Justin is a principal at DLR Group, where he leads business development for the firm’s Justice+Civic practice across the Northwest. Justin attained Associate DBIA certification in 2017 and full DBIA certification in 2024. His design-build experience includes a variety of DB and PDB projects, including two national DBIA Merit Award winners, the Portland Building Reconstruction Project and the Clackamas County Circuit Courthouse. Prior to joining DLR Group in 2008, Justin was managing editor of the Daily Journal of Commerce. Justin has called Portland home since 2003. He, his wife and their son reside in Portland’s Richmond neighborhood.

Geoffrey is a senior public-sector leader with 13+ years of progressive local government experience, including eight years in leadership roles. As Senior Manager for the City of Hillsboro, he leads a multimillion-dollar portfolio of capital and development projects that advance public infrastructure and economic prosperity. With a background spanning architecture, engineering, and public administration and policy, Geoffrey brings expertise in municipal operations, budget administration, stakeholder engagement, economic development, and change management. He is particularly focused on helping rapidly growing cities address climate change, equitable access to resources, and sustainable development through industry best practices.

Nick incorporates strong design skills and technical expertise in building enclosure into academic and commercial projects. His work has resulted in high-performance and award-winning buildings around the Pacific Northwest. Nick has served on the board for the Oregon Chapter of the Design Build Institute of America for several years and is the current Oregon chapter President. Prior to joining Hennebery Eddy, he worked at the City of Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, in the Urban Design Studio, on the future development of Portland’s Northeast Quadrant plan. Nick is a graduate of the University of New Mexico and earned his Master of Architecture from the University of Oregon.

Mira is a Project Manager and Associate at LRS Architects and has been involved in the DBIA Oregon Chapter since 2019. Her 10+ year career has been largely dedicated to civic design, bringing creative, resilient solutions to technically complex facilities that serve the public. As a manager, Mira enjoys cultivating positive relationships across her project teams, bringing owners and members of the design and construction team together to generate unique, people-focused solutions.

Sarah Young is a Senior Project Manager at Open Concept Architecture. She holds a B.S. in Interior Design from Texas State University and an M.Arch from Pratt Institute, and has built her career on projects ranging from high-rise housing in New York City to wineries in Oregon. With over 10 years of design-build experience, her broad background shapes her belief that strong structure and best practices add value at every scale. Passionate about integrating design and construction teams, Sarah emphasizes trust, clarity, and alignment throughout the process. She has presented at both national and regional conferences on collaborative delivery, and her work is defined by curiosity, teaching, and a focus on cultivating culture and community within the construction industry.

Brian is an electrical engineer focusing on power and lighting systems for municipal, transportation, educational, commercial, and government projects. He brings a collaborative, solutions driven mindset to every job, understanding that successful outcomes come from strong relationships and thoughtful coordination.

As a LEED accredited professional, Brian enjoys the technical challenges that come with complex design work, particularly in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage. His experience working directly with contractors gives him a practical, constructability focused approach that adds value throughout design and delivery.

Matt Godt started his construction career out of Oregon State University in 2001 and joined Walsh Construction Co. (WALSH) in 2010. As Client Relationship Manager, Matt builds upon WALSH’s existing community and business relationships and is responsible for directing the business development work throughout the Oregon and SW Washington region. He is skilled at listening and communicating and as a
WALSH senior project manager, Matt emphasizes a proactive approach based on constant and directcommunication and teamwork. In addition to his project management responsibilities, Matt oversees theplanning of WALSH fundraising opportunities, the proceeds of which benefit local non-profit organizations.

Antonija Krizanac is a former construction professional who draws upon her experience as a project manager in the construction industry to analyze projects from both a legal and client perspective.

As a project manager in various sectors of the construction industry, Antonija has been involved in creating construction-related programs from the ground up and has been involved in more traditional construction project management by managing the technical and financial aspects of her projects.

Currently, Antonija is an associate in Tonkon Torp’s Litigation Department. She works with various businesses as an advocate to help them achieve their goals through trial and dispute resolution strategies.

John Medvec is a Senior Design Integration Manager with Skanska. John is a licensed architect, DBIA Certified and has been engaged in the AEC industry for over thirty years. John’s experience with design build delivery started in 2009 on lump-sum design-build projects and evolved to delivery of healthcare projects using progressive design-build model. John spent over ten years working on the development of bridging documents for design-build RFPs. John has been part of DBIA Oregon for nine years and has served as secretary, promotions and program chairs. John is currently focusing on visiting Oregon State University to discuss design-build with students.

Mouhamadine is a construction estimator at Skanska with experience across aviation, healthcare, K-12 and higher education projects, primarily delivered through design-build and CM/GC. His aviation work includes major projects at the Portland International Airport and Redmond Municipal Airport, and he was also involved with Skanska’s most recent design-build collaboration—the Divine Academic and Hunter Gymnasium project at the Washington School for the Deaf. With deep expertise in budgeting, estimating, value management, systems evaluation and design-assist procurement, he is known for fostering collaborative teams and delivering accurate, decision-ready cost guidance from early design through execution.