has been the owner of ARS – Accessibility Resource Specialists, PLLC, since 1995. Mr. Cawyer has coordinated over ten thousand accessibility-related plan reviews through the oversight of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Architectural Barriers Division (TDLR-AB). As a registered accessibility specialist, he performs state-required accessibility plan reviews and on-site inspections. Licensed as an architect and interior designer in Texas, Mr. Cawyer also provides nationwide Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title III accessibility consulting, Fair Housing Act (FHA) consulting, lawsuit remediation, and expert witness services. He is a graduate of Abilene Christian University and Texas A&M University, holding a Master of Architecture degree in Building Design with a specialty in Healthcare Planning and Design. He is a graduate of the TDLR-AB Accessibility Academy and serves the citizens of Texas as a Registered Accessibility Specialist. Mr. Cawyer is also an active charter member and a past president of the nation-wide Accessibility Professionals Association (APA).

is a partner at Mahlum Architects Inc. and an industry leader in the planning and design of student housing facilities with over 27 years of professional practice. He has completed residential projects for over a dozen college and university campuses across the west coast. He is a frequent presenter about student housing, equity and inclusion, sustainability and campus planning for organizations such as SCUP, ACUHO-i, NWACUHO, NACAS, APPA and AASHE. He served as the 2011 President of the Portland Chapter of the AIA, and was the 2010 & 2011 Delegate to the AIA Oregon and AIA Northwest & Pacific Regional Board of Directors.

is an award winning author, an international lecturer, and a designer with over 30 years of experience. Her mission is to improve health, longevity and life quality through universal design. She is the principal/founder of EASY ACCESS TO HEALTH, LLC. The firm offers consulting services in patient centered design, planning for independent living, product analysis, and judiciary witness services. Prominent projects include The Betty Ford Center, the UCLA Medical Center, automotive interior design for Toyota, and a universal design exhibit for the Smithsonian (with Julia Child). In conjunction with Eva Maddox, she completed a showroom for the Kohler Company in which over a million consumers have learned about universal design, and a “living laboratory” in Fort Collins researching the environmental needs of older people. She offers keynote presentations and workshops internationally, including multiple lectures for many of the Fortune 500 companies. She has served as a lobbyist for people with mental disabilities, as a judiciary witness in code compliance and accessibility cost estimation, and as a research associate on the dean’s staff at Colorado State University. For the last 20 years she has taught courses in the architecture department at The Harvard University Graduate School of Design and has conducted healthcare design research in Scandinavia, Northern Europe and Japan. Numerous publications have resulted from her sponsored research including her books Design Details for Health, Beautiful Barrier Free: A Visual Guide to Accessibility, and Beautiful Universal Design, co-authored with James Evan Terry. Because of this work, she has twice been awarded the Polsky Prize for literature.

is an Architectural Design Research Associate at the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access with experience in design for accessibility, sustainable and universal design. She is engaged in diverse research projects intended to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse population. Her recent activities include designing home modifications, conducting accessibility and universal design assessments for industry partners, drafting literature reviews, and investigating the current state of climate resilience, home modifications and universal design in the U.S. She has co-authored several papers and publications including the design resources for the innovative solutions for Universal Design (isUD™).

is a certified interior designer and educator, national professional speaker, universal design specialist and president/owner of the firm Innovative Inclusive Design, LLC. As a residential and commercial interior design firm, Innovative Inclusive Design, LLC, designs interior environments that communicate their client’s personal style, are beautifully designed and universally accessible for all ages and stages of life. Innovative Inclusive Design’s most recent project was as the interior design firm for a development company building the first inclusive elevator townhome community with the standards of “Design for Life” in Montgomery County Maryland. Ms. Rozell is certified in Interior Design, Home Modification (ECHM) from UCLA, Aging in Place (CAPS) from the National Home Builders Association and holds a Special Education degree. She has received certificates from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in “Residential Design for Health and Longevity” and Harvard Graduate School of Education in “Learning Environments for Tomorrow” and Feng Shui. Ms. Rozell was a founding member and currently serves as an advisor to the Board of Directors for Little Falls Village and is an active volunteer with the DC chapter of Aging 2.0. and other National and local disability and aging organizations.