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Ms. Fortenberry is one of the area’s only crisis Medicaid planning attorneys, she saw a need for a firm focused on asset protection, estate planning, and Medicaid eligibility. Ms. Fortenberry founded Fortified Elder Law with expert strategies, know-how, and the experience of helping families become Medicaid eligible. Becoming an elder law attorney has allowed her to find her life’s work: helping clients preserve their life savings. Her greatest joy as an attorney has been to help keep a spouse from losing everything just because they can no longer keep their loved one at home. Oftentimes, her clients have been neglecting themselves and their own health because of the mistaken belief that they cannot afford to place their spouse in a nursing home. Others have spent almost every dime to keep someone at home. These are the clients that she loves to help. Ms. Fortenberry earned her B.A. degree from Missouri State University and her J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University.

Ms. Kincaid earned a number accolades in the area of estate planning and elder law including being named by the Springfield Business Journal as a Trusted Adviser and being selected as one of five attorneys in the nation by the American Bar Association for a two year Trust & Estate Fellowship. She currently serves as the American Bar Association Long Term Care Committee Vice Chair and recently published an article in the national Probate & Property magazine on recent changes to Missouri’s guardianship statutes. Ms. Kincaid is a member of the Greene County Estate Planning Council, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Community Foundation of the Ozarks Professional Advisors Council, the Southern Missouri Women Lawyers, the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association, and the Missouri Bar Association. She was also a member of the 2014-2015 Missouri Bar Association Leadership Academy, a recipient of the 2017 Missouri Lawyers Weekly Up & Coming Award, a recipient of the 2016 Springfield Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 award, and a recipient of the 2019 Springfield Business Journal’s Trusted Advisers award. Ms. Kincaid graduated cum laude from Creighton University School of Law, where she served as President of the Student Bar Association, a member of the editorial staff of the Creighton Law Review, and was a founding editor of the Creighton International and Comparative Law Journal. Prior to attending law school, She obtained a bachelor’s degree in Criminology and a master’s degree in Business Administration, both from (Southwest) Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.

Mr. Nolan established his law firm in 1991 and his areas of practice include Wills, Probate and Estate Planning, Workers Compensation, Personal Injury and DWI & Alcohol related offenses. The firm serves the entire Metropolitan St. Louis area (including St. Louis County, St. Louis City, St. Charles County, Jefferson County, Franklin County and Madison and St. Clair Counties in Illinois). He earned his B.S and J.D. degrees from Southern Illinois University.

Ms. Overton has more than 17 years of experience advocating for those with special needs and navigating the state and federal agencies formed to help the disabled and elderly. At Paths Law Firm, her practice focuses on helping the elderly qualify for nursing home Medicaid, creating estate plans to protect beneficiaries, as well as a lot of time planning and forming businesses. Ms. Overton also enjoys helping clients form non-profit organizations and obtain 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. After attending law school at the University of Oklahoma, She began representing clients before the Social Security Administration. Eventually, her practice switched to federal court appeals and she spent years representing clients before the Eastern and Western District of Missouri, the District of Kansas, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Overton has since focused her practice on estate planning and elder law after watching clients struggle to find ways to financially care for loved ones with special needs or aging parents.

Ms. Schuster has practiced Elder and Disability law since 1999, having practiced health law since 1991. Her practice focuses on elder law issues, a growing area of law with few experienced practitioners. Ms. Schuster works with and advises social workers, geriatric and care managers, financial planners and accountants, psychiatrists and geriatric physicians about incapacity issues and financial exploitation. Her practice focuses on multi-disciplinary collaboration with these professionals to address the complex, myriad age and disability issues her clients face. Ms. Schuster personal experience with her mother and grandfather, both of whom had dementia, has given her insight into the stresses that caregivers and families endure when caring for a loved one with dementia, which led her to become a certified Elder and Adult Mediator. She assists families with facilitated conversation about difficult end-of-life issues when someone should stop driving, move to assisted living or a skilled nursing facility, delegate financial matters to someone else to high conflict matters involving contested guardianship, financial exploitation and the removal of appointees under Durable Powers of Attorney and trustees. Ms. Schuster is passionate about volunteering in the community. She is past president of the Breakthrough Coalition, a multidisciplinary group of senior care and disability community providers. Ms. Schuster is the past Vice President of Operations for Memory Care Home Solutions, past Board member for Brith Shalom Kneseth Israel, was the Co-chairperson of the BAMSL Elder Law Committee. She was a finalist as “Best Lawyer of the Year” in 2016 by St. Louis Magazine and is the “Face of Elder Law” in the June 2017 issue of St. Louis Magazine. Since 2014, Ms. Schuster has been the chairperson of an ad hoc committee of the Missouri Bar Association that has authored proposed legislation for the passage of the Designated Healthcare Decisionmaker Act.

