Elizabeth Hausler Strand

• Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Build Change, USA

MSc and PhD in Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley; MSc in Environmental Science, University of Colorado; 2002-03, Fulbright Scholar to India. Skilled brick, block and stone mason. Formerly: five years providing engineering consulting services at Peterson Consulting, Chicago and Dames & Moore, Denver; has lectured on sustainable, disaster-resistant construction in 11 countries; 2002-03, Member, National Research Council committee to develop long-term research agenda for earthquake engineering; 2004, Echoing Green Fellow; 2006, Draper Richards Fellow; 2009, Ashoka-Lemelson Fellow. Featured by ABC News World News Tonight as Person of the Week (2006).