Aliya Lofland, Greg Nevins, Mac Tezak

Our team sees the climate change resulting from human activity as the most important issue concerning our world today because of its drastic effects on the environment, our society, and our economy. Our team is united in our concerns and share a common anxiety resulting from how humans are altering our planet's climate for the worst. Global warming is an incredible problem and because of this, many of us responsible avoid trying to combat it, out of fear of inevitable failure. Though our group understands this, we feel the weight of responsibility to fight global warming and in response, are coming together to educate ourselves on topic and provide a viable solution. We use the word responsibility because the issue of climate change is one each of us contributes to each day in more ways than one. Our generation also has the benefit of being more educated on this issue and because we are still very young, we have the opportunity to make real change. 

Team Members:

1) Aliya Lofland* 2)  Greg Nevins 3) Mac Tezak

Team Assets:

Mac: Knowledge about renewable energy, construction processes, common global warming issue knowledge, time management skills, teamwork skills

Aliya: Knowledge about climate change and contributing factors, leadership skills, organizational skills, public speaking skills, teamwork skills, ability to step back and shift perspective

Greg: Knowledge in climate change, teamwork skills, communication and writing skills, leadership skills

Team Procedures:

Day, time, and place for regular team meetings other than class time:

Sundays 7:30pm - Zoom

Future Meetings: TBD

Preferred method of communication:

1. 1. Text
   2. Zoom
   3. Email

Decision-making policy:

Preferred method is consensus and fall-back is the majority but that is our last resort. We will pursue a solution everyone is happy with.

Method for setting and following meeting agendas:

 We will take turns setting an agenda for meetings unless a member does not have the time to do so. We will send texts to remind each other of meetings and communicate throughout the meeting to notify when we have to move on to the next agenda item. We are all very focused team members and will hold each other accountable for keeping on track with polite reminders. 

Team Participation

Strategies to ensure cooperation and equal distribution of tasks:

1. 1. Equal distribution of tasks communicated effectively through text and in-person reminders. 
   2. Regular “Check-ins” to make sure everyone is comfortable with the workload, strategies, goals, etc. 
   3. Maintain a respectful team environment so everyone has the freedom to speak their opinion and participate. 

Strategies for encouraging/including ideas from all team members (team maintenance):

Regular “Check-ins” to make sure everyone is comfortable with the workload, strategies, goals, etc. 

Strategies for keeping on task (task maintenance):

Maintaining an agenda for each meeting and sending text reminders when due dates are approaching

Preferences for leadership (informal, formal, individual, shared):

Our preferred leadership is shared leadership because everyone is equally capable and deserves that role. 

Personal Accountability

Expected individual attendance, punctuality, and participation at all team meetings:

Each of us is expected to attend meetings on-time unless they are unable to do so. If they can’t, they’ll notify the other team members before. 

Expected level of responsibility for fulfilling team assignments, timelines, and deadlines:

We will divide responsibility equally for each task based on their skills and desire to do the task. 

Expected level of communication with other team members:

Basic level communication via text or phone call to ensure tasks are being completed and schedules are followed. 

Expected level of commitment to team decisions and tasks:

100% commitment to decisions and tasks. 

Describe, as a group, you would handle infractions of any of the obligations of this team contract:

If an infraction occurred, we would text or call the member and explain how we see their infraction, have a conversation if needed, and move on to the next task at hand after we have come to a resolution. 

Describe what your team will do if the infractions continue:

We will continue to communicate respectfully and effectively and if it prolongs throughout the whole project, we will inform them that we are notifying the professor so their lack of contribution does not affect our individual grade. This is the very last response though and will be avoided at all costs.

Signed:

Aliya Lofland

Greg Nevins

Mac Tezak

Education

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, Daniels College of Business, Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management

Expected Graduation: June 2021

BS in Business Administration Real Estate Built Environment and Construction Management 

BS in Marketing and Communications

BS in Finance and Real Estate 

Professional Experience

Redeux Developments, Denver, CO

Summer Intern June 2020-August 2020

• Mac worked as an assistant project manager on 7-10 semi-custom homes, in all stages of construction. He facilitated communication throughout all stakeholders regularly, performed inspection walks with and without city inspectors, managed subcontracts and suppliers to ensure timeliness, money management, and quality control. 

Habitat for Humanity, Denver, CO

Consultant January 2021-Present

• Aliya serves as a consultant for the marketing department of Habitat for Humanity Denver office to develop overall strategy and website optimization 

The Zall Company, Denver, CO

Incoming Associate Broker July 2019-Present

• Greg is currently training to enter his role as a commercial real estate broker at the Zall Company in Denver, CO where he is frequently working with national retail clients to conduct site selection in the Denver area and tenant selection for the firm’s landlord clients. 

Combined Professional Skills

• Time management, scheduling and estimating, communication, leadership and problem solving