Brian Raff, is Vice President of the American Institute of Steel Construction, leading the association's efforts in Sustainability and Government Relations. Since 2005, Brian has led several key marketing and business development roles within AISC and the National Steel Bridge Alliance. In 2013, Brian left the Institute to serve as Marketing Director for one of North America's largest structural steel building and bridge fabricators before returning to AISC in 2017 to lead AISC's marketing communications and government affairs efforts. Mr. Raff graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree and received his MBA from DePaul University in Chicago, focusing on economic business strategy.

Carlo Lini, is the Director of the AISC Steel Solutions Center and is a licensed professional engineer. He earned his bachelor's degree from Michigan Technological University in 2002 and his master's degree from Purdue University in 2004. After graduating, Carlo worked as a staff engineer at Ruby + Associates for six-and-a-half years. While at Ruby, he worked on a variety of steel-related jobs. In his current role, Carlo oversees responses to email inquiries from engineers, architects, owners, and others with regard to the design and construction of structural steel buildings.

Rachel Chicchi Cross, Ph.D., SE, PE, is an Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati in the Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering & Construction Management. She performs analytical and experimental research on the behavior of steel structures under fire and post-earthquake fire conditions. Dr. Cross is a voting member of the AISC Task Committee 8, which writes the specification on designing steel structures for fire conditions (Appendix 4 of AISC 360-22). She is a 2022 AISC Terry Peshia Early Career Faculty Award recipient and is currently writing the 2nd edition of the AISC Design Guide 19: Fire Resistance of Structural Steel Framing.