- Sunday, March 19, 2023
11:30 AM – 2:30 PM CDT
Chapter Leaders Meeting
11:30 AM – 2:30 PM CDT
Chapter Leaders Meeting
Location: Salon M
12:00 PM – 5:30 PM CDT
Registration Open
12:00 PM – 5:30 PM CDT
Registration OpenLocation: 3rd Floor FoyerRegistration
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM CDT
Opening Networking Break in the Point
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM CDT
Opening Networking Break in the Point
Location: Salons E&F
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CDT
Tip Off: Welcome to Focus23
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CDT
Tip Off: Welcome to Focus23Location: Salons E&FSpeaker:
Speaker: – Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
Speaker: – Jacobs
Speaker: – Parametrix
Education / Learning Session
Andrea S. Rutledge, CAE, Hon. AIA ### 1534444###Speaker#########Speaker:
### @@@ Khaled Naja, CCM, PE – Dallas Fort Worth International Airport ### 1596883###Speaker###Executive Vice President, Infrastructure & Development###Dallas Fort Worth International Airport###Speaker: – Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
### @@@ Christine Oates, CCM (she/her/hers) – Jacobs ### 1883120###Speaker###Vice President###Jacobs###Speaker: – Jacobs
### she/her/hers @@@ Craig Sweet, CCM – Parametrix ### 1537279###Speaker###Construction Manager###Parametrix###Speaker: – Parametrix
### 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CDT
CMAA Focus23 Tailgate
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CDT
CMAA Focus23 TailgateLocation: Pearl Room 1 - 3Networking & Food Function
- Monday, March 20, 2023
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM CDT
Registration Open
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM CDT
Registration OpenLocation: 3rd Floor FoyerRegistration
8:00 AM – 9:45 AM CDT
Breakfast Plenary Session: The Connected Leader
8:00 AM – 9:45 AM CDT
Breakfast Plenary Session: The Connected LeaderLocation: Salons E&FEducation Session & Food Function
Colette Carlson ### 1859292###Speaker#########Speaker:
### 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM CDT
Networking Break in the Point
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM CDT
Networking Break in the PointLocation: Salons E&FNetworking & Food Function
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT
CMAA Member Open Space Session: “Prometheus”
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT
CMAA Member Open Space Session: “Prometheus”Location: Conference Rooms 20-21Moderator:
Moderator: – CMAA Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Education / Learning Session
Andrea S. Rutledge, CAE, Hon. AIA ### 1534444###Moderator#########Moderator:
### @@@ Carol Holland, PE, CCM – CMAA Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ### 1461477###Moderator###Chair-designate###CMAA Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion###Moderator: – CMAA Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
### 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT
Dealing with Difficult Clients: How to Make the Client the Hero
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT
Dealing with Difficult Clients: How to Make the Client the HeroLocation: Salons C&DEducation / Learning Session
Rebecca Jones, FCMAA (she/her/hers) – SafeworkCM ### 1765130###Speaker###Chair of the Board###SafeworkCM###Speaker: – SafeworkCM
### she/her/hers
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT
Partner Session: How Contract Surety Bonds Make for Savvy Construction Risk Management! (NASBP)
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT
Partner Session: How Contract Surety Bonds Make for Savvy Construction Risk Management! (NASBP)Location: Salons A&BSpeaker: – Markel Surety
Speaker: – Acrisure, LLC dba Cowan-Hill Bond Agency
Education / Learning Session
Michael Cronin – Markel Surety ### 1873301###Speaker###Vice President, Surety Claims Counsel###Markel Surety###Speaker: – Markel Surety
### @@@ Howard Cowan (he/him/his) – Acrisure, LLC dba Cowan-Hill Bond Agency ### 1873300###Speaker###Principal###Acrisure, LLC dba Cowan-Hill Bond Agency###Speaker: – Acrisure, LLC dba Cowan-Hill Bond Agency
### he/him/his
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM CDT
Focus23 Symposium: Inclusive Work Environments
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM CDT
Focus23 Symposium: Inclusive Work EnvironmentsLocation: Salons E&FModerator: – Cotter Consulting, Inc.
Moderator: – Foster CM Group, Inc.
Education / Learning Session
Anne E. Cotter, CCM – Cotter Consulting, Inc. ### 1535586###Moderator###CEO and President###Cotter Consulting, Inc. ###Moderator: – Cotter Consulting, Inc.
### @@@ Paul Foster, CCM, FCMAA – Foster CM Group, Inc. ### 1859297###Moderator###President/CEO###Foster CM Group, Inc.###Moderator: – Foster CM Group, Inc.