After a successful career in the corporate realm, Mr. Smith decided to begin his own practice centered on serving people. He specializes in elder law, estate planning, special needs planning, mediation, and long-term care planning. Mr. Smith genuinely enjoys people and it shows – he listens to each person’s story and situation to help them develop a plan which best fits their family’s circumstances, financial position and life’s values. As a husband, father to five, and grandfather to a growing number, he understands the confusion that can sometimes occur in certain seasons of life. Mr. Smith believes each person is a masterpiece created to thrive in this life! Active in the legal and public community, He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Academy of Special Needs Planners, and Elder Counsel. Mr. Smith is an accredited attorney by the Veterans Administration, which allows him to advise clients and families on benefits available to veterans. He enjoys active participation in local groups aimed in serving people in the Kansas City area as they age including Northland Professionals in Aging, Northland Shepherd’s Center (Board of Directors), and Good Samaritan Center of Excelsior Springs (Board of Directors). Mr. Smith earned his Masters in Divinity at the Nazarene Theological Seminary and his Juris Doctorate at the University of Memphis – Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.

Mr. Fischer has over 30 years of experience in the survey field, performing a variety of survey types for residential, municipal, commercial, industrial and government agency clients. He has experience in survey instrumentation and computer aided drafting (CAD) programs, as well as office and survey programs such as Trimble Office, Carlson and Civil 3D. Management experience includes overseeing drafting and field crews, as well as a branch office for an Oil and Gas services firm in southeast Texas. A former adjunct faculty member for the Engineering Department at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, he holds professional land surveyor licenses in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Mississippi and Texas.

Ms. Largent serves as a Practice Group Leader for the Rails to Trails practice group. Her primary focus is representing landowners nationwide whose property has been taken by the federal government without just compensation. In addition to establishing when the government is liable for taking land, Ms. Largent’s practice centers largely on establishing the value of the land taken. She also focuses her practice on appellate litigation and commercial disputes. Ms. Largent has assisted in drafting dozens of appellate briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Eighth Circuit, and Eleventh Circuit, as well as the Supreme Court and Appellate Courts of Illinois and Appellate Court of Missouri.

Mr. Olsen is a Senior Professional Land Surveyor with Engineering Design Source, Inc., a Civil Engineering and Surveying Firm based in Chesterfield, Missouri. Mr. Olsen has more than 30 years’ experience as a professional land surveyor, beginning in the Chicago metropolitan area. He is currently licensed as a land surveyor in Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Texas.

He has been fortunate to have worked on numerous Highway Department/Department of Transportation horizontal and vertical control surveys, land acquisition and topographic surveys, County Transportation Department Plats of Highway, and Municipal Highway Department surveys.

Mr. Olsen is currently enrolled in the University of Maine Graduate School in the Surveying Engineering Technology Program. He earned an MS in Engineering Technology-Surveying Engineering in 2024 and is currently working on an Eng.D in the same subject at UMaine. He has a BA in Mathematical Sciences. Mr. Olsen has presented seminars and webinars previously with HalfMoon Education on topics including Law and Ethics of Illinois Land Surveying; Locating Land Boundaries on Paper (and on the Ground); Complying with Minimum Standards of Practice; Handling Ethical Issues in Land Surveying Practice; Complying with the Illinois Plat Act; Complying with National Society of Professional Surveyors Creed and Canons. His article “The Changing Mosaic of Professional Land Surveying Licensure Requirements in the United States and its Territories” is to be published in the May 2026 Journal of Surveying and Land Information Science (SaLIS) of the American Association for Geodetic Surveying (AAGS).  

