If you own a planning firm, you need to be thinking strategically about planning for the organization’s next generation of leaders. This session explores strategies and techniques for developing successional ownership plans. Learn how to start an ownership transition, why mentorship is important throughout the transition process, what an effective ownership transfer plan should include, and how to integrate the transition into your firm’s marketing strategies.
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Michael J. Hall
President
Hall & Company
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Bio: Mike Hall has developed more than 150 internal ownership transfer plans for A/E firms nationwide over the past three decades. He is the President of Hall & Company, a consulting and professional liability insurance brokerage for architects, engineers, environmental consultants and surveyors. Licensed in all 50 states, Hall & Company serves more than 3,600 design professional firms nationwide. Mike has an engineering degree and has worked as a surveyor and engineer. He founded Hall & Company in 1989 after completing his MBA at Harvard. Mike has helped firms of various sizes and disciplines to effectively transfer ownership and his plans have proven successful despite the ever-changing economic climate.
Education: MBA, Harvard Graduate School, Boston, MA BSCE, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Summa Cum Laude
Past Assignments: He has been a speaker and seminar leader for Consulting Engineers Councils, the American Institute of Architects, The Professional Services Management Association, and the Financial Manager's Group.
Juliet Vong
President
HBB Landscape Architecture
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Bio: Juliet Vong, ASLA, LEED AP – the Next Generation Owner; President of HBB Landscape Architecture. Juliet’s experience focuses on creating unique places that reinforce community identity. A graduate of the University of Washington, she began her career with HBB during her last year of school and has risen in the firm to become its President in 2009. Juliet is a past member of the University’s Professional Advisory Council and has received multiple awards from state and national design associations.
Education: BLA, Landscape Architecture, University of Washington
Key Publications: “Going With The Flow,” author, Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce “Public, Private Sectors Can Join Forces to Create Communities,” coauthor, Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
Other Publications: “Rediscovering Our Urban Waterfront,” author, Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce “Take A Walk On The Water Side,” educational brochure, coauthor, Seattle Public Utilities “Lighting Brings Focus to Elements of Integrated Design,” author, Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
Past Assignments: King Conservation District, “Naturescaping Workshop,” guest speaker “Design Process and Contract Document Seminar,” lecturer, Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office “Cargo or Cappuccino,” A Public Access Presentation, featured speaker and coauthor, Washington Public Ports Association, Seattle ASLA Conference; Making a Sequel: Ownership Transition in the New World, Panelist
Colie Hough Beck
Principal
Hough Beck & Baird, Inc.(HBB Landscape Architecture)
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Bio: Colie Hough-Beck, ASLA has practiced landscape architecture, planning, and urban design in the Pacific Northwest for 35 years and is a founding Principal of Hough Beck and Baird Inc. (HBB Landscape Architecture) in Seattle, Washington. Her practice has focused on urban infrastructure projects with an emphasis on transportation and waterfront projects. She has received awards from APA, ASLA, and Puget Sound Regional Council. Prior to her private consulting work, Colie was an Associate Planner with the City of Bellevue in Washington at a time when land use and transportation codes and policies were forming the foundation for the urban center it is today. Colie is an active member of the Seattle Planning Commission where she serves as co-chair of the Land Use and Transportation Committee.
Education: BLA, Landscape Architecture, University of Idaho
Other Publications: Seattle Planning Commission Reports: (Member) "Housing Seattle Report" Winter 2011 "Seattle Transit Communities Integrating Neighborhoods with Transit" November 2010 "A Guide to a Backyard Cottage" June 2010 "The Future of Seattle's Industrial Lands" June 2010 HBB:Co-Author "Take a Walk on the Water Side" Brochure November 1999
Past Assignments: ASLA Conference, Making a Sequel:Ownership Transition in the New World, Panelist Eastern Washington University Urban and Regional Planning Dept., Downtown Revitalization, Lecturer IACC Conference, Downtown Revitalization Improving Your Community's Living Room, Speaker ASLA Conference, Restoring the Human Dimension in Cities, Speaker Washington APA Conference,Embracing Transit in Central Puget Sound, Challenges and Community Building Opportunities, Panelist Green Collar Symposium, Building and Site Development Section, Panelist
Mark Hinshaw, FAICP
Director, Urban Design
LMN Architects
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