Director, Center for Professional Learning
Director, Design Leadership & Design for Sustainability Programs
The Weitzman School of Design
University of Pennsylvania
2024 Past-President
Philadelphia AIA
Member:
2024 AIA Higher Education Advisory Team
2024 AIA COTE Jury Member
2024 NCARB Education Committee
Co-Founder and Co-Leader
Justice Alliance for Design Education – Philadelphia
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Rob Fleming is an award-winning educator, author, keynote speaker, sustainability advocate, and architect. In all his work, Rob strives to: Advocate for social equity in the built environment; Regenerate the natural world, Design beautiful places; and Bring economic viability to sustainability projects. Rob is an educator He is the Founding Director of the Center for Professional Learning Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania’s. He is the Director of the Design Leadership and Co-Director of the Design for Sustainability Program. From 1996 to 2021, Rob served as the Founding Director and Professor for the Award-winning Master of Science in Sustainable Design Program at Thomas Jefferson University, where he taught hundreds of emerging sustainability professionals who have made important contributions in the world. Rob is an author His 4th book, Sustainable Design for the Built Environment, has become a required textbook for many college courses around the country. In all his books, Rob breaks down complex topics using straightforward language and compelling graphics, leading to a better understanding of how we can address the challenges of the climate emergency. Rob is currently writing his 5th book, Survivability, A friendly guide to the end of the world. Rob is a speaker He has delivered over 250 public presentations on sustainability where he brings humor, enthusiasm, inspiration and hope for a sustainable future to audiences around the world. Rob is an advocate Rob co-founded the Justice Alliance for Design Education which features an alliance of six universities and six non-profit organizations all working together to transform the principles and practices of design programs across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Starting in 2022, Rob will become the President-Elect of the Philadelphia AIA. Rob is a architect Rob works with clients and design firms around the country to facilitate integrative design charrettes using co-creative, stakeholder driven design processes. In this way, built environment projects reach higher levels of sustainability and the design teams themselves develop stronger bonds through a shared sense of purpose