficient and sustainable housing. The firm has developed and implemented energy-efficient and green building practices, specifications and designs for major builders, developers and owners throughout the U.S.
Winter is the past Chairman of the US Green Building Council (promulgating voluntary green rating systems), and the Chair of the current LEED for Homes Committee. Winter’s work has been widely published; and has won numerous awards and citations.
Winter’s firm has acted as LEED/green consultant for many housing, commercial and mixed use developments nationwide; and as LEED certifying agent for residential and multifamily housing in the New York area, greater Washington area, Boston area, and in Florida.
Company
Steven Winter Associates, Inc. is a 36-year-old architectural/engineering research and consulting firm, with specialized expertise in green technologies and procedures that improve the safety, performance, and cost effectiveness of buildings. SWA’s staff that encompasses over 65 architects, engineers, and building scientists works to make buildings safer, more energy efficient, more durable, more affordable, more accessible, and overall, more sustainable.
SWA’s multi-disciplinary skills allow the firm to approach building performance from a “whole building” perspective. The ability to evaluate multiple aspects of a building, and to consider the inter-relationships between various building components, allows SWA to be highly effective in its projects.
As building systems consultants on the built environment, we took the “whole building” approach to incorporating energy and resource efficiency measures into a wide variety of building types: residential, multifamily, commercial, educational, and institutional as well as community building projects.
The range of services we offer include: Building system assessment; green materials and products specifications; green building commissioning; LEED assessments and certification; indoor air quality analysis and testing; solar and PV design and engineering; building science forensic investigations; HVAC troubleshooting and implementation of new building technologies and design; accessibility conformance, builder/operator training, and preparation of green guidelines and performance criteria. In addition to traditional energy auditing capabilities, SWA also has a unique experience in high performance MEP design, energy analysis and modeling (DOE-2, CFD, daylighting and others); and economic calculations and presentation of findings to decision makers are services at the core of SWA’s business interests and staff expertise.
SWA has extensive expertise in a wide range of technical fields, and has worked with a large variety of clients: homeowners, building owners and developers; architects and engineers; building system manufacturers; code officials and regulatory bodies; professional associations; utility companies; federal, state, and local governments; and independent governmental agencies. The results of our work are outstanding achievements in developing innovative building systems that offers significant added value to our clients’ goals.
Allison Ewing, AIA
Principle
Hays + Ewing Design Studio
Charlottesville, VA
www.hays-ewing.com
Allison Ewing has over seventeen years experience working on projects in Japan, Italy, Mexico and the Netherlands. As a Partner at William McDonough + Partners, Ms. Ewing led a range of award-winning institutional, residential and mixed-use projects. Prior to working at William McDonough + Partners, Ms. Ewing worked with Renzo Piano in Genoa, Italy, Cesar Pelli in New Haven, Connecticut, and Chermayeff & Geismar in New York City. A recipient of the Japan Monbusho Grant, Ms. Ewing studied Japanese housing types in Tokyo after completing her graduate studies at the Yale University Graduate School of Architecture.
Hays + Ewing Design Studio is an award-winning architecture firm that merges inspiring designs with principles of ecology in commercial, cultural, residential and institutional projects.
Our focus is in developing imaginative designs with state-of-the-art green building technologies. We also providea full range of green architect resources such as green building technologies, designs for green homes, and LEED certification.
Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, we seek to fulfill our client’s needs and desires through a highly collaborative approach. Hays + Ewing Design Studio has projects in the Virginia and Washington, DC, region as well as other parts of the country. Christopher Hays and Allison Ewing, both former partners at William McDonough + Partners, bring expertise in incorporating aesthetic and ecological considerations in a range of project scales and types in projects located around the globe.
Sarah Susanka, FAIA
Principle
Susanka Studios
Raleigh, NC
www.susanka.com
Bestselling author, architect and cultural visionary, Sarah Susanka is leading a movement that is redefining the American home. Her "build better, not bigger" approach to residential design has been embraced across the country and her "Not So Big" philosophy has sparked international dialogue.
As a leading advocate for the re-popularization of residential architecture, Susanka has improved the quality of home design while countering the elitist image of architects so commonly held by the public. Today, with Susanka as emissary, the "Not So Big" movement is evolving beyond habitation and into how we inhabit our lives.
Susanka understands that "Not So Big" also is a way of life. In May 2007, Random House will publish The Not So Big Life where Susanka looks at life rather than home. She shows us what is really missing in our lives and how to do something about it. Just as with home, readers will discover that it is about quality, not quantity and that which brings meaning and fulfillment to our lives.
Thought Leader, Speaker and Expert Resource
Susanka is a sought-after resource by industry groups and members of the media. Professional organizations, including the American Institute of Architects and the National Association of Home Builders, regularly ask her to address local and national conferences.
Susanka has shared her insights with "The Oprah Show," "Charlie Rose," USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and more. In February 2001, Fast Company named her to their debut list of "Fast 50" innovators whose achievements have helped to change society - an honor preceded by her selection as a "top newsmaker" for 2000 by Newsweek magazine and an "innovator in American culture" in 1998 by U.S. News & World Report. Susanka was ranked number 14 out of 50 "Power Brokers - the most influential people in the building industry" by Builder Magazine in 2004. That same year, Susanka was named to the "Environmental Power List" by Organic Style magazine.
Acclaimed Author, Six Best-Selling Books
In her groundbreaking first book, The Not So Big House (Taunton, 1998), Susanka philosophically imparts what is wrong with the way we think of houses today, and what we could do differently. She encourages homeowners and design professionals to focus on quality rather than quantity - what makes us feel comfortable rather than what impresses the neighbors. Her next book, Creating the Not So Big House (Taunton, 2000) shows "Not So Big" in action with 25 examples of homes and remodels. Not So Big Solutions for Your Home (Taunton, 2002) is full of fixes and ideas for common house problems.
In 2004, Susanka launched Home By Design (Taunton) - a companion to all her other books, describing the different principles and concepts that allow one to build "Not So Big." In 2005, Susanka partnered with Marc Vassallo for Inside the Not So Big House (Taunton), zooming in on the built-in details that bring personality to a home, even before adding furniture or accessories. One year later, Susanka launched Outside the Not So Big House along with landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy. Susanka and Messervy explain the macro-scale of home design, weaving inside and outside together and showing 20 examples of gardens that surround "Not So Big" houses.
Susanka is a registered architect, a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects and is a certified interior designer. More at www.notsobighouse.com.