Design Review Committee Roster

Executive Sponsor

Bobby Hewlett

Interim Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Co-Chair

Kimberly Kiernan

Vice President for Facility & Operations

Co-Chair

Jonathan Massey

Dean of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Marina Roelofs

Assistant Vice President, Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC)

Deanna Mabry

Director of Design and University Architect

Sue Gott

Associate Director of Planning and Communications, AEC

Lars Gräbner

Associate Professor of Practice in Architecture, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Lisa Sauvé

Assistant Professor of Practice in Architecture, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Fadi Musleh

Assistant Vice Provost and Chief Strategist for Integrated Space, Academic, and Capital Planning

Audrey Bennett

University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, Professor of Art and Design, Penny W Stamps School of Art and Design and Professor of Communication and Media, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Ron Henry

Executive Director of Facilities, Planning, and Operation, University of Michigan Health

Benjamin Morse

Director of Strategy, Office of Campus Sustainability

Gia Biagi

Secretary of Transportation, State of Illinois, former Principal, Urbanism, Studio Gang Architects

Jaron Lubin

Senior Partner, Safdie Architects

Carla Swickerath

Partner, Studio Libeskind

Chad Jobin

DRC Project Manager, Office of Planning and Strategic Initiatives

Bobby Hewlett

As interim EVPCFO at the University of Michigan, Bobby Hewlett is one of three executive vice presidents reporting directly to the university president. In this capacity, he is the president’s principal advisor on financial strategy and management. His responsibilities encompass oversight of the university’s investment office, finance and accounting, enterprise strategic risk management, staff ombuds, facilities and campus operations, campus sustainability, human resources, and shared services.
Hewlett was named interim EVPCFO in November 2025, building on 14 years of service at U-M. Before this appointment, he served as vice president for finance, leading the entire Finance organization for Business & Finance. In that role, he oversaw purchasing, procurement, accounting, payroll, external audited financial statements, internal controls, sponsored programs, real estate, tax management, treasury functions—including cash and debt management and insurance—financial planning and analysis, and enterprise strategic risk management.
Prior to his role as vice president for finance, Hewlett was controller for Michigan Medicine’s integrated financial operations, where he was responsible for the financial oversight of the UM Hospitals, Health Centers, and Medical Group, the UM Medical School, a shared administrative services division, Michigan Health Corporation, and UM Health Corporation—the legal entity enabling Michigan Medicine’s partnerships, including UMH-West and UMH-Sparrow. Hewlett has also served on the Michigan Dialysis Services board, the Chelsea Community Hospital board finance committee, and the governance committee for the pediatric joint venture with Trinity Health – Oakland.
Before joining U-M in 2011, Hewlett worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he assisted clients with financial statement filings with the SEC, debt issuances, domestic tax provision analyses, and business unit integrations.
Hewlett earned both his bachelor’s degree in business administration and his master’s degree in accounting, each awarded with high distinction from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at U-M. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Michigan and completed the GE Healthcare / Health Management Academy Finance Fellowship.

Kimberly Kiernan

Kim oversees Facilities & Operations, which has primary responsibility for the stewardship of the university’s physical properties, including over 37 million square feet of building space. The organization manages sophisticated and complex academic, research, and clinical facilities, along with environmental stewardship and regulatory compliance.
She provides leadership and strategic direction for an organization of approximately 1,700 employees across the following groups: Architecture, Engineering, and Construction, Custodial & Grounds Services; Environment, Health & Safety; Logistics, Transportation & Parking; Maintenance Services; Operational Support; and Utilities.

Jonathan Massey

Architectural designer and historian Jonathan Massey shows how policy, practice, and design intersect in the built environment to shape biopolitics, civil society, and resource use. His work includes Crystal & Arabesque (2009) and Marcel Breuer: Building Global Institutions (2018, edited with Barry Bergdoll) as well as articles and chapters on sustainable design, homeownership, spatial politics, and urban technology. Massey curated the exhibition Designing Material Innovation (2017) and advised on creation of the Marcel Breuer Digital Archive, co-founded the Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative, and co-authored Governing by Design (2012).
After completing undergraduate, professional, and doctoral degrees at UCLA and Princeton, he worked at Syracuse University and California College of the Arts before joining the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning in 2017 as professor and dean. He was recognized in 2020 by DesignIntelligence as a “most admired educator.”

Marina Roelofs

Marina Roelofs has served as the University of Michigan’s Associate Vice President for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) since 2000, leading a multidisciplinary team responsible for capital projects that support the university’s academic, research, healthcare, athletics, and student life missions.
Roelofs brings comprehensive construction industry expertise, covering every phase of the project lifecycle—including design, construction, procurement, and contract management. Prior to joining U-M, she directed the University of Toledo’s capital program and facilities operations as Associate Vice President for Facilities. Before that, at General Motors, she advanced through Argonaut-AEC to the Worldwide Construction Contracting Division, where she managed major capital projects, determined project delivery methods to utilize, and provided strategic leadership in procurement and contracting nationwide.
Roelofs holds a Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering, a Master of Science in Civil Engineering, and a Juris Doctor.

