Chair

Ken Downing, AIA
Associate Consultant, Light Build Design

After starting career as residential designer for clients such as the Getty & Shorenstein families Ken’s interest in sustainability led to panelized construction while his second decade in design was dedicated to developing the world’s first acoustic lighting so he now focuses efforts locally on healthier design through better lighting. Ken has been a judge for the IES lighting awards three times including the 50th anniversary in 2023, he likes to help connect people, assist practitioners, inspire other designers, continually keep learning, and improve clients comfort. His passion for healthcare and education is deeply personal so he fully supports evidence-based design while encouraging team collaboration and exploration of the newest technologies.

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Vice Chair

Alison Martin, AIA

Bio Coming Soon!

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Past Chair

Kevin Staten, AIA
Medical Planner, CO Architects

Kevin is a medical planner and licensed architect. He enjoys using his background in both residential design and commercial architecture to critically plan healthcare spaces from individual exam and operating rooms to department planning to full-scale master planning. He uses his expertise in BIM to coordinate the medical planning aspects of a project with all other project disciplines, including interior design and MEP coordination. He has his masters in architecture from the University of Kansas and is originally from St. Louis, Missouri. He relocated to Los Angeles in 2022 in an attempt to permanently skip miserable Midwest winters.

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