Michael Gatto, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, Executive Director and co-founder of ACDDC, has a passion for green building and has over 8 years of experience in sustainable design, including a Rose Architectural Fellowship at Foundation Communities, a regional affordable housing provider, where he served as designer, project manager, and sustainable design consultant. Gatto also worked as a LEED sustainable design consultant on several municipal buildings at the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems in Austin. He earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from MIT and a Master of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin.

Barbara Wilson, Planning and Development Director, co-founder, and Secretary of the Board, oversees the urban planning, public relations and fund raising for ACDDC. Wilson has a background in public meeting facilitation, grant writing, and community and nonprofit development in Austin and is currently finishing her PhD in Community and Regional Planning at the University of Texas. Wilson has published articles in both academic and mainstream venues, such as the recent collection of writings on community design entitled Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism (Metropolis Books, 2008), and her research is informed by her work at ACDDC, as a founding board member of the SEED Network and as a board member for the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service.

Michelle Ng, Design and Planning Associate, received a Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Texas, where her studies focused on affordable housing. Prior to that, she did her undergraduate work at UC Berkeley, studying Architecture and Economics, with a minor in City and Regional Planning. She has worked previously with two large private architecture firms in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as with both a non-profit design center and affordable housing developer in the Bay Area. Her experience ranges from designing buildings and producing construction documents to assisting with tax credit applications to creating maps and other visual resources for the community.

Sarah Gamble, Design Associate, is a registered architect with a passion for the public realm. At ACDDC, she provides architectural services and coordinates the Alley Flat Initiative, a collaborative project with UT Center for Sustainable Development and Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation. Sarah received her Bachelor of Design in Architecture from the University of Florida and her Master of Architecture degree from the University of Texas. She also received the AIA Henry Adams Certificate and earned a Certificate in Nonprofit and Philanthropic Studies from the LBJ School of Public Affairs. In 2006-2007, Sarah was a Design Corps fellow and co-founded the CITYbuild Consortium of Schools in New Orleans. For her work with CITYbuild, she was awarded an ACSA Collaborative Practice Award and recognized by Design Corps for Supporting Design for the Underserved at Structures for Inclusion 7. More recently, Sarah worked in Specht Harpman's Austin office focusing on several projects at St. Edward's University.

Sam Gelfand, Design Associate, received his Master of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin where his studies focused on sustainable design practices and social justice. Prior to that, he did his undergraduate work in Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley. After Berkeley, Sam spent three years working in professional architecture practices in Los Angeles working on varied projects ranging from single-family homes, mixed-use retail and hospitality design. Sam completed an internship for ACDDC in the summer of 2008 during which time he researched and helped develop strategies of how to lower the delivery costs of the Alley Flat Initiative. At his current position with ACDDDC, Sam provides architectural and project management services.

Steven Moore, PhD, Director, Graduate Program in Sustainable Design, University of Texas (Chair)
Michael Oden, PhD, Associate Professor, Community and Regional Planning Program, University of Texas (Treasurer)
Sean Garretson, AICP, President, Pegasus Planning
Scott Marks, Attorney, Real Estate/Affordable Housing Group, Coats Rose Yale Ryman Lee
Ruby Roa, Community Housing Advocate, City of Austin Community Development Commission
Nichole Salzillo, Senior V.P. and Marketing Development Manager, Bank of America
Kelly Weiss, Executive Director, PeopleTrust
Layton Wilson, President, Layton B. Wilson Co.
Rachel Proctor May, Austin Energy Strategic Planning