Deanna Mabry

Deanna Mabry, AIA, NCARB has worked for the University of Michigan for the past 23 years and currently serves as Director of Design and University Architect. She has over 30 years of experience focused in building design and construction for higher education building types and academic medical centers and has played an integral role in implementing over $20B in U-M projects over the past 20 years. She is responsible for leading the design of large campus capital projects and leading U-M’s AEC Design Office, comprised of over 20 architects, engineers, and interior designers that provide design management, plan review, interior design, and sustainable design implementation for new construction, additions, renovations, and infrastructure projects.
Deanna has a passion for fostering a positive, collaborative culture among project teams to create well-designed spaces that enhance the learning and living experience for students and support innovation and collaboration for faculty, researchers, and staff. She holds an MBA (Finance) from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Architecture from the University of Virginia.

Sue Gott

Sue Gott has been the University of Michigan’s Campus Planner for nearly 25 years where she is highly regarded for her focus on integrated planning, environmental stewardship, mobility planning, public art advocacy and efforts to promote historic preservation.
As Campus Planner for the university, Sue was Co-Lead for Campus Plan 2050. This presidential initiative includes physical planning for renovations and new buildings, open spaces and plazas, transit and parking, and infrastructure associated with carbon neutrality and sustainability. She currently serves on a number of institutional task forces and committees and provides strategic planning guidance on capital planning. Sue is also an important link with the City of Ann Arbor and other community partners where she coordinates university projects with U-M Government Relations and local planning initiatives.

Lars Gräbner

Lars Gräbner is principal and founder of VolumeOne Design Studio in Detroit and holds a position as Associate Professor of Practice in Architecture at the University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Lars completed his Masters in Architecture (Dipl.-Ing.) at the University of Hannover, Germany, in 1996, where he was awarded the “1996 Prize of the University of Hannover” for outstanding achievements. In 1995 he joined Studio Daniel Libeskind in Berlin, where he held the position as lead designer for prestigious international projects and competitions.
Lars maintains a close dialogue between his practice and academia. Prior to his position at the University of Michigan, he taught at the ETH Zürich/ Switzerland and the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG)/ Germany.
Lars Gräbner leads the office of VolumeOne with partner Christina Hansen in Detroit, an award winning and internationally recognized design firm with projects in the United States, China, Germany, Spain, and Italy. As lead designer in the company Lars focuses on design methodologies, urban design strategies, sustainable building practices, and advanced construction methods. He has extensive experience in the design and construction of public and residential buildings, and urban spaces.
Lars has contributed to the publication “Mapping Detroit- Land, Community, and Shaping a City” (Wayne State University Press) with strategies of urban planning tools based on environmental needs.
Registered Architect since 2004, State of Berlin, Germany, Reg.# 11414
Web site: www.v1-studio.com

Lisa Sauvé

Lisa is a licensed architect in the State of Michigan, and assistant professor of practice at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, previously serving as planning commissioner for the City of Ann Arbor. She is Principal and Co-founder of Synecdoche (si-nek-duh-kee), an interdisciplinary design and architecture studio, and also the Founder of Do Good Work, a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to connect creatives with the community to transform radical ideas into positive change in the built environment.
Lisa has been named Crain’s Detroit Notable Women in Design and U-M Taubman College Outstanding Recent Graduate, also recognized on the Forbes Next 1000 list and as the AIA Michigan Young Architect Award. Rather than focusing on growing a single enterprise, her portfolio career demonstrates the broad impact of architectural expertise, extending into policy, philanthropy, academia, fabrication, entrepreneurship, real estate, development, partnerships, and design.

Fadi Musleh

Fadi Musleh has worked for the past 19 years at the University of Michigan on space utilization and policy, capital planning, and real estate strategy. As part of the university’s budget team, his work aligns facilities strategy and capital projects with the academic mission, strategic plans, and principles of financial stewardship. Because space-related project work occurs in all corners of campus and at varying scales, he finds it immensely rewarding to collaborate across the university and serve as a best-practice resource to those who are new to the work. A proud U-M alumnus, he takes particular pride in helping shape the future of the campus he once called home.

