Sandra Biddulph is a structural engineer and a principal at the firm DCI Engineers. Before settling down in Irving, Sandra worked in both Los Angeles and Seattle and has had a really interesting career journey. She's worked at small firms, co-founded her own practice, and worked on the general contractor side before becoming principal at DCI. She appreciates the art of structural design; watching a project come together, with a tangible finished product that becomes part of our built environment.

Irina Schneid is an architect, educator, and principal of an interdisciplinary design lab: SCH+ARC Studio LLC. Her research, teaching, and practice are focused on activating drawing as a generative tool in the production of spatial relations. She is currently teaching undergraduate design and theory courses at Pratt Institute and Columbia University.

Laura Guzman is the National Director of Marketing and Business Development at the global engineering firm WSP. Prior to that, she was the Chief Operating Officer at Microdesk, a design technology consultancy, so she really has her finger on the pulse of the AEC industries.

Rose McClure is a structural engineer at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger. Rose specializes in the analysis and design of foundation systems, and the repair and rehabilitation of existing structures. Rose is also a co-founder of the Structural Engineering Engagement and Equity Committee (SE3), which was established in 2015 with the mission to study and work to improve engagement and equity in the structural engineering profession.

In this inaugural episode of Design Voice Podcast, I speak with Jill Lerner, FAIA. Jill is an architect and Principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, a global architectural design and planning firm, where she leads their the academic, healthcare, and research practices.