Our Advisors

Fitwel Advisory Boards

Fitwel Advisory Boards help develop the Fitwel certification scheme, ensuring the Fitwel standard maintains is rigor and adherence to the evidence base while meeting the needs of the real estate market.

Technical Advisory Board

The Fitwel Technical Advisory Board advises Active Design Advisors Inc. on maintaining Fitwel’s rigor, adherence to the evidence base and industry best practices.

Arup
Atelier Ten
Breea
Cushman & Wakefield
Gensler
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RE Tech Advisors | A Legence Company
Stok
Verdani Partners
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Leadership Advisory Board


The Fitwel LAB advises Active Design Advisors Inc. on maintaining Fitwel’s applicability to the market to support continuous growth.

Alexandria Center for Life Science, New York
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Fitwel LAB Members

We are thankful to our founding members, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. and Tishman Speyer, whose leadership is critical to Fitwel’s transformative impact on the building industry.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
Tishman Speyer
BGO
Brookfield Properties
BXP
Clarion Partners
Elevance Health
Harrison Street
Hudson Pacific Properties
Kilroy Realty
Lendlease
Manulife Investment Management
Nuveen | A TIAA Company
PGIM Real Estate
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Triovest
Vornado Realty Trust

Center for Active Design Research Advisory

The Center for Active Design (CfAD) is the preeminent global not-for-profit organization working at the intersection of health and the built environment. We transform design and development practice to support health and ensure equitable access to vibrant public and private spaces that support optimal quality of life.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announcing the launch of the Center for Active Design with Executive Director Joanna Frank.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announcing the launch of the Center for Active Design with Executive Director Joanna Frank.

CfAD maintains a global public health evidence base with more than 7,000 pier reviewed research studies from academic institutions around the world.

CfAD’s work supports insight on health promoting strategies at a time when health has become increasingly important to building owners and developers, in response to growing demand from consumers.

The Center for Active Design Research Advisors reflect a diverse array of public health expertise and represent world-renowned institutions. Several advisors are featured below:

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor Lee Altman

    Lee Altman, AIA

    Director of Design Management
    SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor Bill Bahnfleth

    Bill Bahnfleth, PhD, PE, FASHRAE, FASME, FISIAQ

    Professor of Architectural Engineering
    The Pennsylvania State University

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor Jeri Brittin

    Jeri Brittin, PhD

    Director, Social and Behavioral Sciences
    HDR

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor Andrew Dannenberg

    Andrew Dannenberg, MD, MPH

    Affiliate Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and Dept. of Urban Design and Planning
    University of Washington, Seattle

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor Harry Etra

    Harry Etra

    Chief Executive Officer
    HXE Partners, a Morrow Sodali company

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor Mariana Figueiro

    Mariana G. Figueiro

    Professor and Director, Light and Health Research Center, Department of Population Health Science and Policy
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor Elizabeth Garland

    Elizabeth Garland, MD, MS

    Professor, Environmental Medicine and Public Health and Pediatrics
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor Rachel Lynn Golden

    Rachel Lynn Golden, PhD

    Founder and Director
    Golden Psychology

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor Adele Houghton

    Adele Houghton, FAIA, DrPH, LEED AP BD+C, O+M, ND

    President
    Biositu, LLC
    Instructor
    Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor Terry Huang

    Terry T-K Huang, PhD, MPH, MBA

    Distinguished Professor and Chair, Health Policy & Management; Director, Center for Systems & Community Design and Co-Director, NYU-CUNY Prevention Research Ctr.
    Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, City University of New York

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor Josephine Lau

    Josephine Lau, PhD

    Associate Professor, Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
    College of Engineering, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor Piers MacNaughton

    Piers MacNaughton, ScD

    Vice President of Health Strategy
    View Inc.

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor D. S. Nicholas

    D. S. Nicholas, NCIDQ, AIA, NCARB, LEED GA, ASID

    Associate Professor and Program Director
    Drexel University

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor Andrew Rundle

    Andrew Rundle, DrPH, FNYAM

    Professor of Epidemiology
    Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor David Turcotte

    David Turcotte, ScD

    Research Professor Emeritus and Director of the Healthy Homes Program
    University of Massachusetts Lowell

  • Center for Active Design Research Advisor Xuemei Zhu

    Xuemei Zhu, PhD

    Professor, Department of Architecture
    Presidential Impact Fellow
    Ronald L. Skaggs, FAIA Endowed Professorship in Health Facilities Design Fellow, Center for Health Systems & Design
    Texas A&M University