Adam Glaser

Adam is a Managing Director in the Higher Education practice of KPMG LLP. He specializes in design and placemaking for innovators, entrepreneurs and university-corporate partnerships. His work focuses on the convergence of higher education, next-generation workplaces and innovation-centered urban design. Adam has led significant innovation projects for the UNC Chapel Hill, UC Berkeley/LBNL, Pennsylvania State University, Cortex, Wake Forest University, The University City Science Center – along with a new university district in Chula Vista, CA. Adam served as Chief Design Officer for Benjamin’s Desk/1776, a startup CoWorking incubator which grew from 3,000gsf to over 200,000gsf during his tenure, to include key innovation hubs in Philadelphia and Washington. Educated at Rice University and at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Adam is an avid teacher who has served as Visiting Professor of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis from 1996 to 2000 and as an Instructor at the University of Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2007. He frequently speaks at AIA, ULI, UEDA, APA, SCUP and AURP conferences and has organized several events focused on Campus Planning and Globalism.