Prior to his service at TVA, Mr. Savage was in private survey practice for 10 years specializing in dispute resolution and expert witness services. He has surveyed several disputed state boundaries to resolve jurisdictional conflicts. Mr. Savage is an adjunct professor at Cleveland State Community College where he teaches courses in boundary law, geodesy, GIS, and surveying fundamentals. He has researched and retraced the historical surveys of Henry David Thoreau and has published several articles on the subject. Mr. Savage teaches exam review and continuing education seminars at various state and local conferences across the country.

There are very few eminent domain lawyers within the state of Missouri who are as accomplished and decorated as Mr. Wallach. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri on July 30, 1938, and received his education at the reputed University of Missouri. He secured a B.A in 1962, before receiving his J.D. in 1965. As an eminent domain lawyer, Mr. Wallach is highly knowledgeable in the fields of: Eminent Domain, Property Tax Appeals, Real Estate Litigation, Land Use, Zoning Law, and Municipal Law. He is a member of the Missouri Bar having served as Chairman on two occasions and is now part of the Eminent Domain Committee. Mr. Wallach is also a member of the Bar Association of St. Louis, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the highly selective American Property Tax Counsel. He has also served as Assistant Attorney General of Missouri between the years 1966 and 1967, as well as Special Assistant Attorney General of Missouri between 1967 and 1968. Mr. Wallach is held in high regard by the eminent domain lawyer community within the state. Despite his knowledge and expertise in various fields of law, He labels himself as an eminent domain lawyer before anything else. Over the course of his career, Mr. Wallach has devoted himself entirely to representing property owners engaged in various disputes regarding condemnation law and ad valorem tax appeals. He has provided sound legal representation for thousands of clients, presenting cases to juries and other administrative bodies. Mr. Wallach expertise as an eminent domain lawyer is not restricted solely to St. Louis and Missouri, having provided representation for cases in Kansas and Illinois as well. What makes him stand out as an eminent domain lawyer is his rare and carefully honed sense of judgment, especially in cases regarding property valuation. Moreover, he also possesses a keen ability to convey appeals effectively before judges, government agencies, and juries, lubricating the way towards securing fair settlements for all his clients. Mr. Wallach previously served as Assistant Attorney General and Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Missouri, a position, which gave him the insight and exposure that few other eminent domain lawyers possess. It is while he was holding these positions that he was able to develop his communication skills, which now allow him to convey the most complex cases in ways that anyone can understand. Mr. Wallach ability to simplify complex issues is the reason why he is regarded as a leading eminent domain lawyer within the state of Missouri. His expertise in condemnation and eminent domain law has been recognized both locally and nationally, indicated by his inclusion in the Woodward/White’s list of Best Lawyers in America, as well as St. Louis Magazine’s Best Lawyers in St. Louis list.

Mr. Fischer has over 30 years of experience in the survey field, performing a variety of survey types for residential, municipal, commercial, industrial and government agency clients. He has experience in survey instrumentation and computer aided drafting (CAD) programs, as well as office and survey programs such as Trimble Office, Carlson and Civil 3D. Management experience includes overseeing drafting and field crews, as well as a branch office for an Oil and Gas services firm in southeast Texas. A former adjunct faculty member for the Engineering Department at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, he holds professional land surveyor licenses in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Mississippi and Texas.

Mr. McWhite is from Indiana and a graduate of Vincennes University. He is an accomplished building inspector and plans examiner, with 20 years of experience in public and non-profit code enforcement and inspections. Mr. McWhite has served as an inspector and plans examiner in Massachusetts, Georgia, Virginia, and Indiana. He has served on the Massachusetts Construction Supervisor Licensing exam rewriting committee to help transition the exam from the 2009 to the 2015 International Codes, as a member of the International Code Council’s IPMC/IZC Code Development Committee, and as member of the ICC Building Membership Council and most recently BCAC. Mr. McWhite also currently serves as an ICC Governmental voting member representing Region 6. He has earned a combined 21 certifications ranging from SBCCI (Legacy Code) to ICC, including Housing Code Official, Building Code Specialist, Plumbing Code Specialist, Certified Building Official, and is currently two certifications away from Master Code Professional.

