Mr. Cramer has spent a lifetime in the fields of architecture, design, and construction and has become one of the world’s foremost thinkers on the future of both the architecture profession and the construction industry. He is chairman and principal of the Greenway Group, a leading management consultancy based in Atlanta, Georgia; president of the Design Futures Council, a Washington, DC-based think tank; and publisher of "DesignIntelligence", a management and leadership journal. He has also has served as chief executive of the American Institute of Architects as well as publisher and group publisher of "Architecture" magazine. Mr. Cramer has authored three books on management and leadership: "Design Plus Enterprise: Seeking a New Reality in Architecture" and two works co-authored with Scott Simpson, the bestselling "How Firms Succeed: A Field Guide to Design Management" and "The Next Architect: A New Twist on the Future". Mr. Cramer has also served as president of the American Architectural Foundation and president of the AIA Service Corporation, where he was publisher of "Architecture" magazine in the mid-1980s.

Ms. Franklin is a longtime IBM employee who specializes in transformation management. Having started in 2000, she is currently managing consultant for Strategy & Transformation Global Center of Excellence. Ms. Franklin has focused on change management, knowledge management, human capital management, product management, supply chain management, customer relationship management, operations management, commercialization of technology, new manager training, portal/website content management, cloud computing strategy, web 2.0 adoption, crowdsourcing, ideation and social media. She possesses particular strengths in business and technology strategy development and process improvement for public- and private-sector organizations. Ms. Franklin has consistently delivered across multiple phases of strategy and change projects, with high client satisfaction, for numerous federal agencies. Her commercial sector include: ENN (a China-based energy company), Cisco Systems, Inc., Fluor Corporation, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Federated Department Stores, Inc., and Dollar Tree, Inc.

Mr. Ferry is owner of J. Neal Ferry Business Consulting. where he specializes in employing methodology to provide goal-oriented, process driven improvements via internal changes to make existing revenue accretive. The processes identifies and executes against measurable milestones to ensure that all aspects of a given area of needed improvement will be completed successfully. Mr. Ferry is driven and motivated by results. He finds methods with internal organizational resources to achieve needed improvements. Mr. Ferry has repeatedly worked with businesses to expand gross margins, lower costs, and increase revenue. He engages with businesses across many industries, including building construction, real estate remodeling, water treatment and filtration, pipeline construction, property management, and heavy civil construction, among others. Prior to the creation of his consulting firm, he held several positions at Astec Industries and Peter Kiewit Sons Inc.. Mr. Ferry also serves on several corporate boards.

Ms. Radin is a pragmatic innovator and customer-driven, tech-enabled marketer who builds businesses and solves problems in ways traditional approaches cannot achieve. She builds and mobilizes high-energy teams that view the world through the lens of the customer and push the envelope to achieve unexpected and extraordinary results. She is the former senior executive director and chief marketing officer at AXA Group, a $139 billion global insurance and asset management company with a team of 100 and a $65 million budget, where she reported to the CEO. She led a $40 million digital investment, including an award-winning site redesign, which improved lead generation, service account management, and client relationship financial drivers. Ms. Radin transformed AXA Group’s marketing division, aligning it to business priorities. She centralized the division into one team with five centers of excellence—brand, digital, insights and analytics, product marketing, and communications. Ms. Radin led a US launch, involving a $73 million media spend over three years, which leveraged a number one category position. She has held executive positions at E*Trade Financial Group, Readers Digest Association, Inc., Dime Bancorp, Inc. and the American Express Company.

Ms. Ahmad-Llewellyn is a former owner and vice chairman of the Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc., a privately-held corporation and the fourth largest Coke bottler in the United States. She pioneered the creation of home care in New York City, and had a successful career in the home healthcare field. Ms. Ahmad-Llewellyn currently serves as a vice chairman of Jazz at Lincoln Center, is vice chairman of The New 42nd Street, and is on the board of Peace First, originator of the Peace First Prize. Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed her to the New York City Commission on Women’s Issues, where she served during all three of his mayoral terms. She is a founding board member of Platform.org, a new non-profit organization focused on diversifying participation and success in the growing innovation economy.