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Education

• MBA, Seattle University
• Bachelor of Architecture, University of Oregon

About Rich

Rich Mitchell joined Mackenzie as a project architect in 1989. He believes project success is rooted in collaboration and an integrated approach wherein all disciplines work in concert to achieve creative, efficient design solutions. As an early adopter of sustainability rating systems, he is a certified Green Globes Assessor from the Green Building Initiative and has led workshops to educate and mentor professionals towards accreditation. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Green Building Initiative from 2017-2018 and continues his volunteer executive board service as Immediate Past Chair. Rich is also active in community outreach and public speaking on the merits of equitable, diverse, inclusive, and sustainable design at colleges and universities around the country, including several at NewSchool of Architecture and Design. 

Additional Information

• Immediate Past Chair, Green Building Initiative Board of Directors (2019 – present)
• Chair of the Board, Green Building Initiative Board of Directors (2017 – 2018)
• American Institute of Architects, Portland Chapter Past President (2004 – 2005)
• American Institute of Architects, Northwest Pacific Region Board Member (2003 – 2005)
• American Institute of Architects Idaho Design Awards Judge (2016)
• U.S. Green Building Council Member

About Kameron

Kameron Beeks has spent over a decade working with Glumac, after graduating from Oregon State University Honors College with an Honors Bachelor of Sciences in Mechanical Engineering. Kameron leads Glumac’s Higher Education group as a Vice President, a licensed Mechanical Engineer, a LEED Accredited Professional, a WELL Accredited Professional and a Living Building Challenge Ambassador.

Kameron has designed unique sustainable systems such as vacuum plumbing technologies, active chilled beams, radiant systems, measurement and verification reporting strategies, dashboarding, and also writes the software for several of Glumac’s internal design calculation programs.

About Nathan

Mr. White has over fifteen years of education and practice in design, management, development and construction. He is a real estate developer, professional project manager and a construction adviser leader of full turn key development services for projects of all scales in Southern California and Northern Baja California quickly branching out to the global market. As the CEO of AGESS, Inc., Nathan has been able to gain support from many local and state agencies for the Desert Shores Restoration project which was just allocated funds through the California Natural Resources Agency’s Salton Sea Management 10 year plan. Currently “Tres Lagunas” development (pictured above) is bringing binational partners together for a 1 billion dollar project to restore the Colorado River Basin by restoring the Northern Sea of Cortez, Laguna Salada and Salton Sea as a global climate change mitigation and management infrastructure effort. Mr. White is also a Development Project Manager II with the City of San DIego Development Services Department with an aim of bringing practical development experience and large scale planning tools to the New School curriculum for Urban Planning.

Education

• Bachelor of Architecture, NewSchool of Architecture & Design

About Amin

Amin teaches design studio & advanced modeling/rendering in the NewSchool of Architecture & Design undergraduate architecture department. His design approach addresses synthetic relations between architectural space and the surrounding conditions in order to generate a unique user experience. Amin is the founder of dddvisual, Inc which is a visualization company that tells design stories through digital visualization and walk through animation. He graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture First Professional Degree from NewSchool in 2011.