The Cramer Center board meets twice per year: once on the NSU campus and again in a place of relevance. The meetings are for social networking and well as sharing and challenging current assumptions about design and success.
The advisory board provides content and documentation of design relevant to the Upper Midwest and worldwide.
Phil Enquist, FAIA, former SOM partner
Harnessing the energy for change
Robin Prater, Ph.D., architectural historian
The courage of Edwin Lutyens
Peter Beck, former CEO The Beck Group
Construction innovation technologies
Dan Noble, FAIA, CEO of HKS
The power of design from small to big, and from Aberdeen to Sidney
Vini Nathan, Ph.D., provost and senior vice president, Academic Affairs, Auburn University
Insights from the rural studio
James P. Cramer, hon. AIA, co-chair (non-executive)
New reality scenarios and futures invention
Don Kasian, hon. FAIA, FRCIA, Kasian Architecture and Interiors
The leadership of collaboration
Williston Dye, FAIA, former Disney executive architect
Entrepreneurship and design
Curtis Fentress, FAIA, FRIBA, Fentress Architects
Applied brilliance in placemaking
Patrick Cermak, president/COO of Wight & Company
Design-build and the goal-oriented firm
Robert Russell, Northern State University library director, co-chair
Innovation and relevance for students
Scott Simpson, FAI, consultant and author
Documenting design intent and value
R. Nicholas Loope, FAIA, an exemplar of small-firm success
The essence of Frank Lloyd Wright
Erin Fouberg, Ph.D., associate vice president, NSU
Student-centered innovation
Nila R. Leiserowitz, FIIDA, FASID, former managing partner, Gensler
Measuring up
Rev. Ron Presek (ret)
Honoring ethics, doing the right thing
Raymond A. Ritchey, executive vice president, BXP
Financial risk/reward scenarios in real estate
Thomas Hurlburt, AIA, partner of Co-Op Architects
What clients are looking for
Doug Wignall, CEO, HDR Architecture
Rejection's strategic potential: the resilient designer
Agatha Kessler, Ph.D., president, Aerial Futures
Cross-border collaborations
Edward Kodet Jr., FAIA, Kodet Architectural Group
Preparing students for success by design
Steve McKay, RIBA, hon. FAIA, CEO of DLR Group
Leading the professional services firm
Veronica Schreibeis Smith, AIA, Vera Iconica Architecture
Wellness and transformation
Luis Rico-Gutierrez, Ph.D, Dean of the College of Design, Iowa State
Massive opportunities in design and agriculture
Stephen Fiskum, FAIA, architect and former COO of HGA Architects
Bringing design and management to healthy communities