### 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
Networking Break in the Point
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
Networking Break in the PointLocation: Salons E&FNetworking & Food Function
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CDT
CMAA Forum: Recruiting
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CDT
CMAA Forum: RecruitingLocation: Conference Rooms 20-21Moderator: – MBP
Moderator: – SafeworkCM
CMAA Forum
Charles C. Bain, CCM – MBP ### 1537283###Moderator###Project Manager###MBP###Moderator: – MBP
### @@@ Rebecca Jones, FCMAA (she/her/hers) – SafeworkCM ### 1765130###Moderator###Chair of the Board###SafeworkCM###Moderator: – SafeworkCM
### she/her/hers11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CDT
Language is Your Superpower
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CDT
Language is Your SuperpowerLocation: Salons C&DSpeaker: – Brent Darnell International
Speaker: – Brent Darnell International
Education / Learning Session
Andrea Robbins (she/her/hers) – Brent Darnell International ### 1863330###Speaker###President###Brent Darnell International###Speaker: – Brent Darnell International
### she/her/hers @@@ Brent Darnell (he/him/his) – Brent Darnell International ### 1608188###Speaker###Owner###Brent Darnell International###Speaker: – Brent Darnell International
### he/him/his
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CDT
Partner Session: RICS: Overview & Standards and Practice Statements for Cost Managers (RICS)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CDT
Partner Session: RICS: Overview & Standards and Practice Statements for Cost Managers (RICS)Location: Salons A&BSpeaker: – Turner & Townsend
Education / Learning Session
Ben Manning (he/him/his) – Turner & Townsend ### 1925341###Speaker###Ben Manning MRICS###Turner & Townsend###Speaker: – Turner & Townsend
### he/him/his
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CDT
Networking Lunch in the Point
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CDT
Networking Lunch in the PointLocation: Salons E&FNetworking & Food Function
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CDT
CMAA Member Open Space Session: “Prometheus”
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CDT
CMAA Member Open Space Session: “Prometheus”Location: Conference Rooms 20-21Education / Learning Session
Andrea S. Rutledge, CAE, Hon. AIA ### 1534444###Moderator#########Moderator:
### @@@ Luis Delgado ### 1542839###Moderator#########Moderator:
### 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CDT
Delivering Net Zero: Creative Approaches to Execution and Funding
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CDT
Delivering Net Zero: Creative Approaches to Execution and FundingLocation: Salons C&DSpeaker: – City of San Antonio
Moderator: – Primera Engineers, Ltd.
Speaker:
Speaker:
Education / Learning Session
Douglas Melnick – City of San Antonio ### 1876463###Speaker###Chief Sustainability Officer###City of San Antonio###Speaker: – City of San Antonio
### @@@ Lourdes Gonzalez, AIA (she/her/hers) – Primera Engineers, Ltd. ### 1883121###Moderator###Senior Vice President###Primera Engineers, Ltd.###Moderator: – Primera Engineers, Ltd.
### she/her/hers @@@ Anna Morton Rivera ### 1939632###Speaker#########Speaker:
### @@@ Staley Harrison ### 1539633###Speaker#########Speaker:
###
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CDT
Partner Session: Innovating the Corps (USACE)
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CDT
Partner Session: Innovating the Corps (USACE)Location: Salons A&BSpeaker:
Speaker: – USACE
Speaker: – US Army Corps of Engineers
Education / Learning Session
Kenneth Simmons ### 1806682###Speaker#########Speaker:
### @@@ Alexandra B. Henderson Connors – USACE ### 1872503###Speaker###Construction Management Technology Modernization Officer ###USACE ###Speaker: – USACE
### @@@ Darrick Godfrey, PE – US Army Corps of Engineers ### 1862775###Speaker###Construction Management Innovation Officer###US Army Corps of Engineers###Speaker: – US Army Corps of Engineers
###
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
Focus23 Symposium: Workforce Development
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
Focus23 Symposium: Workforce DevelopmentLocation: Salons E&FModerator: – Kitchell
Moderator: – S&ME
Education / Learning Session
Bill S. Johal, CCM – Kitchell ### 1859298###Moderator###Vice President###Kitchell###Moderator: – Kitchell
### @@@ Christine Goins, PE, CCM – S&ME ### 1537284###Moderator###Client Development Leader###S&ME###Moderator: – S&ME
###
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
Networking Break in the Point
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
Networking Break in the PointLocation: Salons E&FNetworking & Food Function
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
CMAA Forum: DEIB
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
CMAA Forum: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and BelongingLocation: Conference Rooms 20-21Moderator: – HNTB Corporation
Moderator: – Bowers+Kubota
CMAA Forum
Justine A. Belizaire-Gouveia, CCM – HNTB Corporation ### 1525322###Moderator###Associate Vice President - Deputy Program Manager###HNTB Corporation###Moderator: – HNTB Corporation
### @@@ Chad J. White, JD, CCM (he/him/his) – Bowers+Kubota ### 1872267###Moderator###Program Manager###Bowers+Kubota###Moderator: – Bowers+Kubota
### he/him/his3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
Partner Session: US Private Real Estate Investment in 2023 (AFIRE & NAREIM)