Mr. Pfeiffer is a Landscape Architecture Analyst with Kimley-Horn working out of their Twin Cities office in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He has a BLA in Landscape Architecture from the Pennsylvania State University, with a desire to pursue a masters degree in the future. Eli has worked on a multitude of different projects with Kimley-Horn, such as Metro Transit’s Blue Line Extension from Downtown Minneapolis into the northwest metro suburbs. During his time in Pennsylvania, Eli worked closely with Dan Marriott on Rethinking 322, a community-driven advocacy project. This project aims to deliver alternate concepts for communities facing a highway widening project in the heart of Penns-Brush Valley. This work also included collaboration with Ian Lockwood, as he along with Alex McKeag and Cindy Zerger from Toole Design were invited to further advocacy and design efforts. Through this experience, Eli has aimed to specialize in corridor design and community collaboration. Thoroughly believing in community-driven solutions to corridor improvement, with emphasis put on public transportation, multimodalism, and breaking from our uniquely American style of automobile dependency.

Mr. Searns has a four-decade history of visualizing, planning, and getting trails and greenway projects built. He was project director of Denver’s Platte River and Mary Carter Greenways, both national-award-winning projects. He helped plan the Grand Canyon National Park Greenway, played a key role on the Memphis Wolf River Greenway, and authored the Commerce City, CO, Walk, Bike, Fit Plan. He has written for Planning, Landscape Architecture, LA China, and American Trails magazines and has served as editor-in-chief of Trails and Beyond magazine. He chaired American Trails and was a founder of The World Trails Network as well as being a delegate to the America’s Great Outdoors White House conclave. His current book is Beyond Greenways: The Next Step For City Trails and Walking Routes, published in 2023 by Island Press. This book was chosen as one of THE DIRT’s (American Society of Landscape Architects) 10 best books of 2023. He resides, writes, hikes, and bikes near Denver, Colorado.

Ms. Hill comes to Halfmoon Education with a deep background in design, she specializes in design for manufacturing, modular and off-site BIM. She has spent much of her 35 years of design experience focused on off-site construction using modular or panelized construction methods and the use of CAD/CAM software for DfMA and enjoys educating others on the benefits and challenges within the industry. Ms. Hill also has a passion for passive houses that is closely tied to design for manufacturing. During her CPHC training she discovered that modular and prefab construction were passive house concepts, a concept that she has been championing since 2006. She has experienced many modular and prefab start-ups to include Transform, Katerra and Modulous. Ms. Hill’s architectural experience includes working for a local passive house builder, passive panel manufacturers and being a part of the design team for a local passive house library. She lives just north of Seattle, WA with her spouse and enjoys mountain biking, kayaking, and racing her hydroplane race boat. She champions diversity and inclusion and equality.

Rochelle Hill comes to Halfmoon Education with a deep background in design, she specializes in design for manufacturing, modular and off-site BIM. Ms. Hill has spent much of her 35 years of design experience focused on off-site construction using modular or panelized construction methods and the use of CAD/CAM software for DfMA and enjoys educating others on the benefits and challenges within the industry. She also has a passion for passive houses that is closely tied to design for manufacturing. During her CPHC training she discovered that modular and prefab construction were passive house concepts, a concept that she has been championing since 2006. Ms. Hill has experienced many modular and prefab start-ups to include Transform, Katerra and Modulous. Her architectural experience includes working for a local passive house builder, passive panel manufacturers and being a part of the design team for a local passive house library. Ms. Hill lives just north of Seattle, WA with her spouse and enjoys mountain biking, kayaking, and racing her hydroplane race boat. She champions diversity and inclusion and equality.

“I am excited to share my knowledge of modular, panelized construction and off-site building design and manufacturing with others. It’s a subject that I am very passionate about as I truly believe it’s our next step forward in solving so many design-building challenges. I am honored to be involved with Halfmoon Education and hope you will join me for a deep dive into a growing movement called Design for Manufacturing and Assembly” Rochelle Hill

Ms. Hill comes to Halfmoon Education with a deep background in design, she specializes in design for manufacturing, modular and off-site BIM. She has spent much of her 35 years of design experience focused on off-site construction using modular or panelized construction methods and the use of CAD/CAM software for DfMA and enjoys educating others on the benefits and challenges within the industry. Ms. Hill also has a passion for passive houses that is closely tied to design for manufacturing. During her CPHC training she discovered that modular and prefab construction were passive house concepts, a concept that she has been championing since 2006. She has experienced many modular and prefab start-ups to include Transform, Katerra and Modulous. Ms. Hill’s architectural experience includes working for a local passive house builder, passive panel manufacturers and being a part of the design team for a local passive house library. She lives just north of Seattle, WA with her spouse and enjoys mountain biking, kayaking, and racing her hydroplane race boat. She champions diversity and inclusion and equality.

