Meet the 2026 Jury!
As a reminder, entry is prohibited by jury members and their employees. If any member of the 2026 jury, or members of their firm or organization, are or were part of a project's professional team or a participant in its implementation process, that project is ineligible for entry this year. Academic applications in which work was completed in a studio course taught or advised by a jury member are permitted, with such juror recusing him/herself from judging the application.
Eric Kronberg, Jury Chair
Founder, Kronberg Urbanists + Architects
Eric Kronberg is a zoning whisperer. He specializes in balancing and blending the often competing needs of urban design, architecture, and development in a potent cocktail for better places. He specializes in breaking down and demystifying regulations to find ways to make great projects possible while helping others navigate the redevelopment maze. He uses his skills for the force of good as a principal at Kronberg Urbanists + Architects (KUA), leading the firm’s skilled practitioners to help our development partners create better places for all. His seven years teaching for the Incremental Development Alliance motivated him to co-found Inc Codes, an incremental code reform company helping mid-sized cities take the next step towards legalizing better places. All this work is directed towards making healthy neighborhoods -- places that are vibrant, lasting, AND inclusive. He recently joined the board of the Seaside Institute to help the leading think tank for the New Urbanism strategically focus on how to integrate attainable housing into our great, walkable places.
Majora Carter
Real Estate Developer, Majora Carter Group
Majora Carter is a real estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant, MacArthur Fellow, Peabody Award winning broadcaster. and teaches at Princeton University. She's responsible for the creation of numerous economic developments, technology inclusion projects, green-infrastructure developments & policies, and job training & placement systems.
Carter applies corporate talent-retention consulting practice to reduce Brain Drain in American low-status communities. She has firsthand experience pioneering sustainable economic development in one of America's most storied low-status communities: the South Bronx, as well as cities across North America and abroad.
She and her teams develop vision, strategies and the type of development that transforms low-status communities into thriving mixed-use local economies. Her approach harnesses capital flows resulting from American re-urbanization to help increase wealth building opportunities across demographics left out of all historic financial tide changes. Majora's work produces long term fiscal benefits for governments, residents, and real estate developments.
She currently serves on the board of directors for STREB and Solar One, and has served on the boards of the US Green Building Council, Ceres, The Wilderness Society, and the Andrew Goodman Foundation. Majora was born, raised and continues to live in the South Bronx. She is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science (1984), Wesleyan University (1988 BA, Distinguished Alum) and New York University (MFA).
Marques King
Managing Principal, Fabric[K] Design
Marques King is an architect and small scale developer, actively participating in rebuilding efforts in his hometown of Detroit. He has developed a variety of projects across a variety of scales including mixed-use residential-commercial buildings, missing middle housing structures, and comprehensive masterplans for entire districts. His architectural firm of Fabric[K] Design seeks to hold neighborhoods together with contextual, sustainable, and people-centric design with a focus on housing hybrids and ‘Missing Middle’ types. In addition to private practice, Marques serves as a faculty member of the Incremental Development Alliance and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Preservation, and Planning.
Jeremy Lake
Principal at Union Studio Architecture and Community Design
Jeremy is a Principal at Union Studio Architecture and Community Design who brings over 20 years of experience working on a wide range of architecture and community design projects throughout the country. He is a registered architect, but his real specialty is working on neighborhood-scale projects, both designing new communities and helping revitalize existing ones. His passion is applying time-tested design principles to new projects to help them seamlessly connect to their existing surroundings while also fostering a sense of community between residents new and old. He designs and manages projects for both public entities and private developers and enjoys the challenge of finding simple design solutions that integrate a complex set of seemingly competing issues into a cohesive vision. Jeremy is known for bringing an open mind, sense of humor, and collaborative spirit to every project he works on. He is an active member of the Congress for the New Urbanism, including being a regular at their annual Congress and serving on the local host committee for CNU33 in Providence.
Joanna Lombard, AIA, LEED AP
ACSA Distinguished Professor at the University of Miami School of Architecture
Joanna Lombard, AIA, LEED AP, is ACSA Distinguished Professor at the University of Miami School of Architecture with a secondary appointment in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Miller School of Medicine, and Faculty Ombudsperson for the Coral Gables and Rosenstiel Campuses. She is a founding member of the UM Built-Environment Behavior & Health Research Group with funded projects in the area of neighborhood design and health, currently studying the impacts of streetscape-greening and park access. She is author and co-author of articles, books, and book chapters, co-leader of one of the eleven university-based teams selected as charter members of the American Institute of Architects Design & Health Research Consortium, and a member of the University of Miami U-LINK teams exploring a Hyperlocal Approach to Climate Adaptation, Climate Resilience for the Spinal Cord Injury community, and Mental Health, Greenness and Heat. Professionally she is a member of the national research and design collective, Practice Landscape. She works on strategies for healthy communities, consulting with healthcare systems to develop new and retrofit existing campuses, and on numerous projects with DPZ CoDesign on in the areas of education, institution, and healthcare campus planning and community design.
Rico Quirindongo
Director of Seattle's Office of Planning and Community Development
Rico Quirindongo, Director of Seattle's Office of Planning and Community Development, has over 30 years of experience revitalizing historic landmarks and reimagining neighborhoods in Seattle. His passion for architecture, civic engagement, and sustainable design has positioned him at the forefront of projects that align urban growth with community values and environmental stewardship. As a founding member of the Northwest Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects, he promotes diversity in the field and contributed to the AIA+2030 National Steering Committee, advancing carbon-neutral design education in 24 cities. Rico has held influential roles, including chairing the Pike Place Market Preservation Authority and serving as AIA Seattle President in 2012. He gained recognition as a “Citizen Architect” by the AIA and delivered a TED Talk in 2020. His contributions have earned him numerous accolades, including the Puget Sound Business Journal’s Commercial Real Estate Leadership Award and the AIA Washington Jennie Sue Brown Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2025, he was named one of Seattle’s Most Influential by Seattle Magazine.
Ashley Terry
Vice President of Development at Pivot Real Estate Development
Ashley Terry serves as the Vice President of Development at Pivot Real Estate Development. In this role, she leads the execution of the company’s real estate strategy across all phases of development—from site selection through project stabilization. Ashley provides strategic oversight and guidance to project teams, ensuring that all developments align with company goals and deliver long-term value. She brings a people-first approach to real estate development, with a focus on projects that create lasting value for communities.
Previously, Ashley spent over a decade as Vice President of Development for Wheeler District, a 150-acre urban infill project in Oklahoma City. Her leadership there spanned infrastructure, entitlements, vertical development, operations, and long-term strategy.
Ashley serves on the Americas Executive Committee of the Urban Land Institute and is the first person from the state of Oklahoma to be appointed to that position. She also serves on the Governance Committee for the Oklahoma Chapter of the Urban Land Institute. In addition, she is a board member for City Care, Calle dos Cinco in Historic Capitol Hill, Western Gateway Elementary School, and Independent Retail Community Initiatives, and serves on the City of Oklahoma City Housing Advisory Group.