Benchmarking Healthy Materials

Jill Dexter, IIDA, RID is an Associate and Interior Designer at Stantec with over 14 years of experience in corporate interiors, retail, mixed-use, and civic design. She is passionate about creating experiential spaces that connect users to their environment. Acting as a conduit for bringing the clients vision to life, Jill appreciates a holistic approach to a project and enjoys participating in projects from concept through construction administration. Jill knows that design is compelling, so she has spent many years volunteering with the IIDA Illinois Board, most recently serving as 2022-2023 Board President and currently supports the Illinois board with Interior Design Advocacy initiatives. She is an proponent for introducing design to students at a young age and participates in IIDA’s Design Your World in Chicago. In addition, she has been tapped by IIDA HQ to join the Advocacy Advisory Council and sits as a liaison for AIA Large Firm Round Table supporting the Materials Pledge initiative on behalf of Stantec. At work, Jill was invited to participate in Stantec’s Healthy Materials Council and gladly accepted the opportunity, writing a grant for internal R&D that was awarded financing, continuing advocacy for healthier practices for clients, end-users, practitioners, and the planet.

Terry began her twenty-year career as a workplace interior designer and is now a Project Manager in Stantec’s Buildings Digital Practice team, serving almost 6000 staff in the Buildings group. She champions design excellence, efficiency, and innovation across the business through technology and digital solutions. Terry collaborates with practitioners across diverse sectors and disciplines to assess what the practice needs and then works with her team to create custom tools, pilot new programs, author best practices, and design custom data-driven products such as our Healthy Materials Benchmarking tools. These efforts help our practice achieve their goals and increase their digital maturity to ensure we bring our best work to our clients.

Vickie brings more than 25 years of experience in commercial interior design. She has worked on a wide range of project types and delivery models for various public and private sector clients across North America. Vickie has led all phases of design, from programming and planning through construction documents and construction administration, as well as furniture specifications and documentation. Her creativity and innovation have been applied to new construction as well as renovations. Her passion is understanding how the built environment can affect human health and wellness. As a Leader on Stantec's Healthy Material council, she has inspired and promoted the use of safer products on Stantec projects. Stantec's Healthy Materials Council comprises of subject matter experts that meet regularly to evaluate material specifications and design methodologies. Outside of Stantec, she serves on the HPDC technical committee as a subject matter expert on building product specifications. The committee is responsible for interpretation, revision and expansion of the construction industry standard for reporting ingredients and transparency.