Dr. Choi received his M.S.E. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He  has research and industry experience in Construction Engineering and Management, Modular Construction, Design Standardization, Pre-project Planning, and Diversity and Inclusion in Construction Workforce. Dr. Choi has acted as principal investigator on externally funded research from esteemed funding agencies such as NSF, CII, Tesla, and USDOT. He is the author/co-author of over 30 refereed journal and conference articles and technical reports on modularization. Dr. Choi currently serves the CII Modularization Community for Business Advancement (MCBA) as an academic advisor. He is a faculty fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd). He has taught a graduate-level course entitled “Modular Construction” at UNLV since 2017.

Michael Minigh has utilized his 36 years of construction experience and exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS)/moisture intrusion technical expertise to prevent, locate, and resolve building envelope moisture intrusion problems to reduce long-term heating and cooling costs of government, commercial, institutional and residential buildings. He educates and advises government officials, architects, designers, building owners and contractors of the advantages of properly designed, detailed and installed continuous exterior insulation, particularly EIFS and insulated stucco systems. Mr. Minigh assists professionals as a 3rd party inspector/consultant and expert witness/preconstruction problem prevention consultant. He insures the proper detailing and installation of EIFS and continuous insulation for long-term durability and performance. Mr. Minigh performs pre-construction review of specifications and details to insure the accuracy of moisture-resistant design, provide pre-construction coordination of trades and regular on-site inspections

Michael Minigh has utilized his 36 years of construction experience and exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS)/moisture intrusion technical expertise to prevent, locate, and resolve building envelope moisture intrusion problems to reduce long-term heating and cooling costs of government, commercial, institutional and residential buildings. He educates and advises government officials, architects, designers, building owners and contractors of the advantages of properly designed, detailed and installed continuous exterior insulation, particularly EIFS and insulated stucco systems. Mr. Minigh assists professionals as a 3rd party inspector/consultant and expert witness/preconstruction problem prevention consultant. He insures the proper detailing and installation of EIFS and continuous insulation for long-term durability and performance. Mr. Minigh performs pre-construction review of specifications and details to insure the accuracy of moisture-resistant design, provide pre-construction coordination of trades and regular on-site inspections

Ms. Burzynska is a Building Envelope Consultant and a registered architect at Walker Consultants in New York City, specializing in historic preservation and the investigation and restoration of the building envelope, with over eight years of experience in the field. She is a SPRAT Level 1 Technician, an ITC-Certified Level 2 Thermographer, and a LEED Accredited Professional. Ms. Burzynska’s expertise includes building envelope condition assessments, façade restoration and roof replacement following historic preservation principles, leak investigations, sidewalk and plaza replacement, and waterproofing. She is a member of the AIA, the Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI), APT Northeast Chapter and a Vice-Chair of the New York Chapter of National Women in Roofing (NWiR). Throughout her career, she has presented at several industry conferences focused on historic preservation and restoration of the building envelope.

Ms. Navaid is a licensed architect with nearly twenty years of experience specializing in building enclosure restoration. Her expertise includes building envelope assessments, leak investigations, and waterproofing design. Ms. Navaid has successfully diagnosed and resolved numerous water infiltration issues, leading to the design and implementation of effective waterproofing solutions for plazas, below-grade systems, façades, and roofs. Her professional experience also encompasses façade assessments, roofing replacement design, window systems, historic preservation, and forensic investigations. Ms. Navaid is an active member of the International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants.

As a licensed structural engineer, Ms. Boatwright’s career has focused on failure investigations, condition assessment, structural repair designs, and façade restoration for a wide range of new and old structures across the US and beyond its borders. Some project examples include evaluation and repair of a historic French cabin in Missouri; facade evaluation and repair design for modern and historic buildings; investigations into balcony deterioration and failures for condominium complexes; evaluation and repair design for parking garages; and investigation and litigation consulting regarding alleged construction defects for multiple projects across the country.

