A voracious advocate of urbanism, RELM’s Founding Principal Scott Baker seeks to engender public life in cities across America. He’s deeply committed to the role transit plays in elevating daily life, reconciling disparate uses and users to create signature destinations. Recent commissions include FBI’s Redstone Innovation Campus in Huntsville, AL; UC San Diego’s Science Research Park (one of two Wexford Science and Technology projects); Liberation Park in East Oakland, and District NOHO, LA Metro’s largest P3 commission. Scott’s ability to synthesize site programming requirements with mobility, circulation, and community benefit makes him a trusted ally for client and project teams alike.

Doris Sung brings active systems to sustainable design far beyond the simple “greening” of a building. With the belief that buildings can be more sensitive to the changing environment like human skin, she seeks ways to make the building skin dynamic and responsive. Through grant-funded research, she is developing smart materials, such as thermobimetals, to self-ventilate, self-shade, self-structure, self-assemble and self-propel in response to changes in temperatures–all with zero-energy and no controls. More recently, she is rethinking the liminal surface of the façade as part of a city’s infrastructure and designing innovative building products that will improve public health for pedestrians in addition to that of the building occupants.

Juggling between research and teaching at the University of Southern California, Doris publishes, lectures and exhibits internationally while managing to bring her patented inventions to the market. Her TED.com talk has reached 1.25 million views and her list of awards include an ‘Architectural Record’s’ Best Architectural Product Award, Architecture Masterprize, A/N’s Best Products Award, Architizer Z+ awards, National AIA Small Projects Award, ACSA Design Awards, ‘Architect Magazine’ R+D awards, World Technology Award and the [next idea] award from ARS Electronica. She has been named a fellow of Google’s R+D for the Built Environment, the U.S. Artist, the Rockefeller Foundation (Bellagio Center) and the Headlands Center for the Arts.

Doris received her M.Arch. degree from Columbia University and her B.A. degree from Princeton University.

Erin is a trained nonprofit leader and multidisciplinary designer with a unique ability to build coalitions and inspire change. Erin began her career as a grassroots community organizer in her hometown of Durham, North Carolina where she worked with residents of public housing to address the challenges faced by underserved communities. While attending USC School of Architecture, she co-founded Architecture + Advocacy and has successfully grown our organization into a 501c3 non-profit with chapters in LA and NY. As president, she forges meaningful partnerships with local stakeholders, trains emerging leaders to merge design with community organizing, and leads A+A to combat spatial injustice.

Andrew Flores is a Planner who works in a current planning role reviewing ministerial development proposals in unincorporated urban Los Angeles. He was appointed to serve as the Planners4Health Advisor on the American Planning Association (APA) California Chapter Board. Last year, he was elected to serve as Treasurer of APA Latinos and Planning Division. Andrew is excited to start a new role this year on the APA Planning Officials Committee. Andrew is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He received a Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from Cal Poly Pomona. He is currently reading and recommends Creative Acts for Curious People How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways.