Betsy is the executive director of programs + engagement for the Alliance. For more than 20 years, she has excelled at helping people think differently by taking complex ideas and concepts, analyzing them from the perspective of others, and translating the results into action. If you want to meet people bringing innovation to the housing industry, or know what’s new, she’s your ticket. A natural collaborator with a great social sense, she connects the dots between smart people, forward-thinking companies and big ideas. With Betsy in your corner, everyone wins. That’s why she helms the Housing Innovation Alliance, a passion she’s pursued since 2008 with founding partner IBACOS and now as the Executive Director, Program + Engagement of an independent entity focused on bringing business and technical innovation to housing. Her responsibilities for strategic planning, member and sponsor engagement, and programming speak to her fierce attention to detail, creative mind, and ability to make complex subjects tangible, relevant and actionable.  She adds depth to ideas, finds and shares new opportunities, and conveys greater understanding to business issues. Armed with a degree in Marketing from the University of Pittsburgh, Betsy cut her teeth in the agency world and as an independent B2B and B2C marketing consultant before joining IBACOS in 2006. In her off-time, she’s either feeding her farm-to-table foodie jones, working on her century-old house, or spending time with her husband and fur children, Watson and Finnegan, at one of Pittsburgh’s many parks and rivers.

Teri is principal of tst ink and founder of the America at Home Study. She works with community developers and entrepreneurs to tap into deep customer insights and create places and brands that connect with people through experiences that matter. Over nearly three decades, she has brought to life some of the most valued and recognized brands in resort and community development.  As chief marketing officer at Newland for more than a decade, she was the architect of the largest U.S. community developer’s brand, elevating its application in more than 40 communities in 14 states, where she also led new community startups, opening 11 new communities in four years.

President of the Housing Innovation Alliance, Dennis is a catalyst. An expert at driving market transformation programs, he knows people, money, and how to get things done. As president of the Alliance, he leads our strategic vision and smart growth of our community. Prior to the Alliance, Dennis helped change the face of the housing industry in Saudi Arabia through two key initiatives: the Ministry of Housing’s Building Technology Stimulus Initiative (BTSI) and SABIC’s Home of Innovation™ program. In BTSI, Dennis helped to create a nationwide program to develop a modular housing industry—modeling 26 strategic initiatives that would jumpstart the creation of a robust construction ecosystem, evaluating 200+ global technology providers, and securing initial approval for $4B in government investment. Within one year, the commitment grew to $40B. Dennis was also a key player in SABIC’s Home of Innovation program, a $30M+ multi-year market engagement program focused on encouraging collaboration among the housing value chain and ensuring that better construction practices are adopted throughout the region. Together with his team, Dennis established and managed a global ecosystem of more than 1,000 subject matter experts, including 46 leading manufacturer partners. The program resulted in the Middle East’s first LEED platinum home, a pilot community of 1,200 LEED Silver homes and a LEED gold interactive exhibition center, which has become the epicenter for collaboration in the region. As of 2016, the program yielded 40+ business opportunities with more than $200M in new value creation. Before and after going global, Dennis acted as a consultant to and developer of residential and mixed-use real estate projects in southwestern PA, several of which are considered pioneering examples of placemaking in North America—including Venango Trails, Edgewater and Newbury. In his spare time, he enjoys big adventures with his wife and sons on the water and in the mountains and supports the efforts of other entrepreneurs—advising and investing in their startup companies.

Ryan is director of design for DAHLIN. An innovator in design thinking, Ryan challenges teams across the firm to think differently. Harnessing the potential of a given project’s vision, he is known for seeding brainstorming sessions with fresh perspective and thought-provoking questions that inspire DAHLIN’s teams to push the envelope of design and solve problems for its clients. He has led the innovative architectural design of many building types that have moved design forward while passing the test of market demands.

Nicole is the chief operating officer, president, and co-founder of Tangible, a software platform that will help real estate owners and developers reduce the embodied carbon of their construction. Tangible enables centralized data management – tracking, managing, and reporting embodied carbon of projects across portfolios. Previously, Nicole was a sustainability manager for Novalis Innovative Flooring and an equity research and operations analyst with 19 Capital Management. A Harvard graduate, Nicole is currently certified as a LEED Green Associate and was previously an accredited professional under Reset Air and WELL.

Eric is VP of innovation for SMI and the liaison to The Picket Fence builder, EcoCraft Homes. He is a registered architect and a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture. From 1998 to 2005, Eric worked at Integrated Building & Construction Solutions (IBACOS), one of the nation’s leading research and development firms in the homebuilding industry, where he led technology transfer and builder enablement programs on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building America program.