Drawing from over 25 years of experience in the building industry, Ms. Lattimer excels in structural engineering, building enclosure consulting, specification development, and sustainability. Based in the Kansas City metro area, she has worked on both restoration and new construction projects across the United States. She is responsible for a wide range of services, including condition assessments, field investigations, building enclosure design and peer review, construction administration, quality assurance/quality control testing, and observations related to building enclosure and commissioning. Ms. Lattimer’s expertise has been invaluable to architectural design teams, owners, consultants, manufacturers, and construction teams in creating sustainable, efficient, high-performance projects.

As a licensed structural engineer, Ms. Boatwright’s career has focused on failure investigations, condition assessment, structural repair designs, and façade restoration for a wide range of new and old structures across the US and beyond its borders. Some project examples include evaluation and repair of a historic French cabin in Missouri; facade evaluation and repair design for modern and historic buildings; investigations into balcony deterioration and failures for condominium complexes; evaluation and repair design for parking garages; and investigation and litigation consulting regarding alleged construction defects for multiple projects across the country.

Ms. Burzynska is a Building Envelope Consultant and a registered architect at Walker Consultants in New York City, specializing in historic preservation and the investigation and restoration of the building envelope, with over eight years of experience in the field. She is a SPRAT Level 1 Technician, an ITC-Certified Level 2 Thermographer, and a LEED Accredited Professional. Ms. Burzynska’s expertise includes building envelope condition assessments, façade restoration and roof replacement following historic preservation principles, leak investigations, sidewalk and plaza replacement, and waterproofing. She is a member of the AIA, the Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI), APT Northeast Chapter and a Vice-Chair of the New York Chapter of National Women in Roofing (NWiR). Throughout her career, she has presented at several industry conferences focused on historic preservation and restoration of the building envelope.

Mr. Glynn specializes in providing building envelope solutions for new and existing structures, including commercial, residential, and institutional facilities. He brings over six years of building envelope consulting and forensic engineering expertise, including failure investigation, design, competitive bidding, contract administration, and on-call consulting. Mr. Glynn’s expertise includes investigating, evaluating, and recommending solutions to various building envelope systems from the foundation to the roof across the design, construction, and commissioning stages. In his free time, he enjoys spending time outdoors, watching sports, hiking, and finding new food spots around Austin.

Drawing from over 25 years of experience in the building industry, Ms. Lattimer excels in structural engineering, building enclosure consulting, specification development, and sustainability. Based in the Kansas City metro area, she has worked on both restoration and new construction projects across the United States. She is responsible for a wide range of services, including condition assessments, field investigations, building enclosure design and peer review, construction administration, quality assurance/quality control testing, and observations related to building enclosure and commissioning. Ms. Lattimer’s expertise has been invaluable to architectural design teams, owners, consultants, manufacturers, and construction teams in creating sustainable, efficient, high-performance projects.

Ms. Navaid is a licensed architect with nearly twenty years of experience specializing in building enclosure restoration. Her expertise includes building envelope assessments, leak investigations, and waterproofing design. Ms. Navaid has successfully diagnosed and resolved numerous water infiltration issues, leading to the design and implementation of effective waterproofing solutions for plazas, below-grade systems, façades, and roofs. Her professional experience also encompasses façade assessments, roofing replacement design, window systems, historic preservation, and forensic investigations. Ms. Navaid is an active member of the International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants.

Ms. Reynolds is a licensed professional engineer and architect with over 12 years of experience in building enclosure design and consulting, and 15 years in the construction industry. She specializes in complex mixed-use developments, having provided peer review, design, and construction-phase consulting on high-profile projects across California, including mid- and high-rise residential buildings with integrated retail, rooftop amenities, and parking structures. Ms. Reynolds’s portfolio features expertise in waterproofing, façade systems, roofing, and podium decks. A respected leader in the field, she has held multiple leadership roles with the International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants and has a Fenestration Master Professional Certified from the Fenestration Glazing Industry Alliance.

Mr. Glynn specializes in providing building envelope solutions for new and existing structures, including commercial, residential, and institutional facilities. He brings over six years of building envelope consulting and forensic engineering expertise, including failure investigation, design, competitive bidding, contract administration, and on-call consulting. Mr. Glynn’s expertise includes investigating, evaluating, and recommending solutions to various building envelope systems from the foundation to the roof across the design, construction, and commissioning stages. In his free time, he enjoys spending time outdoors, watching sports, hiking, and finding new food spots around Austin.

