Design-Build Institute of America Western Pacific Region

Girish Kripalani, AIA, DBIA, CCM, LEED AP
DBIA-WPR President
Arcadis                                                                           Girish.Kripalani@arcadis.com

Steve Wilson, DBIA 
DBIA-WPR Vice President
HMC Architects

Alysen Weiland
DBIA-WPR Secretary
PSOMAS

James Hawley, DBIA, LEED AP BD+C
DBIA-WPR Treasurer
Shortgame Chef 
Official World Golf Ranking position (#4617)
Arios Ventures

Brian Pratt
DBIA-WPR Owner's Committee Director
University of California, Irvine

Simin Naaseh, SE, DBIA
DBIA-WPR Past President
Forell | Elsesser 
s.naaseh@forell.com

 

2026 DBIA-WPR VOTING BOARD

Monica Amalfitano
Director
Swinerton

Jamie Athenour, DBIA
Membership Chair
Hensel Phelps

Evan Caplicki
Director
Nossaman LLP

Jen Crawford
Director
Intergrate BD LLC

David Crotty
Director
Intergrate BD LLC

LaDrena Dansby
Director
Rayaec

Jim Day
Director
Clark Construction

Brandon Dekker 
President Emeriti
CannonDesign

Jose Felsmann 
Director
Southland Industries

Jennie Gonzalez, Asso. DBIA
Eduation Summit Chair
National Design Build Services

Mike Gonzalez, DBIA 
AZ Chapter Chair
McCarthy Building Companies

Robert Kuta 
WWW Regional Chair
Global Water Resources, Inc.

Brett Mitchell
Director
AECOM

Susan O'Connell 
Director
AC Martin

Chris Robinette
Director
Granite Construction

Betty Lynn Senes, Assoc. DBIA, LEED AP, MBA     President Emeriti
DPR Construction

Vince Yu
Director
Los Angeles County Public Works

Mark Zajdzinski 
Director
SmithGroup

2026 DBIA-WPR ADVISORY BOARD

Diane Anglin
President Emeriti
Clark Construction Group

Angie Belalcazar 
LA/OC Chapter Chair
Syska Hennessy

Sean Carolan
Director
Hensel Phelps

Jeff Cordell
Arizona Chapter Chair
DPR Construction

Pat Crosby
Director
Crosby Group | Martin/Martin

Tom DeMasi

Bay Chapter Chair
Coffman Engineers

Rebekah Gladson, FAIA, AUA, DBIA
President Emeriti
XI-3

Arun Kaiwar
Sacramento Chapter Chair
SmithGroup

Praful Kulkarni, DBIA
President Emeriti
CannonDesign

Tracy Lyon
President Emeriti
Retired

Mike Meredith
Director
Vanir

Ron Migliori
President Emeriti
Buehler Engineering Inc.

Michael Moore, Assoc. DBIA
President Emeriti
East Valley Water District

Geoff Neumayr
Director
Progressive Desing-Build Consulting, LLC

Marianne O'Brien
President Emeriti
SmithGroup

Mariano Ponsiano
Hawaii Chapter Chair
Hensel Phelps

Bailey Ruff  
Nevada Chapter Chair
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

Matt Severson 
San Diego Chapter Chair
ACCO

Nancy Smith
Director
Retired

Chris Sullivan
WPR Legislative Chair
Sundt

David Umstot
President Emeriti
Umstot Project & Facilities Solutions, LLC

Barbara Wagner, DBIA
President Emeriti
Clark Construction Group