Yanel de Angel Salas

Managing Director

Perkins&Will

As Managing Director at Perkins&Will in Boston, Yanel de Angel Salas, FAIA, brings strategic thinking, compassion, and design excellence to one of the firm’s largest studios. She is passionate about delivering complex projects and creating a holistic design framework for problem solving. She is a member of the Firm’s Board of Directors and Research Board, and served at the Diversity Council, Executive Committee and Project Delivery Board. In 2020, de Angel Salas was elevated to AIA College of Fellows. At the Boston Society of Architects, she co-chaired the Women in Design Excellence Awards committee, co-founded the Women in Design mid-career mentoring committee and co-chaired nationally the AIA 2023 Women Leadership Summit. A long time CREW member, de Angel Salas co-chairs the Housing committee and is active in the Med and Eds committee.

Alondra De Leon

Preconstruction Executive

Gilbane Building Company

Alondra De Leon is a Preconstruction Executive at Gilbane Building Company, bringing nearly two decades of experience spanning both field operations and preconstruction leadership. She has led complex healthcare and institutional projects, building expertise in project planning, financial management, and client partnerships. A committed champion of inclusion, De Leon has co‑founded and guided employee resource groups and contributed to enterprise‑wide strategies and programming. Her industry impact extends through mentorship, thought leadership, and recognition from professional organizations. De Leon’s strategic, people‑centered approach to work sets her apart as a valuable leader and respected contributor within the AEC industry.

Dawn Monde

Senior Vice President of Client Services

Red Thread

As Senior Vice President of Client Services for Red Thread, Dawn Monde is a leader in the commercial interiors industry, helping customers solve today’s workplace challenges. Her daily responsibilities include the leadership and mentoring of the Red Thread Sales and Design teams in multiple locations throughout Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. With a commitment to continuous improvement, Monde leverages her 35 years of experience in sales, design, project management, and client services to create solutions that positively impact the future of work. Monde works closely with Red Thread’s clients in corporate, education and healthcare to understand complex business issues, connecting high-level strategy to the tactical solutions that ultimately drive success. Her creativity, relentless pursuit of customer satisfaction and strong focus on process performance are exhibited by her tenacious problem-solving skills. She values lifelong learning and giving back to the profession by being active in professional organizations like CoreNet, the MetroHartford Alliance, and the Construction Institute. In recent months Monde has been intensely focused on the impact the pandemic has had on how we will work in a post covid workplace - exploring the role space and technology will play in supporting distributed teams, employee safety, wellbeing, and equity. 

Avishan Montazer

Project Engineer

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

Avishan Montazer is a Project Engineer of The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company in New Haven, CT. She has experience working in complex utility distributions, and mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. Throughout her time with the construction management firm, Montazer has managed the coordination for purchasing and installations in a higher education campus setting, multi-family apartment complexes and in retail spaces. With a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Connecticut, she is an avid problem-solver who enjoys collaborating and is highly motivated by customer satisfaction. Montazer is also passionate about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion within her community, and collaborates monthly on a 'Cultural Calendar' Newsletter that is spread to Northeast Whiting-Turner offices. She is an active member of SWE (Society of Women Engineers). Montazer enjoys being outdoors, cooking and trying new foods and travelling the world. 

Nancy Greenwald

Executive Director

Construction Institute

Nancy Greenwald has 38 years of experience a lawyer and business executive in the design and construction industry, dealing with projects ranging in value from $100,000 to $5 billion. She is the Executive Director of the Construction Institute, a non-partisan association of diverse professions working to improve the construction industry by sharing knowledge, exchanging innovative ideas, building relationships, and developing business leaders. Its mission is to promote cross-industry collaboration. Greenwald serves on the American Arbitration Association's Commercial and Construction Industry Panels of Arbitrators and Mediators and has been appointed as a n arbitrator and mediator by numerous private clients and courts. She teaches negotiation and conflict resolution and speaks and writes frequently on best practices in construction project communication, dispute systems design, and construction technology and the law. She is active in many of the major construction industry groups, including the ABA Forum on Construction, serving on the steering committee for the Project Delivery and Technology Division. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School (cum laude) 1981.