Ms. Reynolds is a licensed professional engineer and architect with over 12 years of experience in building enclosure design and consulting, and 15 years in the construction industry. She specializes in complex mixed-use developments, having provided peer review, design, and construction-phase consulting on high-profile projects across California, including mid- and high-rise residential buildings with integrated retail, rooftop amenities, and parking structures. Ms. Reynolds’s portfolio features expertise in waterproofing, façade systems, roofing, and podium decks. A respected leader in the field, she has held multiple leadership roles with the International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants and has a Fenestration Master Professional Certified from the Fenestration Glazing Industry Alliance.

Dr. Bishop specializes in the holistic evaluation of building and bridge structures. While at Exponent, he has led investigations of concrete, steel, wood, and masonry structures and their interior finishes and building envelope components that were damaged as a result of design/construction defects, construction procedures, and natural hazards, such as wind, floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes. These investigations typically include on-site testing and documentation, analysis of structural and non-structural component response, interpretation and application of building codes and standards, and identification of the most appropriate repair. He often employs sophisticated engineering analysis and state-of-the-art research in support of these investigations. Dr. Bishop sound engineering advice provides the basis necessary for building owners, insurers, and other stakeholders to make informed decisions.

Mr. Gardner is a hydrologist and geophysicist who studies how water moves underground through mountains and landscapes. As an Associate Professor at the University of Montana, his research focuses on understanding where water comes from, how long it stays underground, and how it connects to rivers and ecosystems. By combining field measurements, natural chemical tracers, GPS-based earth measurements, and computer modeling, his work helps shed light on these hidden groundwater systems and improve predictions of water availability. His research is supported by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the U.S. Geological Survey, and his findings have been published in leading Earth science journals.

Ms. Ols brings to her legal work years of experience working as a biologist throughout Montana and Latin America, in which she led projects to preserve wildlife habitat and improve landscape connectivity. She utilizes this experience in her legal career to guide clients through complex transactions and to craft innovative solutions in what can often be an adversarial process. At KLH Advisors, Ms. Ols represents a variety of clients including individuals, farms and ranches, and small businesses in a variety of transactional matters, including real property transactions, water rights adjudication, and water rights permitting. She received her J.D. from the University of Montana School of Law in 2023. As a law student, Ms. Ols completed a clinical externship in the United States District Court for the District of Montana, clerked for the Montana Water Court, and served as the Publication Editor for the University of Montana Public Land and Resources Law Review.

After years of practicing in larger firms, Mr. Scott returned to Bozeman to start Peter G. Scott, Law Offices, PLLC to continue representing a broad range of clients and better serve them throughout the Columbia Basin. He is well known for his in-depth knowledge of land use, water rights and environmental law. Mr. Scott has published articles and lectured extensively on a broad range of related topics. After 11 years in the U.S. Navy, he earned his Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Massachusetts. Mr. Scott worked as a hydrogeologist for the U.S. Forest Service in Idaho and then for Fluidyne, Inc. in Montana. He then earned his Juris Doctor with Environmental Law Certificate from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon in 1999.

Ms. Weisz is a water law attorney with more than a decade of specialized experience in Montana’s statewide water rights adjudication. Before entering private practice, she spent eleven years at the Montana Water Court, where she began as a law clerk and advanced to Senior Water Master. In that role, she presided over status conferences, set scheduling orders, and managed the adjudication process in complex and often contentious cases. Ms. Weisz also served as a mediator for many Water Court cases, including the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ Water Compact Case, which involved several hundred parties. In her role as mediator, she strived to be accessible, helping parties understand the Water Court’s role and procedures. Ms. Weisz is known for her straightforward, honest, and transparent approach. She prioritizes setting realistic expectations and ensuring clients are well-informed so they can make educated decisions about their property and resources.

Mr. Shoots Veis is an experienced and engaging public speaker, having given hundreds of public presentations at professional conferences, college courses, public meetings, TEDx and service clubs.  He served a five-year term on the Billings, Montana city council, where he took an interest in getting presenters to engage with the audience.  Mr. Veis spent several years appearing as an actor in dozens of productions at Billings Studio Theatre and hosts the Your County, Your City and Your Schools programs on Community 7 Television.