Mary Ann Lazarus, Faia, Leed Fellow Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo

St. Louis, Mo

I am a consultant with the firm of Cameron MacAllister Group, advisors to the design and construction professions. CMG offers targeted advisory services to help firms become better at what they do and is considered a trusted voice with many leading design firms. I bring my interest and experience in making a more sustainable and resilient built environment to help design-oriented firms discover and achieve their goals in these areas, and to help them integrate sustainable thinking more fully into their culture, organization and work.

Saint Louis, Mo

Mary Ann is an adjunct faculty at Washington University in St. Louis and serves as the Sustainability Coordinator for University College at Washington University

St. Louis, Mo

Saint Louis Mo

Mary Ann led a sustainable design consultancy focused on accelerating shifts in the design of the built environment to resilient, sustainable solutions that will vastly improve human and natural systems. Mary Ann builds on her over 35 year architectural experience at HOK, work as the AIA Resident Fellow, and years of volunteer efforts in sustainability to bring insights, leadership and management skills to this position.

Washington Dc

As Resident Fellow for the AIA, Mary Ann led the effort to prioritize AIA's activities around sustainability and design for health as part of the Institute's repositioning initiative and its commitment to the Decade of Design. Her work led to the implementation of the AIA Sustainability Leadership Opportunity Scan which identified four primary focus area's for AIA's sustainability efforts: Energy, Materials, Design & Health and Resilience. Each of these topics now are being led by a robust team of AIA staff and volunteers with resources, tools, outreach and educational programs underway.

Greater St. Louis Area

As HOK’s firmwide sustainable design director, Mary Ann developed materials and programs to raise awareness and create a consistent base of knowledge across the firm and with HOK’s clients. As a result of her efforts, HOK now has over 900 LEED Accredited professionals and is committed to incorporating sustainable strategies on all projects.Mary Ann is co-author of The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design, Second Edition. She is a regular speaker on sustainable design topics. She is widely quoted in local, regional andnational media.

Saint Louis, Mo

Mary Ann had a 35 year architectural career at HOK, a global design practice, which moved from intern architect, to project architect, project manager, ADA specialist, to director of firmwide practices, culminating in her role as Firmwide Sustainable Design Leader. Mary Ann was the first woman at HOK to be elevated as Fellow in the American Institute of Architects and served on the HOK Board of Directors.

Led a group of professionals promoting innovative delivery practices in technology, professional development, marketing and sustainable design

Led the development of content for HOK's first Knowledge Management intranet website. Focus on establishing Best Practice Procedures and Resources.

Mary Ann chaired the USGBC Greenbuild Program Commitee for five Greenbuilds, working with a tremendous group of committee members to plan and develop high quality programs for the growing and diverse attendance at this important international event. Mary Ann also served on the Greenbuild Steering Committee during this time.

March, Architecture

Architecture

A.B. Magna Cum Laude, Russian Studies