Pragnesh is partner at ReddishParikh A+U and has 20 years experience in design, project management, consultant selection and coordination, staff hiring and supervision, quality assurance and construction administration. He has worked for Sclater Partners Architects, Callison, LMN Architects and Ambia. His projects include 1200 Stewart mixed-use development and the Seattle Central Library in Seattle, Microsoft West Campus in Redmond, and Summit and Civica office buildings in Bellevue. He has extensive experience with Seattle’s Design Review program, having worked with out of town firms to best navigate the design review process and create buildings that respond to Seattle’s culture. He holds a Masters in Urban Studies and Geography degree from Temple University, and completed a Postgraduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning and an Undergraduate Program in Architecture at CEPT University in Ahmadabad, India. He is also an architectural photographer.

Sheri is an architect and writer with over 20 years of experience in Seattle, New York, and Boston. She has a wide variety of experience, including design of single family homes, office buildings, convention centers, cultural facilities, airports and a presidential library. She has written extensively about architecture and design; she has written several books on architecture, served as a contributing editor to Architectural Record and architectural critic for the Seattle PI and Times, and contributed articles to numerous magazines such as Dwell and Shelter. Her community service experience in Seattle includes a term on the Seattle Design Commission where she participated in the First Hill West Slope Workshop and the Future of Alaskan Way Workshops. She also contributed to the development of the Seattle Right-of-Way Improvement Manual. In 2007, she was a member of the Uptown & South Lake Union, Visioning Charrette Stakeholder Group and contributed to developing “A Joint Vision for Uptown and South Lake Union Urban Centers.” She was elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and is a LEED accredited professional. She has a Masters degree in architecture from Columbia University and a Bachelors degree in architecture from the University of Arizona..

Brian Scott is an urban designer and planner in private practice, with 30 years of experience in comprehensive community development, including specialties in downtown revitalization, demonstration projects, communications, stakeholder engagement, management, consensus building, and public policy. He has worked on a range of projects such as redevelopment plans for Fort Lawton, the Alaskan Way Viaduct, and Meydenbauer Bay Park in this region, as well as development renewal plans in Portland Astoria, Salem, Coeur d’Alene, Missoula, and Billings. He is currently working with several Seattle neighborhoods on creating or renewing Business Improvement Areas. He was a nonprofit executive with Livable Oregon, Oregon Downtown Development Association, and the Portland Schools Real Estate Trust. He served on the board of the International Downtown Association and the Oregon Parks Foundation. He earned a Ph.D. in Urban Studies from Portland State University, a Certificate in Non-profit Management from the Center for Urban Education, a Masters in Landscape Architecture from North Carolina State University and a BS from Oregon State University.

Jan Frankina has over 25 years of design and planning experience and is a principal of her own firm, Jan Frankina LLC, which specializes in residential construction following Not So Big housing practices. Previously, she was the director of retail and urban design for Gensler Architects, and the director of design and planning for the Pennsylvania Ave Corporation, both in Washington, DC. She has served as the executive director of the Kentlands Community Foundation, as a member of the Columbus Comprehensive Masterplan, and on the board of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. She holds a Masters of Architecture degree from Harvard University, a Master in Community Design from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Boston University.