Edward “Tony” Ransom, AIA, NOMA, CCM, LEED AP, BOC Lvl. 1, has spent over 42 years providing architectural and construction services. He moved to Boston in 1976 to attend the Boston Architectural College, where he received his Bachelor’ s Degree. After working for several large, and small firms in the Boston area, he opened his own company, the Ransom Design Studio, in 1989. He has performed design and construction services for the renovation of approximately 950 units of housing, a community health care center, accessibility and interior design projects. In 2005, his inclinations toward Program and Project Management led him to alter his career path and focus on being an Owner’s Project Manager. Today Mr. Ransom is the Deputy Director for Energy & Sustainability at the MA Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance. As the Deputy Director for this program, Mr. Ransom is charged with managing the implementation of energy and water conservation, sustainability, resiliency and decarbonization measures within new construction and renovation projects for the Commonwealth’s many agencies. He works to implement these improvements throughout the Commonwealth’s 600+ facilities, and 4,300+ active buildings, which comprise approximately 66 million square feet. Mr. Ransom is a member of the American Institute of Architects, Boston Society for Architecture, and is the President of the Boston Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (BosNOMA.). He also serves the Commonwealth as a member of the Boston Society of Architects’ Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Network MA Board of Registration of Architects.