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
Partner Session: US Private Real Estate Investment in 2023 (AFIRE & NAREIM)Location: Salons A&BSpeaker: – AFIRE (Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate)
Moderator: – NAREIM
Speaker:
Education / Learning Session
Gunnar Branson (he/him/his) – AFIRE (Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate) ### 1862801###Speaker###CEO###AFIRE (Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate)###Speaker: – AFIRE (Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate)
### he/him/his @@@ Zoe Hughes – NAREIM ### 1862804###Moderator###CEO###NAREIM###Moderator: – NAREIM
### @@@ Carrington Brown ### 1883417###Speaker#########Speaker:
### 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
Simplifying Your Digitalization Journey
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
Simplifying Your Digitalization JourneyLocation: Salons C&DSpeaker: – Berkeley Research Group
Education / Learning Session
Ralph Kreider, Ph.D., PE – Berkeley Research Group ### 1878699###Speaker###Associate Director###Berkeley Research Group###Speaker: – Berkeley Research Group
### 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
Reception in the Point
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
Reception in the PointLocation: Salons E&FNetworking & Food Function
- Tuesday, March 21, 2023
7:00 AM – 1:45 PM CDT
Registration Open
7:00 AM – 1:45 PM CDT
Registration OpenLocation: 3rd Floor FoyerRegistration
7:15 AM – 8:15 AM CDT
Wellness: Yoga for Every Body
7:15 AM – 8:15 AM CDT
Wellness: Yoga for Every BodyLocation: Conference Room 4Wellness
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CDT
Networking Breakfast in the Point
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CDT
Networking Breakfast in the PointLocation: Salons E&FNetworking & Food Function
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CDT
Partner Session: Ask, Listen, Respond...Skills for Successful Business Development (SMPS)
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CDT
Partner Session: Ask, Listen, Respond...Skills for Successful Business Development (SMPS)Location: Salons C&DSpeaker: – Dragonfly AEC Consulting
Education / Learning Session
Kayla McCause, CPSM (she/her/hers) – Dragonfly AEC Consulting ### 1880529###Speaker###Marketing Strategist###Dragonfly AEC Consulting###Speaker: – Dragonfly AEC Consulting
### she/her/hers
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CDT
Partner Session: Meet NIBS
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CDT
Partner Session: Meet NIBSLocation: Salons A&BSpeaker: – National Institute of Building Sciences
Education / Learning Session
AC Powell, JD (he/him/his) – National Institute of Building Sciences ### 1872783###Speaker###President & CEO###National Institute of Building Sciences ###Speaker: – National Institute of Building Sciences
### he/him/his
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM CDT
Focus23 Symposium: Risk & Claims
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM CDT
Focus23 Symposium: Risk & ClaimsLocation: Salons E&FModerator: – Arcadis
Moderator: – Arcadis
Moderator: – Arcadis
Education / Learning Session
Joe Seibold, PE, FCMAA – Arcadis ### 1859295###Moderator###Executive Vice President###Arcadis###Moderator: – Arcadis
### @@@ Richard Citrine (he/him/his) – Arcadis ### 1872252###Moderator###Director of Risk Management###Arcadis ###Moderator: – Arcadis
### he/him/his @@@ Greg Holness, ESQ, PE – Arcadis ### 1872253###Moderator###Operations Director###Arcadis###Moderator: – Arcadis
###
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CDT
Networking Break in the Point
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CDT
Networking Break in the PointLocation: Salons E&FNetworking & Food Function
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT
CMAA Forum: Technology
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT
CMAA Forum: TechnologyLocation: Salons C&DModerator: – STV
Moderator: – Berkeley Research Group
CMAA Forum
Kristen Van Gilst, CCM – STV ### 1901790###Moderator###Digital Advisory Lead###STV###Moderator: – STV
### @@@ Ralph Kreider, Ph.D., PE – Berkeley Research Group ### 1878699###Moderator###Associate Director###Berkeley Research Group###Moderator: – Berkeley Research Group
### 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT
Partner Session: How to Future-Proof Your Organization (San Antonio SHRM Chapter)
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT
Partner Session: How to Future-Proof Your Organization (San Antonio SHRM Chapter)Location: Salons A&BSpeaker: – San Antonio HR Management Association (SAHRMA)
Education / Learning Session
Gonzalo Soliz, MSHRM, SHRM-SCP (he/him/his) – San Antonio HR Management Association (SAHRMA) ### 1862855###Speaker###2022 SAHRMA President###San Antonio HR Management Association (SAHRMA)###Speaker: – San Antonio HR Management Association (SAHRMA)
### he/him/his
12:00 PM – 12:15 PM CDT
Networking Break in the Point
12:00 PM – 12:15 PM CDT
Networking Break in the PointLocation: Salons E&FNetworking & Food Function
12:15 PM – 1:45 PM CDT
Owners' Future Forecasting Town Hall (with Lunch)
12:15 PM – 1:45 PM CDT
Owners' Future Forecasting Town Hall (with Lunch)Location: Salons E&FEducation Session & Food Function
