Jon Penndorf, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, Fitwel Ambassador, is an Associate Principal in Perkins&Will’s Washington DC office, serving as Director of Regenerative Design, shaping sustainability approaches to projects across the office. Concentrating on the commercial & higher education markets, he brings focus to the varying lenses of ecology, wellness, and resilience. He also serves on the firmwide Innovation Committee and co-directs the firm’s Resilience Task Force.
Jon previously served as an Advisory Group member for the AIA Committee on the Environment, and on the Advisory Committee for the USGBC National Capital Region. Locally he was President of AIA|DC in 2012, as regional representative to the AIA Strategic Council and nationally he chaired the AIA Young Architects Forum in 2014. He has spoken at numerous national events including Greenbuild, the AIA Conference on Architecture, Neocon, and the CoreNet Global Summit. Jon has been featured in Metropolis, The Washington Post, and Work Design online on topics related to sustainability, material health, and climate adaptation.
Jon will be speaking in Session 2: Sustaining Our Design Future