The Light Rail Review Panel consists of 13 members drawn from the Seattle Design Commission, the Seattle Planning Commission and the Seattle Arts Commission. Members are volunteers and have been appointed by the Mayor and/or City Council.

Julie Bassuk, Co-Chair
Seattle Design Commission, Chair
Julie Bassuk, AICP is a partner at MAKERS architecture & urban design. She specializes in land use, neighborhood and facility planning for Port Districts, Cities and Federal Agencies. Julie is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and University of Washington's Real Estate Certificate program.

David Cutler, Co-Chair
Seattle Planning Commission, Vice Chair
David Cutler is an Associate at GGLO. He has experience with residential, institutional, and mixed-use architecture efforts. He specializes in urban design projects that include rapid transit components, public-private partnerships, form-based codes and alternative funding sources such as HOPE VI.

Julie Parrett
Seattle Design Commission
Julie Parrett is a registered Landscape Architect with over 15 years of experience designing, planning and developing urban parks and open spaces.  Recently, as Design Director for the People's Waterfront Coalition, an organization she helped co-found, Julie’s work focused on re-envisioning Seattle's downtown waterfront without the Viaduct. Julie teaches design studios at the Landscape Architecture Department at the University of Washington. Julie graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Architecture and earned a Masters degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.

Tom Nelson
Seattle Design Commission
Thomas Nelson AIA, LEED® BD+C is a principal at Mithun. With over 25 years of experience as an architect designing major commercial and institutional projects his focus is on civic and higher education. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Science from Kent State University.

Mary Fialko
Seattle Design Commission
Mary Fialko is a Masters candidate for Architecture and Real Estate Development degrees from the University of Washington.  She has a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from University of Cincinnati, and has practiced in New York, Berlin, and at Gehl Architects in Copenhagen. 

Lolly Kunkler
Seattle Design Commission
Lolly Kunkler is a licensed civil engineer who focuses on low impact development and sustainable infrastructure. She currently works at SvR Design, an integrated services firm focused on low impact development, parks, housing, site development, and pedestrian, street, and trail projects.

Don Vehige
Seattle Design Commission
Don Vehige AIA is an urban designer and associate at GGLO. His work is focused on urban redevelopment for communities throughout the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. Don has specific expertise in mixed use and transit oriented development, streetscapes and low-income housing. Don graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Architecture and the University of California - Berkeley with a Master of Landscape Architecture.

Osama Quotah
Seattle Design Commission
Osama is a registered architect and LEED TM accredited professional with a diverse background and a strong commitment to connect architecture and landscape design to culture and place. He works for LMN Architects, where he has led teams on a number of multi-disciplinary projects that have ranged from large master plans, and civic spaces to intimate museums, interpretive centers and cultural facilities.Osama holds a Bachelors of Art in Architecture from the University of Washington and a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Fine Arts.

Norie Sato
Seattle Design Commission
Norie Sato is an artist who has worked in public art for over 30 years, as an artist, an arts planner, arts commissioner, and teacher. She has experience in transit, educational facilities, civic structures, libraries, convention centers, laboratories, streetscapes, parks and infrastructure projects. She was a member of the Seattle Planning Commission and the Seattle Arts Commission, and is currently a Board member of Seattle's premier avant-garde performing arts presenter, On the Boards.

Shannon Loew
Seattle Design Commission
Shannon Loew is the founder of Form In Context (a.k.a. FIX), a small real estate development company focused on urban infill projects that stimulate community through shared values of innovation and creativity. He is an associate member of the AIA, LEED certified and holds a Master of Architecture from the Harvard School of Design and a Bachelor of Arts in environmental architecture from Vassar College. He has worked with some of the largest real estate developers in the country, prize winning architects in the US and Europe and at IDEO. 

Catherine Benotto
Seattle Planning Commission
Catherine Benotto is a Principal at Weber Thompson. She is passionate about creating sustainable communities, combining expertise in urban design, architecture and landscape architecture. She formerly served as Chair for the West Seattle Design Review Board.

Kevin McDonald
Seattle Planning Commission
Kevin is a Senior Transportation Planner for the City of Bellevue. His diverse professional background includes land use and transportation planning, environmental sustainability, and forest management

Kurt Kiefer
Seattle Arts Commission
Kurt Kiefer is a sculptor with an impressive collection of commissioned projects and exhibitions. As campus art administrator at the University of Washington, he is the project manager for the University's Public Art Program and curator of the Campus Art Collection. He is also a member of the Campus Landscape Advisory Committee.

Dan Corson
Seattle Arts Commission
Dan Corson is a sculptor and installation artist who has worked as a public artist, arts planner and and theatrical designer within the public realm for over 20 years. With deep experience in large infrastructure, civic and transit projects, Corson has a strong commitment to advancing thoughtful and sustainable design in the urban landscape. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Design from San Diego State University and a Masters of Arts in Sculpture from the University of Washington.  He is a member of the Seattle Arts Commission and is chair of the City of Seattle’s Public Art Advisory Committee.