Je’Nen M. Chastain, MBA, Assoc. AIA is trained in architecture and business management with a decade of experience working with award-winning architects. She founded Apostrophe Consulting to help architects improve firm culture, and strengthen their teams and businesses. Throughout her career, she’s helped advance strategic planning conversations with architects and firm owners. She specializes in facilitating conversations that engage multi-generational teams and has designed, developed, and presented dozens of professional development training programs that inspire next-gen leaders. She also has deep expertise in marketing and communications for architects.

In 2005 Michael Leccese became executive director of ULI Colorado, a 1,200-member District Council of the 35,000-member Urban Land Institute. Working with 15 committees, 250 ULI Colorado volunteers and a staff of three, Leccese has forged alliances with nonprofits and public agencies concerned with land use, healthy places, workforce housing, transit-oriented development, economic vitality, and sustainable development. Previously Michael worked as a communications consultant, newspaper reporter, magazine editor, and book author. Mainly covering architecture, urban design and real estate, he wrote or edited numerous books and planning reports and published articles in The New York Times, Washington Post, Urban Land magazine, and elsewhere. He was editor of Historic Preservation News for the National Trust for Historic Preservation (1980-87) and Landscape Architecture magazine (1988-1995) for the American Society of Landscape Architects. The New York native has a B.A. in English Literature and Journalism from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.