Dedicated to their professions, instructors share their on-the-job experiences with students.

Richard Hobbs, FAIA
President, Strategy Design

Hobbs is an adviser to the professional design community, providing vision and strategy for professional service firms and organizations. He has more than 20 years of experience in private practice, including 10 years as AIA vice president for professional practice, and two years as AIA resident fellow for marketplace research. Hobbs is an adjunct associate professor at the University of Hawaii's School of Architecture, and the author of more than 100 articles in AIArchitect on the changing practice of architecture. He holds a bachelor of architecture from the University of Washington and a master of science of architecture from Columbia University.

Hugh Hochberg
Principal, The Coxe Group

In almost 30 years of consulting as a partner in The Coxe Group, Hochberg has helped professionals from more than 450 professional service firms organize and manage their practices, solving problems in areas such as strategic planning, organizational structure, ownership transition, executive search, firm valuation, mergers, and acquisition. Hochberg is an author of the AIA Handbook of Professional Practice, co-author of Success Strategies for Design Professionals: SuperPositioning for Architecture and Engineering Firms, and a contributing editor of DesignIntelligence. He holds a bachelor's in architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.B.A. from Harvard.

Roger Williams
Principal, Roger Williams Architecture Design Photography

Williams has over 40 years of experience in residential and commercial design in the western US, Japan and Korea. He has edited, photographed and illustrated a number of books, and authored the chapter on International Practice for the AIA Architect's Handbook for Professional Practice. Involved in multiple economic development efforts for the US and Washington, Williams' expertise has made him a frequent presenter in the US, Latin America, Europe and mostly Asia. He has served on the faculty in design, ethics, and international practice at the UW, Washington State University, Cal Poly and Cornish School of the Arts. Williams earned his bachelor's degree in architecture from the California State Polytechnic University, and his master's in architecture from the University of Washington.

Instructors are subject to change.

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