Architecture, construction and engineering professionals were welcomed by board of
directors chair, Milo Riverso, Ph.D., P.E., CCM, who introduced members of the design and construction team, Caroline Baumann, Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Museum of Design; Richard Southwick, FAIA, LEED AP, Beyer Blinder Belle; Alastair Elliott, Robert Silman Associates, and; Robert Zirkel, E.W.