Fellowship in the Design Futures Council is granted to outstanding individuals who have provided noteworthy leadership toward the advancement of design, design solutions, or the design professions. Senior fellows of the DFC are recognized for significant contributions toward the understanding of changing trends, new research, or applied knowledge leading to innovative design models that improve the built environment and the human condition.
- Ava Abramowitz, Professor of Negotiations, George Washington University Law School
- Harold Adams, Chairman Emeritus, RTKL
- David M. Adamson, Visiting Professor, UCL & UWE
- David Adjaye, Principal, Adjaye Associates
- Ray Anderson, Founder and Chairman, Interface Inc.
- Rodrigo Arboleda, Chairman & CEO, One Laptop Per Child Association
- James F. Barker, President, Clemson University
- Peter Beck, Managing Partner and CEO, The Beck Group
- Janine M. Benyus, Biomimicry & Sustainability Expert
- Robert J. Berkebile, Founding Principal, BNIM Architects
- Phil Bernstein, Technology and Professional Practice Authority, Yale University; Vice President for Industry Strategy & Relations, AEC Solutions, Autodesk
- Peter Bohlin, Founder, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
- Friedl Bohm, Owner, White Oaks Partners
- Penny Bonda, Eco Editor, Interior Design Magazine
- John Seely Brown, Co-Chairman, Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation
- Barbara White Bryson, Associate Vice President of Facilities, Engineering & Planning, Rice University
- Carrie Byles, Managing Director and Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Santiago Calatrava, Pioneering Forms and Spaces, Santiago Calatrava Architects
- Robert Campbell, Architecture Critic, Boston Globe
- John Cary, President and CEO, Next American City
- Wing T. Chao, Former Vice Chairman of Development, Walt Disney World
- David Childs, Consulting Design Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Steve Chu, Nobel laureate and Secretary of Energy, U.S. Dept. of Energy
- Daniel P. Coffey, Founder and President, Daniel P. Coffey & Associates Ltd.
- Cindy Coleman, Partner, Frankel + Coleman; Associate Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Carol Coletta, President and CEO, CEOs for Cities
- James P. Cramer, Resident Fellow and Foresight Advisor, Design Futures Council; Co-Founder, Design Futures Council; Chairman and CEO, Greenway Group
- Michael Crichton*, Design Advocate, Author, Film Director
- Sylvester Damianos, Architect, Sculptor, Damianosgroup
- Nigel Dancey, Senior Partner, Foster and Partners
- Clark Davis, Vice Chairman, HOK
- Betsy del Monte, Principal, The Beck Group
- Williston (Bill) Dye, Principal, TSA Inc.
- Phil Enquist, Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Del Eulberg, Booz Allen Hamilton; USAF (ret.)
- Richard Farson, Ph.D., President, Western Behavioral Sciences Institute
- Rick Fedrizzi, President and CEO, U.S. Green Building Council
- Edward Feiner, Principal, Perkins + Will
- Martin Fischer, Director, Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University
- Tom Fisher, Dean, College of Design, University of Minnesota
- Steve Fiskum, COO and Partner, Hammel, Green and Abrahamson
- Jim Follett, Organizational Growth Pioneer, Gensler
- Sir Norman Foster, Founder and Chairman, Foster and Partners
- Harrison Fraker, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
- Neil Frankel, Principal, Frankel + Coleman
- Roger Frechette, Founding President, PositivEnergy Practice
- Ed Friedrichs, Entrepreneur and Author, Friedrichs Group
- R. Buckminster (Bucky) Fuller*, Engineer, Inventor, Educator, and Architectural Innovator
- Thomas Galloway*, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Jan Gehl, Principal, Gehl Architects
- Frank Gehry, Architect, Gehry Partners
- Arthur Gensler, Founder and Chairman, Gensler
- Milton Glaser, Founder, Milton Glaser Inc.
- Roger Godwin, Partner, DAG Architects
- Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker
- Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States
- David Gottfried, Managing Partner, Regenerative Ventures; Founder, U.S. Green Building Council
- Michael Graves, Architect, Michael Graves & Associates
- Robert Greenstreet, Dean, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Director of Planning and Design, City of Milwaukee, Wisc.
- Robert C. Grupe, Director, Architecture & Technology, USG Building Systems
- Zaha Hadid, Architect, Zaha Hadid Architects
- Gerry Hammond*, President and CEO, SHP Leading Design
- Jeremy Harris, Former Mayor, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Scott Harrison, President and Founder, charity: water
- Craig W. Hartman, Design Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Paul Hawken, Founder, Natural Capital Institute
- H. Ralph Hawkins, Chairman and CEO, HKS Inc.
