Our Team & Advisors
Who We Are
Active Design Advisors, Inc.
Active Design Advisors, Inc., with its shortened acronym Adai, pronounced "a-DAY," is a business unit designed to help grow and drive the implementation of Fitwel. Affiliated with CfAD, Adai is responsible for promoting and administering the Fitwel certification as it expands across key markets, as well as maintaining Fitwel's best-in-class customer service.
Center for Active Design
Guthrie Green Park, Tulsa, Oklahoma | Image Courtesy of Tom Fox
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announcing the launch of the Center for Active Design with Executive Director Joanna Frank.
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.
CfAD was launched by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2012, to transform New York City’s groundbreaking Active Design program into an international movement. Over the last five years our work has gone global, reaching over 180 countries and informing the design of buildings and public infrastructure projects around the world.
The Fitwel Certification System marks a new chapter in our work. By providing a standard for the building industry, Fitwel supports widespread adoption of health promoting strategies through a user-friendly digital portal. This comes at a time when health has become increasingly important to building owners and developers, in response to growing demand from consumers. Thanks to this demand and our partners’ enthusiasm and innovation, Fitwel is continuing to quickly expand, reaching an ever-growing number of individuals and communities.
Technical Advisory Board
Leadership Advisory Board
The Fitwel LAB advises the Center for Active Design on maintaining Fitwel’s vision and strength of product by providing direction and input into its continuous growth.
Alexandria Center for Life Science, New York
Image Courtesy of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
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.
Center for Active Design Research Advisory
Center for Active Design Research Advisors reflect a diverse array of public health expertise and represent world-renowned institutions.
Several of our members are featured below.
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Lee Altman, AIA
Director of Design Management
SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC -
Bill Bahnfleth, PhD, PE, FASHRAE, FASME, FISIAQ
Professor of Architectural Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University -
Jeri Brittin, PhD
Director, Social and Behavioral Sciences
HDR -
Andrew Dannenberg, MD, MPH
Affiliate Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and Dept. of Urban Design and Planning
University of Washington, Seattle -
Harry Etra
Chief Executive Officer
HXE Partners, a Morrow Sodali company -
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 -
Elizabeth Garland, MD, MS
Professor, Environmental Medicine and Public Health and Pediatrics
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai -
Rachel Lynn Golden, PhD
Founder and Director
Golden Psychology -
Adele Houghton, FAIA, DrPH, LEED AP BD+C, O+M, ND
President
Biositu, LLC
Instructor
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health -
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 -
Josephine Lau, PhD
Associate Professor, Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
College of Engineering, University of Nebraska–Lincoln -
Piers MacNaughton, ScD
Vice President of Health Strategy
View Inc. -
D. S. Nicholas, NCIDQ, AIA, NCARB, LEED GA, ASID
Associate Professor and Program Director
Drexel University -
Andrew Rundle, DrPH, FNYAM
Professor of Epidemiology
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health -
David Turcotte, ScD
Research Professor Emeritus and Director of the Healthy Homes Program
University of Massachusetts Lowell -
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