It’s Your Move: A Conversation on Creating Your Future

Featured Speaker

Megan DeTratto

Partner, TOKONEXT 

Megan DeTratto is a Partner at TOKONEXT, a strategy platform helping AEC firms align purpose, people, and performance. With more than 15 years of experience spanning retained executive search, in-house talent leadership, and organizational consulting, Megan brings a rare dual perspective to her work — having operated both as an outside advisor and as an embedded people leader inside complex AEC firms. Her focus areas include succession planning, leadership transitions, org design, and building the "missing middle" of talent that growing firms need most. Based in Chicago, she partners with bold design firm leaders ready to build what's next.

Panel

Vincent Wenzel

Panel Moderator

Structural Engineer, Degenkolb

Vincent Wenzel is a structural engineer based in San Francisco. Originally from Boston, he earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois and his master’s in structural engineering from UC Berkeley. Over eight years at Degenkolb Engineers, he has worked on a wide range of projects, including renovations, seismic retrofits, and construction engineering. Vincent is particularly focused on existing buildings, adaptive reuse, and sustainable design. He is licensed as both a Professional Civil Engineer (P.E.) and a Structural Engineer (S.E.) and is active in AIA, ULI, and CoreNet. Outside work, he enjoys art, language, and yoga.

Aditi Gupta

Architect, SCB

Aditi is an architect based in San Francisco with roots in both the U.S. and India. A graduate of Virginia Tech’s B.Arch program, they also studied in Mexico and Germany, shaping their belief in architecture’s ability to uplift communities. Their experience spans ADUs, single-family homes, duplexes, and affordable multifamily housing, with a continued focus on sustainability and resiliency. Aditi now works on high‑rise residential projects at SCB. Outside of practice, they serve as chair of BAYA (Bay Area Young Architects) and enjoy dance, photography, and exploring new places.

Quyen Luong

Principal, EHDD Architects

Quyen Luong, AIA, is a Principal at EHDD with degrees in Letters and Art History from Wesleyan University and a Master of Architecture from Rice University. Drawing inspiration from diverse communities, she leads inclusive design processes that translate shared values into spaces aligned with evolving organizational missions. Her work spans housing, educational, and civic projects. As Design Lead for the Pacific Visions Theater and Gallery at the Aquarium of the Pacific, she oversees all phases from research through construction. Her recent work includes UCSC’s Kresge College Phase II, multiple Monterey Bay Aquarium projects, and master plans for aquariums in New Zealand and Mexico.

Julia Weatherspoon

Associate & Project Architect, Gensler

Julia Weatherspoon is a licensed architect and associate at Gensler San Francisco dedicated to crafting spaces that not only creatively address design challenges, but also inspire, resonate, and build connections among people. She brings experience across a range of architecture projects at multiple scales, most recently academic higher education projects that focus on elevating experience through living and learning communities. 

She currently serves as Secretary on the National Board of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) and brings over a decade of deep commitment to the organization. She previously served as President of SFNOMA from 2021–2024, as well as SFNOMA Project Pipeline Camp Director for three years, advancing early exposure to architecture and design. She is also a Co-Chair of the NOMA Conference Seminar Selection Committee, serves on the Board of Directors for AIA San Francisco, serves as a Board Regent and Programs Chair for the California Architecture Foundation, and volunteers on the AIA National Secretary Advisory Committee.

Jim Zack

Founder, Zack/de Vito Architecture

Jim Zack, is the founding principal of Zack/de Vito Architecture + Construction,  trained as a builder, educated as an architect, leading a diverse practice based in San Francisco specializing in the design and making of buildings, interiors and custom furniture.  A California native, he completed his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley,  receiving numerous honors and design awards. 

Jim’s philosophically and aesthetically a modernist, he has the hands-on experience of a builder, the craft sensibility of a furniture maker, and the rational, thoughtful approach of an architect. His projects have an obsessive, expressive attention to spatial clarity, detail and craft.

• 5:30-6:15: Networking

• 6:15-8:00: Event program

  • 6:15-6:30: Introductions

  • 6:30-6:45: Keynote

  • 6:45-7:30: Panel conversation

  • 7:30-8:00: Q+A