Marta Falkowska works as an architect for LMN Architects. She has worked for architecture firms in New York City, including Pei Cobb Freed and Partners. She won a National Endowment for the Arts Grant Award for the PRAXIS Journal Writing and Building publication, where she serves as editor. She has a Master of Architecture from Columbia University and a BA in architecture from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Wilmot Gilland is the principal of Gilland Design. He also served as the dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon, where he taught architecture for 30 years, and worked for over a decade at private firms in San Francisco. He is a registered architect in California and Oregon and was elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He has a BA and an MFA in architecture from Princeton University.

Brian Scott is the director of urban design at EDAW, an architecture and environmental consulting company. He has 28 years of experience in community development with an emphasis in downtown revitalization. He has worked on a range of projects such as the Fort Lawton Redevelopment Plan and development renewal plans in Astoria, Salem and Portland. He was a nonprofit executive with Livable Oregon, Oregon Downtown Development Association, and the Portland Schools Real Estate Trust. He served on the board of the International Downtown Association and the Oregon Parks Foundation. He earned a Ph.D. in Urban Studies from Portland State University, a Certificate in Non-profit Management from the Center for Urban Education, a Masters in Landscape Architecture from North Carolina State University and a BS from Oregon State University.

Jan Frankina has over 25 years of design and planning experience and is a principal of her own firm, Jan Frankina LLC, which specializes in residential construction following Not So Big housing practices. Previously, she was the director of retail and urban design for Gensler Architects, and the director of design and planning for the Pennsylvania Ave Corporation, both in Washington, DC. She has served as the executive director of the Kentlands Community Foundation, as a member of the Columbus Comprehensive Masterplan, and on the board of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. She holds a Masters of Architecture degree from Harvard University, a Master in Community Design from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Boston University.