Audrey Bennett

Audrey G. Bennett is an interdisciplinary designer whose scholarly work centers on design studies at the intersection of theoretical research and the critical and creative practices of thinking, making, and writing. She holds an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University’s School of Art and a BA in Studio Art from Dartmouth College.
Bennett has authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications and contributed artwork to 18 juried exhibitions.
Bennett’s earlier work, Engendering Interaction with Images (Intellect/Chicago University Press, 2012), explores the design of multimodal images whose visual and verbal language facilitate or evoke multisensory interaction with lay people to enable cross-cultural resonance and yield cognitive and behavioral changes. Her groundbreaking edited collection, Design Studies: Theory and Research in Graphic Design (Princeton Architectural Press, 2006), was among the first publications in the early twenty-first century to advocate for theoretical research in graphic design.
Bennett is the co-creator and co-principal investigator of the award-winning Culturally Situated Design Tools—Cornrow Curves and Quilting.
Bennett is an AIGA Steven Heller Prize for Cultural Commentary medalist (2022), one of the highest honors in graphic design; an inaugural University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor (2019, University of Michigan); an Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Scholar (2015, University of Pretoria, South Africa); and a College Art Association Professional Development Fellow (1996). Her courses include Typography, Cross-Cultural Graphics, Methods of Inquiry, Publication Design, and Research Methods.

Ron Henry

Ron Henry, AIA, NCARB, is Executive Director of Facilities Planning and Operations for University of Michigan Health, with well over 35 years of leadership in architecture, construction, owner’s representation, and healthcare organizations. A graduate of U-M’s Taubman College, he has overseen several billion dollars in design and construction projects, along with real estate portfolios spanning millions of square feet. He currently serves as Vice President/President Elect of AIA Michigan, further advancing the profession through leadership and advocacy.
Throughout his career, Ron has held senior roles in multinational architecture and engineering firms, healthcare systems, owner’s rep organizations, and construction companies—bringing a uniquely comprehensive perspective across the full project lifecycle. His collaborative approach and strategic vision ensure Michigan’s developments reflect excellence, sustainability, and architectural distinction, with a focus on healthcare, higher education, sports, and large mixed-use environments.

Benjamin Morse

Benjamin Morse is the Director of Strategy for Campus Sustainability at the University of Michigan, reporting to the Associate Vice President for Campus Sustainability within the Office of the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He previously served as a Senior Project Manager in the Office of Planning and Strategic Initiatives, where he served as the project manager for the U-M Campus Plan 2050 initiative and managed several strategic capital projects. He holds two Master’s degrees from U-M—a Master of Science in Behavior, Education & Communication from the School for Environment and Sustainability and a Master of Public Policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy—as well as a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism from Colorado State University.

Gia Biagi

Gia Biagi’s career spans both private practice and public service and includes decades of experience in planning, urban design, transportation, public policy, infrastructure, and operations. Biagi currently serves as Chief Executive of the Illinois Department of Transportation and has previously served in leadership roles across city government in Chicago. Prior to her appointment to the Illinois DOT, she led planning and urban design work at Studio Gang, an international, award-winning architecture and urban design firm. Biagi earned her Master of Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan – Go Blue!

Jaron Lubin

As a Senior Partner at Safdie Architects, Jaron Lubin contributes an unyielding commitment to advancing design and, consequently, the human experience. Lubin’s passion for complex geometry and progressive methodologies is evident in the large, three-dimensional, urban projects Safdie Architects delivers globally. Lubin plays a critical role in the research, fellowship, teaching and architectural exploration of the firm.
A graduate of the University of Michigan and distinguished Alumni of UCLA, he is a frequent writer, juror and lecturer, travelling internationally to share the work of the firm.

Carla Swickerath

Carla Swickerath is a Partner at the international architectural studio Studio Libeskind headquartered in New York. She plays a key leadership role in guiding multidisciplinary teams through the design and construction of major projects worldwide, spanning cultural, civic, retail, residential, and planning sectors. Her leadership has been instrumental in realizing landmark works such as the Crystals retail complex in Las Vegas, the Hyundai I-Park in Busan, and the World Trade Center post 9/11, as well as socially impactful projects like the The Atrium at Sumner in New York. Currently spearheading the rebuilding of the Tree of Life in Pittsburgh, Carla continues to advance architecture that is both visionary and community-centered, while serving on the Board of Trustees at the Van Alen Institute and speaking internationally on design and planning. She graduated with a MArch from the University of Michigan in 1999 and earned a BA in English and BA in Art History from the University of Florida in 1995.

Chad Jobin

Chad Jobin is a Senior Project Manager in the University of Michigan’s Office of Planning and Strategic Initiatives (OPSI). Prior to joining OPSI, Chad worked at the U-M School of Social Work, U-M Medical School, and Michigan Medicine’s Department of Quality and Patient Safety, where he managed evaluation studies and strategic projects. Chad holds a Bachelor of Social Work from Eastern Michigan University and a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan.