2018 Designer of Distinction

Ken Wilson is the interior design principal at Perkins+Will’s Washington, D.C. office. His work includes a variety of project in architecture, interiors, graphics, and product design, and his clients include several of the nation’s leading environmental organizations, socially responsible associations, nonprofits, and corporations. Ken’s projects have been published internationally and have received over 120 national and local design awards. In 2005, he was named “Designer of the Year” by Contract magazine, one of the industry’s highest honors. A leader in sustainability, Ken was a key participant in the development of the original LEED Rating System for both commercial interiors and Core & Shell projects, and was the first architect to hold fellowships in AIA, IIDA, and GBCI.

In 1999, Ken started his own firm, Envision, with a focus on sustainability and changing the status quo. He credits his first client, Greenpeace, with a life changing learning experience that continues to inform his work today. In 2012, Envision was acquired by Perkins+Will, a global design firm that shares Ken’s values and has enhanced his ability to innovate. His other projects include the ASID Headquarters, the first space in the world to achieve both Platinum Level Certification for the WELL Building Standard™ (WELL™) under WELL v1 and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), under the LEED ID+C rating; The Nashville, Tennessee office of former Vice President Al Gore,  designed to attain the highest level of sustainability in a commercial office interior and the highest scoring LEED-CI project in existence at the time; the Washington, D.C. office of the Environmental Defense Fund, the first LEED-CI project in the Mid-Atlantic region; the USGBC headquarters in Washington, D.C., the first project to achieve platinum certification under the new LEED-CI v3 rating system; and the Recording Industry Association Of America Headquarters in Washington, D.C.; among many others.

2018 Design for Humanity Winner

Jane M. Rohde champions a global cultural shift toward de-institutionalizing senior living and healthcare facilities through her practice, person-centered principles, research and advocacy, and design of the built environment. She is the principal of JSR Associates, Inc., which she formed in response to the gap between outcomes, operations, and design of the physical setting.

Through continued practice, Jane has positively impacted the lives of older adults, those with special needs, and the staff that provides care and services to vulnerable populations. Her projects include Cypress Garden Senior Living, China’s first resident-centered care community; the “LIVEWELL” Intergenerational Community, an intentionally designed multi-generational setting that will support person-centered care including educational training and research programs; and Bastion Community of Resilience in New Orleans, an intentional community for Wounded Warriors, their families, retired veterans, and civilians that provides supportive community based services for soldiers with Traumatic Brain injury, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and other injuries sustained during combat.

2018 Design Innovation Winner

After 18 years on Wall Street, including 10 at Goldman Sachs as a partner, Paul Scialla’s interest in altruistic capitalism and sustainability led him to establish the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), which administers the WELL Building Standard® globally to improve human health and well-being through the built environment. Developed through seven years of rigorous research in collaboration with leading physicians, scientists, and industry professionals, WELL is the first building standard focused exclusively on the ways that buildings, and everything in them, affect the comfort and well-being of the people inside. By monitoring seven core concepts of building performance that have been scientifically proven to positively impact human health and wellness, including air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort, and mind, WELL works in the background to improve our comfort, drive better health choices, and generally enhance, not compromise, our overall wellness. Additionally, IWBI has committed 51 percent of net profits, after taxes, generated by registration fees, certification fees, and recertification fees received from real estate projects applying for WELL Certification, toward charitable contributions and impact investment focused on health, wellness, and the built environment. Since IWBI’s inception, Paul has become a leading voice in the sustainability movement, serving as a keynote speaker at prominent green building, real estate, and technology forums and conferences around the world. He is also the founder and CEO of Delos, a New York-based wellness real estate and technology firm, a member of the board of directors for the Chopra Foundation, and a founding board member of the JUST Capital Foundation.

2018 Nancy Vincent McClelland Merit Award Winner

Tamie Glass teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in interior design at The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture. Her intercontinental career launched at Daimler in Germany with the creation of corporate identity projects for the Mercedes-Benz brand, followed by four years in London with Virgile & Stone and Conran and Partners. Her expertise extends from high-end hospitality and retail projects throughout the EU and Asia to wellness, corporate, and residential designs in the U.S.

Her forthcoming book, “Prompt: Socially Engaging Objects and Environments,” will be published by Birkhäuser Switzerland in the summer of 2018. As a thought-starter for designers, it explores modes of psychosocial interaction and engagement within spaces. She will continue to explore design and human behavior as a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Center for the Built Environment in the spring of 2019.

Tamie holds NCIDQ certification, is a Registered Interior Designer in the State of Texas, and maintains an Austin-based design practice with Associate Professor Ulrich Dangel. Since 2008, she has been the recipient of nearly thirty local, regional, and national design awards including the 2012 Interior Design Educators Council Creative Scholarship Best in Show, the 2011 ASID Educator Design Excellence Award, and the 2014 Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award by The University of Texas System.