Jeannie Natta is an Interim Director for University of Washington Project Delivery Group. She received a Certificate in Construction Management in 2009 and MS Construction Management in 2013 from the University of Washington. Prior to her work in Project Delivery Group, Jeannie spent 10 years in the electrical trade, as a commercial electrician, and 12 years as an educator in university residential life programs. Jeannie draws upon her varied career background to manage projects for the University.

Marco’s career spans 33 years in the MEP design and build industry, the last 32 years at McKinstry Company, a national consulting, construction, energy and facility services firm based in Seattle. Experience includes Purchasing, Estimating, Preconstruction, Construction Management, Sales and Account Executive roles. As a Director of Business Development he leads the company’s market analysis, strategic planning, and oversees account executives account plans. Marco continues to build networks in the Developer, Architectural, Engineering and General Contracting communities. He has volunteered for the last two decades serving on Board of Directors for DBIA, NAIOP and the Mechanical Contractors Association.

As chair for the Annual DBIA Golf Tournament; Dave devotes his time and boundless energy to ensure this sold-out Tournament is an annual success! This important fund-raising Tournament provides scholarship funds for our annual student scholarship winners.

Jim is a long-time employee benefits broker, specializing in A/E/C companies.

Ty is an experienced project engineer who has been building on his civil engineering and economics background since he joined the construction industry with Lease Crutcher Lewis in 2017. He encountered several project delivery types in the healthcare market to start his career, including GC/CM, but found his calling when he had the opportunity to work on two Progressive Design-Build projects for higher education clients. Whether in project definition, design/preconstruction, or in the field, Ty values the cross-disciplinary collaboration Design-Build fosters and enjoys any opportunity to expose and educate future partners on the future of project delivery.

Jeff is an architect who takes pride in examining and improving processes. He is dedicated to delivering well-designed, constructible solutions that fit client needs. He has a Master of Architecture from Washington State University and works on Higher Education, Civic, and K-12 projects. He has a broad range of experience from pouring concrete in the field as a general laborer on large commercial construction to leading clients through the design and decision-making process as an architect. All of these experiences feed into Jeff’s passion for learning and improving his everyday work.

Brian Aske is an Operations Director for Lease Crutcher Lewis, leading integrated delivery projects. He has served on the DBIA Northwest Region Board for over 13 years and advanced Washington State’s current progressive design-build legislation. He has been a vocal advocate for design-build since his first design-build experience 27 years ago. Over the last 5 years, he has delivered $300M in progressive design-build projects, including DBIA’s 2021 Project of the Year and Best in Architecture.