Robin Hall attended the University of Michigan for an undergraduate degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and then obtained her MBA from Michigan State University. She spent the first few years of her career working as a civil engineering municipal consultant with clients throughout Metro Detroit. She then pivoted into corporate technology sales with stints at IBM, Dell and Salesforce. Robin is an Ann Arbor resident and entrepreneur, as both a local real estate investor and owner of the Ann Arbor location of We Rock the Spectrum, a sensory-friendly kids gym. Robin is currently Vice President of the Ann Arbor chapter of Jack and Jill of America. 

Omar Uddin is the Principal of Uddin Development Consulting (UDC), a real estate development consulting firm focused on providing technical assistance services to real estate developers. He has worked with a wide array of developers to create financial models and underwriting for development projects. Prior to founding UDC, Omar worked for Equitable Ann Arbor (EA2) Land Trust as an administrative assistant and analyst; his focus was working with various stakeholders to pitch potential mixed-use affordable housing projects. Omar holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Sarah Lorenz is an Ann Arbor native, with a career in education that included teaching, administration, consulting, federal grant management, and educational research. Sarah made a career change to address the intensifying housing crisis in Ann Arbor. Her experience with a family construction and renovation company led her to believe that nonprofit development was the answer to Ann Arbor’s rising prices and market failure in middle income housing production. Sarah holds a real estate license and is enrolled in the Real Estate Development Graduate Credential program at the University of Michigan. She is the founder of the Ann Arbor Community Land Trust and co-founder, with Peter Allen, of the Equitable Ann Arbor Land Trust, a nonprofit housing and placemaking think tank. 

Doug Selby is a building science expert and Co-Founder of Meadowlark Design+Build, and founder of Volta Homes. Doug graduated from Michigan State University with a BS in Chemistry and worked as a pharmaceutical chemist and cancer researcher before leaving the laboratory to become a builder. Passionate about carbon-positive and data-driven construction, Doug is an early adopter of deep energy construction. Doug continues to innovate on methods for making zero-energy and carbon-neutral buildings more common and easier to build.

Greg is a seasoned strategist and business leader with over 35 years of consulting and management experience. For 17 years, he was Managing Director at Accenture and led the Utilities Strategy practice in North America and in the UK & Ireland. He served as thought leader and advisor to executives in multiple industries including utilities, telecommunications, media and cable, and retail. His extensive work with utilities focused on the evolving utility business model, including utility of future strategies, energy services, grid investment and regulatory strategies. He also held leadership roles at multiple consulting companies and two venture-backed startups.

John Mirsky is a civic volunteer interested in high-performance organizations and sustainability in the broadest sense–social and racial equity and justice, affordable housing, human rights, and international aid. John serves on the Ann Arbor Energy Commission and as its liaison to the Environment Commission. He is co-founder of Solar Faithful, a nonprofit offering solar installation options to religious organizations. He is a member of the Washtenaw Zero Waste Coalition and the Wolfpack, an environmental advocacy group. John served for three years as the Executive Policy Advisor for Sustainability to the City Administrator and five years as a member of the advisory board at U-M College of Engineering’s Integrated Systems + Design department. John retired in 2015 after 37 years at Bosch.