- Barbara Heller, CEO, Design + Construction Strategies
- Jerry Hobbs, Former Chairman, VNU North America
- Carl Hodges, Founder and Chairman, Seawater Foundation
- Robert Ivy, Editor-in-Chief, Architectural Record; Vice President and Editorial Director, McGraw-Hill Construction Publications
- Jane Jacobs*, Urban Theorist, Author, Educator & Community Activist
- Mary Margaret Jones, President and Senior Principal, Hargreaves Associates
- Louis I. Kahn*, Architect and Educator, University of Pennsylvania
- Blair Kamin, Architecture Critic, Chicago Tribune
- Don Kasian, President and CEO, Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning
- Tom Kelley, General Manager, IDEO
- Stephen Kieran, Founding Partner, KieranTimberlake
- A. Eugene Kohn, Founding Partner and Chairman, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
- Norman Koonce, Former CEO, American Institute of Architects
- Theodore C. Landsmark, President, Boston Architectural College
- Gary Lawrence, Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, AECOM
- Laura Lee, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University; Thinker in Residence, South Australia
- Maya Lin, Artist and Designer, Maya Lin Studio
- Amory Lovins, Chief Scientist and Founder, Rocky Mountain Institute
- Lucinda Ludwig*, Design Forum Architect, Engineer, Design Integration and Value Innovator, Leo A Daly
- Chris Luebkeman, Director for Global Foresight & Innovation, Arup
- John Maeda, President, Rhode Island School of Design
- Janet Martin, President, Communication Arts Inc / Stantec
- Bruce Mau, Chief Creative Officer, Bruce Mau Design Inc.
- Thom Mayne, Founder and Design Director, Morphosis
- Ed Mazria, Environmental Advocate and Founder, Architecture 2030
- William McDonough, Architect, William McDonough + Partners
- Alisdair McGregor, Global Sustainability Fellow, Ove Arup & Partners
- Richard Meier, Managing Partner, Richard Meier & Partners Architects
- Sandra Mendler, Sustainability Leader and Principal, Mithun
- Raymond F. Messer, Chairman and CEO, Walter P Moore
- Gordon Mills, Former President, Durrant Group; Former President, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
- Glenn Murcutt, Professor and Architect
- Doug Parker, Managing Principal, Greenway Group
- Alexander (Sandy) Pentland, Ph.D., Educator and Researcher, MIT Media Lab
- Renzo Piano, Architect, Renzo Piano Building Workshop
- B. Joseph Pine II, Branding Strategist and Author, Strategic Horizons LLP
- Dan Pink, Author and Economics Lecturer
- William Bradley (Brad) Pitt, Actor and environmental advocate
- Jane Poynter, Chairwoman and President, Paragon Space Development Corp.
- Witold Rybczynski, Myerson Professor, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
- Moshe Safdie, Architect, Moshe Safdie and Associates
- Jonas Salk*, M.D., Co-Founder, Design Futures Council; Founder, Salk Institute
- Adele Santos, Dean, School of Architecture & Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Peter Schwartz, Co-Founder, Global Business Network
- Kate Schwennsen, Chair, School of Architecture, Clemson University
- Terrence J. Sejnowski, Ph.D., Brain Scientist, Salk Institute
- Stephen J. Senkowski, CEO, Xella Aircrete North America
- Scott Simpson, Principal/Senior Director-Cambridge, KlingStubbins
- Adrian Smith, Principal, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
- Karen Stephenson, Professor, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University; Founder, NetForm International
- Cecil Steward, President, Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities
- RK Stewart, Associate Principal, Perkins + Will
- Sarah Susanka, Architect, Susanka Studios
- David Suzuki, Co-Founder, David Suzuki Foundation
- Richard N. Swett, President, Swett Associates
- Jack Tanis, Strategic Planning and Workplace Design Thought Leader
- Marilyn Taylor, Dean, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
- April Thornton, Leading Voice for Integrated Design Services
- James Timberlake, Founding Partner, KieranTimberlake
- Lene Tranberg, Head Architect and Co-Founder, Lundgaard & Tranberg
- Alan Traugott, Principal, CJL Engineering
- Robert Tucker, President, The Innovation Resource
- John Carl Warnecke*, Architect and Contextual Design Advocate
- Alice Waters, Founder, Chez Panisse Foundation
- Alan Webber, Founding Editor, FastCompany
- Jon Westling, Professor, Boston University
- Gary Wheeler, Architect and Workspace Design Leader, WheelerKänik LLP
- Allison Williams, Principal, Perkins + Will
- Arol Wolford, President, SmartBIM
- Richard Saul Wurman, Founder, Access Guide and TED
- Nicholas You, Planner & Director, UN-Habitat
*Deceased
