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LCI Community of Practice
Northern California
Welcome to the LCI Northern California Community of Practice. Our community serves Lean practitioners from the Bay Area to the Central Valley. Currently we hold monthly events. Most events are in-person. Events vary in scale, format, and geography to offer a wide variation of value to our community.
CoP Highlights
First Annual Appreciation & Recognition Event
On January 22, 2026, the LCI Northern California Community of Practice (CoP) gathered at Side Gate Brewing in Concord for a milestone celebration—our first-ever Appreciation & Recognition Event.
With more than 50 attendees, the evening brought together local Lean pioneers, Community of Practice core group members, and—most importantly—the 2025 sustaining sponsors whose support made last year one of the most successful and impactful years in LCI NorCal CoP history.
Our Impact
Our Purpose
As you know, the design and construction industry is transforming into a more collaborative culture through the application of Lean principles and integration project teams. Our goal is to create an environment where owners, architects, designers, contractors, trade partners, suppliers, academics and industry organizations can all come together to share, learn, and explore Lean principles and processes with a common goal of improving our industry and delivering value to our Owners and community.
Get Involved
Each December and February our Core Group meets to outline our monthly event topics that are inspired by LCI’s mission to lead the building industry in transforming it practices and culture through Lean implementation and to ultimately achieve a healthy and thriving building industry delivering outstanding project outcomes every time for everyone.
For any general questions and/or comments, please contact CoP Leader, Tom Martin. If you have a topic that you would like to present, please contact CoP Vice/Events Leader, Glen Sullivan. For CoP Annual Sponsorship opportunities, please contact Sponsorship Lead, Juan Restrepo.
Core Group Members
- Leader - Tom Martin, Sutter Health
- Vice Leader - Glen Sullivan, McCarthy
- Sponsorship Leader - Juan Restrepo, The Boldt Company
- Education & Training Leader - Paz Arroyo, PhD, DPR Construction
- Communications and PR Leader - Kandice Lee, Strategy and Development Advocate
- Member - Bill Andrews, Buehler Engineering
- Member - Jeff Long, JW Long Consulting
- Member - Kevin Ng, XL Construction
- Member - Karen Conrod, Herrero Builders
- Member - Larry Summerfield, Buehler Engineering
- Member - Kristian Weller, Hilti
- Member - Charlie Hall, Southland Industries
- Member - Josh Carbonel, Sutter Health
- Leader Emeritus - Felipe Engineer-Manriquez, The Boldt Company
- Leader Emeritus / National Practice Team Core Group - Angela Bowman, The Boldt Company
Annual Sponsors
Northern California CoP Sustaining Sponsors - 2026
