Executive Bios

Roland A. Wiley, Principal ...... rwiley@rawinternational.com
Mr. Wiley, managing partner of RAW International, has over 24 years experience in project design, technical coordination, and construction management. As founder and managing partner of RAW International, Mr. Wiley’s responsibilities range from the strategic and economic planning of the firm to resolving design and construction problems. His demonstrated leadership and planning skills have sustained the firm’s continued growth and success for 20years. The firm has evolved into a creative problem solving team, successfully executing a diversity of projects ranging from transit planning to sanctuary design.

Mr. Wiley considers himself an urban visionary. His 24 years of experience have afforded him the opportunity to plan, design, and build urban projects ranging from a downtown high-rise commercial development to light rail and bus transit studies. In the process of his professional development Mr. Wiley has developed a passion for the sustainable revitalization of underserved urban communities. Projects under his direction include the Crenshaw Prairie Transit Corridor Major Investment Study which identified the significant potential for revitalization by using regional transit investment as a catalyst for the development of a community. In addition, Mr. Wiley performed a sustainable technologies analysis for the California Science Center, which evaluated the feasibility of cutting edge sustainable technologies including fuel cells, photo voltaic cells, and thermal energy storage systems.

Mr. Wiley's recent projects include the Crenshaw District Pedestrian Linkages Plan, and the Union Station Gateway East Portal in Los Angeles, CA. The Union Station Gateway East Portal Project entails an intermodal transit facility that shall be the hub of pedestrian and transit activity for the Metro Rail, Metro Link, Amtrak, and RTD bus system.

Steven G. Lott, Principal ...... slott@rawinternational.com
Steven Lott is Design/Marketing Partner of RAW International. His design capabilities are complemented by an understanding of spatial relationships developed through his tenure in planning and behavioral science. Prior to the inception of RAW International, Mr. Lott reserved on the technical staff of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Gruen Associates, respectively.

Mr. Lott's background contributes tools to successfully provide services with a depth of knowledge historically reserved for large-scale firms. His project management experience encompasses full-scale management from initial program development to scheduling, design, production and construction administration. To date, Mr. Lott has established RAW International in the fields of government, healthcare and retail/showroom design, as well as college/university projects and federal court facilities design. RAW International has designed showrooms in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. Healthcare facilities, showrooms and government projects designed by RAW have received design awards.

In the mid-nineties Mr. Lott began focusing the firms capabilities on front end pre-design services. Today, RAW International has an established track record on front end Facilities Planning and Programming Projects.

Mr. Lott has successfully programmed, designed and directed contracts for the GSA since 1993.

Drake Dillard, Principal ...... ddillard@rawinternational.com
Mr. Dillard is the principal in charge of Program/Construction Management. As a principal with RAW International, Drake brings with him vast management experience. His program/construction expertise encompasses a broad range of projects. These projects include but are not limited to educational, medical, commercial, and housing facilities. His specialty is managing multi-million dollar programs that involve simultaneous, multi-phase projects. Mr. Dillard has over 26 years of experience in the management field; here are a few examples of projects under his direction:

SB 1953 Seismic Compliance Program for LA County ($172 Million)
New Orleans Parish School Bond ($175 Million)
LAUSD Measure "K" District C ($47 Million)
Kaiser Permanente Projects ($623 Million)

Drake is a graduate of the University of Illinois (B.A.) and also a graduate of Howard University (M.A.). Mr. Dillard is proud to serve as National President for the National Organization for Minority Architects (NOMA).