Competition Manager
 
The Competition Manager is retained by the conservancy to manage the Competition procedure. The Competition Manager’s role is to be the sole contact of, and representative for, the participants throughout the Competition; organize and coordinate all activities of the Competition to ensure an equitable, open, and clear process leading to decisions by the Jury; facilitate meetings as required for the orderly execution of the Competition; and to bring issues regarding non-compliance of the regulations to the Governance Group for review and decision.
 
 
Donald J. Stastny FAIA FAICP FCIP
Competition Manager
Donald J. Stastny has been a practicing architect, urban designer and process facilitator for over forty years, rebuilding communities physically and culturally. Using design as a comprehensive and strategic tool, he works toward elevating the public’s understanding and expectations of architecture locally, nationally, and internationally. Don is recognized as one of the preeminent competition advisors and managers in North America. In 1980, he conducted his first Design Competition for Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square, creating a process that was published in the 1988 AIA Guidebook for Architectural Competitions and has become a national model. Additionally, he authored The Design Excellence Program Guide: Building a Legacy for the U.S. General Services Administration. Among the more than 50 design/designer selection processes he has managed, Don has assisted the U.S. Department of State in the design delivery of five embassies in Berlin, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Beijing and London as well as the design and planning of major public open space and urban development projects.
 
Don received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Oregon State University, a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Washington and Master of Architecture and Master of City Planning degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. Post-graduate, he was a Research Fellow at the Center for Ekistics in Athens, Greece. Don has been honored by his peers with his election to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects, the American Institute of Certified Planners, and the Canadian Institute of Planners/Institut Canadien des Urbanistes. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Urban Design. Don was awarded the 2006 AIA Northwest and Pacific Region’s Medal of Honor and the 2009 AIA Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture.
 
Jennifer Mannhard AICP LEED AP
Competition Project Manager
Jennifer Mannhard is a senior urban planner and project manager. With education and experience in architecture, planning, and real estate development, Jennifer brings a truly integrated approach to projects. Over the past seven years Jennifer has worked with Don Stastny to execute high-profile and complex design competitions, serving as project manager for such competitions as the Transbay Transit Center and Tower Design and Development Competition in San Francisco and the City+Arch+River Design Competition in St. Louis, Missouri. She manages the exchange of information between competitors and sponsors, develops the competition materials, and ensures successful coordination and execution of the competition processes.
 
Jennifer received a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Texas A&M University and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning and Graduate Certificate in Real Estate Development from Portland State University. A professional planner, Jennifer is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and a LEED Accredited Professional.