Advisory Boards - Architecture and Facility Management

Architecture

Mr. Chris Kretovic, AIA, LEED AP Vice President/Senior Architect Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber Grand Rapids, MI [email protected] Mr. Ben Loznak, AIA, NCARB Associate Architect Paradigm Design Traverse City, MI [email protected] Mr. Tom Nemitz, AIA Cornerstone Architects Grand Rapids, MI [email protected] Mr. Arthur Smith, FAIA Harley Ellis Devereaux Southfield, MI [email protected] Mr. Jim Winter-Troutwine, RA Winter-Troutwine Associates Inc. Grand Rapids, MI [email protected] Ms. Rebecca Shields University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Chicago, IL [email protected]

Mr. Steven Hoekzema, AIA Tower Pinkster Grand Rapids, MI [email protected] Mr. Michael Kirk, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal Neumann/Smith Architecture Southfield, MI [email protected] Ms. Kristen Stout, RA, Project Architect Axis Architecture + Interiors Indianapolis, Indiana [email protected] Mr. John VanHouten, AIA Progressive Architecture & Engineering Grand Rapids, MI [email protected] Ms. Megan Feenstra Wall Mathison Architects Grand Rapids, MI [email protected]

Facility Management

Mr. Marc Adelman, AIA, CFM, CCS Principal Perkins Eastman Chicago, IL [email protected] Mr. Skip Camp, CFM, Director Department of Facilities Management & Campus Safety Hodges University Naples, FL [email protected] Mr. Chris Hodges, PE, CFM, IFMA Fellow Facility Engineering Associates Fairfax, VA [email protected] Mr. Sergio Pages Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer StructureTEC Farmington Hills, MI [email protected] Mr. Jeremiah Hover, CFM Jones Lang LaSalle Newton Square, PA Newark, NJ [email protected]

Mr. Damon Gonzales, CFM Vice President for Facilities Management Davenport University Grand Rapids, MI [email protected] Mr. Steve Orsargos, CFM Senior Manager, Portfolio & Space Management DTE Energy Detroit, MI [email protected] Mr. John Stivers J.H. Stivers Project Services LLC Shelby, MI [email protected] Mr. Gregory L. Cole, CHFM, CHC Director, Facilities Operations Corewell Health Grand Rapids, MI [email protected]

Advisory board committees are an important mechanism for connecting the university with professional communities. They bring external members' experience and perspectives to bear as the university considers future academic program growth and monitors the quality of its existing academic programs.

Advisory board member responsibilities include:

Assess and comment on department/program strategic directions.

Help ensure that programs and departments are attuned to professional and community trends.

Provide early input in the course and program development process as new courses and programs are being conceptualized.

Play an important role in the quality assurance of programs, and for each course or group of courses under its jurisdiction, will:

• Offer advice and evaluative comment on new course and program proposals in terms of professional practice
• Review the annual progress of continuing courses and programs, and the proposed course improvements contained therein
• Assess proposed major changes to program
• Consider any other matter relating to course and program development or operation

Offer advice on marketing, student recruitment, student internships, and job placement.

Provide advice and assistance on faculty recruitment, faculty development, and research opportunities.

Help to identify and create external teaching, consulting, advancement, and research opportunities.

Provide assistance, personally, through company affiliation, or networking opportunities in meeting the program needs for cash and equipment.