About the Authors
Team “host AgE C risis”
2023 Cohort
Emily Havelka, MBA, CPSM
Emily has more than a decade of experience in digital marketing and communications within the AEC industry. In her current role as the Corporate Communications Leader for the national architecture and engineering firm HED, Emily leads communications and digital marketing strategy and implementation in the realms of media and public relations, online presence, social media, and advertising, among others. Emily has been a pivotal leader in growing her firm’s digital and media channels, with the mission to promote and enrich industry and market knowledge of HED’s integrated service capabilities and responsive, innovative, and sustainable design solutions.
Through industry and discipline-relevant seminars, certifications, and professional organizations, Emily continues to expand and share her knowledge in communications and marketing. She is a Certified Professional Services Marketer (CPSM) through the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), of which she is a member. Other professional memberships include the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and the American Marketing Association (AMA). She holds a bachelor’s degree from Alma College, a master’s degree in Rhetoric & Communications from the University of Chicago, and a MBA from the University of Notre Dame.
Laura Morton, AIA, NCARB
Laura is a Senior Associate at SSOE Group, working as a Project Architect and Project Manager on a variety of urban mixed-use developments and adaptive reuse projects. She has a passion for serving her fellow architects and dedicates her time to AIA at multiple levels within the organization. In AIA Atlanta, she served as a Communication Director, then advanced to the Executive Committee and is currently serving as Secretary. Concurrently, she is the Young Architect’s Representative for AIA Georgia, collaborating with her counterparts around the country to advocate and develop programming for those architects licensed 10 or fewer years.
Outside of her elected AIA position responsibilities, AIA Georgia provided Laura the opportunity to bolster her leadership skills by participating in the inaugural class of the Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program in 2019, which was followed by serving on the Advisory Board for the CKLDP 2020 and 2021 classes. She also engages in several local organizations, such as Discover Architecture, Equity in Architecture, and ULI/WLI, as well as serves on the Historic Preservation & Land Use committee in her Atlanta neighborhood of Cabbagetown.
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