2027 Charter Awards Jury

Jeremy Lake, Jury Chair

Principal at Union Studio Architecture and Community Design

Jeremy is a Principal at Union Studio Architecture and Community Design who brings over 20 years of experience working on a wide range of architecture and community design projects throughout the country. He is a registered architect, but his real specialty is working on neighborhood-scale projects, both designing new communities and helping revitalize existing ones. His passion is applying time-tested design principles to new projects to help them seamlessly connect to their existing surroundings while also fostering a sense of community between residents new and old. He designs and manages projects for both public entities and private developers and enjoys the challenge of finding simple design solutions that integrate a complex set of seemingly competing issues into a cohesive vision. Jeremy is known for bringing an open mind, sense of humor, and collaborative spirit to every project he works on. He is an active member of the Congress for the New Urbanism, including being a regular at their annual Congress and serving on the local host committee for CNU33 in Providence.

Joanna Lombard, AIA, LEED AP

ACSA Distinguished Professor at the University of Miami School of Architecture

Joanna Lombard, AIA, LEED AP, is ACSA Distinguished Professor at the University of Miami School of Architecture with a secondary appointment in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Miller School of Medicine, and Faculty Ombudsperson for the Coral Gables and Rosenstiel Campuses. She is a founding member of the UM Built-Environment Behavior & Health Research Group with funded projects in the area of neighborhood design and health, currently studying the impacts of streetscape-greening and park access. She is author and co-author of articles, books, and book chapters, co-leader of one of the eleven university-based teams selected as charter members of the American Institute of Architects Design & Health Research Consortium, and a member of the University of Miami U-LINK teams exploring a Hyperlocal Approach to Climate Adaptation, Climate Resilience for the Spinal Cord Injury community, and Mental Health, Greenness and Heat. Professionally she is a member of the national research and design collective, Practice Landscape. She works on strategies for healthy communities, consulting with healthcare systems to develop new and retrofit existing campuses, and on numerous projects with DPZ CoDesign on in the areas of education, institution, and healthcare campus planning and community design.

Ashley Terry

President of Development at Pivot Real Estate Development

Ashley Terry serves as President of Development at Pivot Real Estate Development. In this role, she leads the firm’s strategy and execution across its portfolio, guiding projects from site selection through stabilization. She provides strategic oversight to project teams and partners, ensuring developments are thoughtfully structured and strategically positioned for sustained success.

Ashley brings a people-first approach to her work, with a focus on mixed-use and urban infill projects that create lasting value for the communities they serve.

Previously, Ashley spent over a decade as Vice President of Development for Wheeler District, a 150-acre urban infill project in Oklahoma City. Her leadership there spanned infrastructure and entitlements, vertical development, operations, and overall strategy.

Ashley serves as a Global Trustee of the Urban Land Institute, ULI’s high-level leadership group responsible for helping shape the direction and agenda of the organization and representing its global membership. She also serves on the Governance Committee for the Oklahoma Chapter of the Urban Land Institute.

Her civic and community involvement includes service on the boards of City Care, Calle Dos Cinco in Historic Capitol Hill, Western Gateway Elementary School, and Independent Retail Community Initiatives, as well as membership on the City of Oklahoma City Housing Advisory Group.