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Rives co-directs Gensler's Design Performance teams and initiatives. He is a recognized global expert in resilient, high-performance and sustainable design and has been a faculty member of both Rice University and the University of Houston for 25 years. Rives has authored more than 150 articles for diverse publications like the Urban Land Institute's Urban Land, WIRED, Fast Company and Texas Architect and has been an invited speaker at symposiums on five continents. Following Hurricane Harvey’s impact on Houston, Rives serves as Gensler’s local and national representative on resiliency in the wake of recent natural disasters (the Global Resilience Institute) speaking with Fast Company, Voice of America News, and American City & Country. A member of the prestigious AIA Fellowship, Rives holds a B.A. in Architecture from Rice University and a Masters from MIT.