Founded by MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang in 1997, Studio Gang Architects is a collective of architects, designers, and thinkers whose work engages pressing contemporary issues and their impact on human experience.

Carol Ross Barney, FAIA, is the founder and design principal of Ross Barney Architects. Her building designs have received numerous honors, including 4 Institute Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects and over 30 AIA Chicago Design Awards.

Carolyn Armenta Davis is an international architectural lecturer, historian, curator, and writer focusing in contemporary architects from the African Diaspora and the diverse cultures, socio-economics, and politics informing their work.

Charles Hasbrouck, AIA, is an associate director at Skidmore Owings & Merrill’s Chicago office.

Eric Keune is a design director at Skidmore Owings & Merrill’s Chicago office.

Blair Kamin is the Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic at the Chicago Tribune and author of Why Architecture Matters: Lessons from Chicago and Terror and Wonder: Architecture in a Tumultuous Age, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

Darrin Alfred is associate curator of architecture, design, and graphics at the Denver Art Museum (DAM).

David Hill, a journalist based in Denver, is a regular contributor to Architectural Record and writes frequently about architecture, design, and urban planning.

Dean Sobel was appointed director of the Clyfford Still Museum in February 2005.

Lindy Eichenbaum Lent is the executive director of the Civic Center Conservancy, a nonprofit organization working to revitalize downtown Denver's 12-acre Civic Center Park.