Day:	Saturday
Location:	Lawrence Hall Room 279
Time:	10:40am - 12:00 pm

As designers we are given the responsibility of creating the spaces for people to live their lives. How do we design space for those whose lives are vastly different from our own? How do we learn to understand all walks of life in a pursuit of designing what is best for others and not just for ourselves? We will be discussing how designers can better understand and respond to the people we design for.

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Panelists:

Don Griffin is executive director for Springfield/Eugene Habitat for Humanity. Before joining Habitat for Humanity in 2003, he was the founding Executive Director of Hope House Addiction Recovery Center in Indiana. His extensive career in working and directing non-profit organizations includes working with youth and adults in inner city Baltimore, Maryland; Dayton, Ohio; and Eugene, Oregon. He directed youth employment and training programs for Looking Glass in Eugene; served as Associate Executive Director of the National Network of Runaway and Youth Services in Washington, DC; and directed the Community Prevention Partnership working in drug prevention in one Maryland and 2 West Virginia Counties. His educational background includes a bachelor’s degree from Manchester College in North Manchester, Indiana and a Master’s degree in Community Health Education from West Virginia University.

Kim Slack is a storm water design engineer with CONTECH Storm water Solutions. She holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering, Bio-Resource option, with a minor in Spanish. Her involvement with Engineers Without Borders (EWB) began in 2003 as a founding member of the Montana State University chapter. She traveled to Khwisero, Kenya, in February 2006 as project manager for the chapter’s first implementation trip, which included water supply and surveys for future sanitation facilities. Kim has been serving as president of the EWB-Portland Professional chapter since May 2007. During that time she has been active in growing the Portland chapter’s membership and project work. Kim has also volunteered on community development projects in Mexico and Ecuador.