Achieving Meaningful Diversity & Inclusion in the AEC Industry
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Embracing Diversity and
Creating Inclusive Workplaces
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Minette Norman
Former VP of Autodesk and Transformative Leadership Consultant
Tanya Luthi
Vice President, Structures Entuitive
Christopher Johnson
Vice President, Building Envelope
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In this special one-hour conversation on embracing diversity and creating inclusive workplaces you’ll hear from former Autodesk Vice President Minette Norman who will be joined in conversation with Entuitive Vice Presidents Tanya Luthi and Christopher Johnson. Together, the three will discuss:
How to integrate diversity and inclusion in the AEC industry – is it an evolution? As the industry evolves, so does diversity and inclusion?
How underrepresented groups experience the world of work, with a special focus on our industry.
How the creation of a diverse workforce brings greater success, vibrancy, and innovation.
Real life examples from Minette, including her own personal experience as a VP in a male-dominated industry.
Approaching diversity and inclusion from both a “business” and a “cultural” mindset.
There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation, so please bring yours and ask Minette.
Plus, don’t miss an introduction from an Entuitive leader!
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Being a transformative leader means having a unique perspective. That’s how Minette Norman —a liberal arts major with no engineering background—became a high-powered female executive in the male-dominated tech industry. As the former VP of Engineering at Autodesk, Norman led a team of 3,500 software professionals and transformed the company culture from the inside out. Today, she draws on her experience to demonstrate the power of radical empathy and diverse teams to demolish silos, unlock creativity, and inspire a culture of collaboration.
As the former VP of Engineering Practice, Minette Norman directed collaboration at Autodesk, helping world-renowned engineers overcome silos and work together on common solutions. Norman—who holds degrees in Drama and French, not Engineering—was also serving in a position traditionally held by men. For some, this may have been an insurmountable challenge, but for Norman, having a different perspective was essential to her success. While spearheading state-of-the-art engineering practices, she focused on changing how employees interacted, collaborated, and listened to others’ ideas. Today, she brings her 20 years of experience leading globally distributed, multicultural teams into her own consulting business, where she helps develop transformative leaders and teams, leverage diversity in all its forms, and inspire the type of truly collaborative culture that leads to break-out innovation.
Prior to Autodesk, Norman held a variety of technical communication and management positions at companies including Symantec and Adobe. Named one of the ‘Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business’ by the San Francisco Business Times, Business Role Model of the Year’ by the Women in IT Awards Silicon Valley, Norman is a recognized industry expert with a unique perspective. She often speaks at international conferences where she is asked to share her thoughts on leadership, culture, and collaborative behavior.
Norman has a broad approach to community service, working with local, national and international charities. She serves on the Board of Directors of D-Rev, a non-profit devoted to developing medical technologies for impoverished and vulnerable populations worldwide. Norman holds degrees in both drama and French from Tufts University and studied at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris.
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Tanya Luthi is a Vice President at Entuitive with 15 years of experience in the structural engineering industry. She began her career in New York City, focused on large-scale institutional projects in steel and concrete. Her work includes the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia as well as renovation and new construction projects at the NYU Langone Medical Center.
After moving to Vancouver in 2011, she discovered a love for mass timber design, fueled by her work on the Mountain Equipment Co-op head office building, one of the largest contemporary mass timber buildings in Canada. Based on this experience, she co-authored the US and Canadian Nail-Laminated Timber Design and Construction Guides, and she began speaking widely on the topic of mass timber to both students and industry professionals.
Tanya returned to New York in 2016 and became involved in the development of building codes, serving as an active member of the NYC structural code committee and advocating for the wider adoption of mass timber. She also served on the structural work group of the ICC Ad-Hoc Committee on Tall Wood Buildings, which successfully introduced increased height limits on mass timber buildings to the 2021 International Building Code.
Tanya’s commitment to building strong relationships and nurturing a diverse generation of future industry leaders continues to inspire her in all she does.
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Christopher Johnson is a Vice President at Entuitive with nearly 20 years of industry experience in building envelope consulting, construction administration, project management and architectural and object design. He has successfully delivered projects in the United States, Middle East and China. He trained as an architect and is a member of the American Institute of Architects.
Christopher is experienced in all aspects of façade planning and design—from concept through to construction. He is passionate about leveraging technology to help clients realize projects involving complex geometry and optimizing design solutions.
His extensive knowledge of building envelope materials and methodologies for cladding systems spans masonry, curtain wall, metal cladding, precast concrete, composite paneling, skylight systems and roofing. Christopher has also developed a particular focus on structural glass, cable systems and lightweight structures.
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Size: 10,500 m² (115,000 ft²)
66 Hudson Blvd. - Elevator Equipment Rig
Client: Otis Elevation Company
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Latino Justice Fitout
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550 Washington
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Laguardia Airport-Delta Terminal
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Client: Rafael Vinoly Architects P.C.
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
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The Apartments at Edge-on-Hudson
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