Sarah grew up in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of southern Colorado. She was born into a real estate family with her Dad owning and operating a real estate business for over 35 years. She has been a Realtor in Colorado for 19 years and North Dakota for three years. Sarah worked with Conner Murphy Homes of Williston, ND from 2013-2016 selling and facilitating selections and design choices for over thirty new homes. She moved back home to Colorado in 2016 and saw an opportunity to join forces with L&D Construction and start building ADUs. She works with clients from the first idea of an ADU and throughout the entire construction process.

Sarah is very well versed in the nuances of the Denver Zoning Code regarding ADUs and is very adept at navigating the often-difficult city plan review and permitting process. Sarah is also philosophically a big proponent of smart development and feels that ADUs help keep existing neighborhoods intact while still increasing our much-needed housing stock.

Jeff will have his personal ADU on the tour to showcase the Simple Home building mentor. He is the co-founder and CEO of Simple Homes, a Denver-based construction technology startup. Simple Homes’ vision is to transform the U.S. homebuilding industry using design, technology, and Scandinavian-inspired off-site construction. The company offers high-quality prefabricated homes (including ADUs) that are designed, manufactured, and assembled using a unique panelized construction system adapted from Swedish builders – where >90% of homes are built in factories today using similar methods.

Kol is the owner of Accessory Dwelling Strategies LLC, a company dedicated to ADU-related education, advocacy and consulting. He edits and manages accessorydwellings.org, a website that addresses ADU policy issues and features an array of ADU projects. Kol also wrote the book on ADUs, Backdoor Revolution: The Definitive Guide to ADU Development, runs Portland’s city-wide ADU tour, offers homeowner-focused ADU courses, and delivers ADU education, speaking and consulting for a variety of audiences.

Kol is the lead instructor & curriculum developer of the ADU Specialist training and accreditation program.

Ozi Friedrich is the founder and principal architect of Radix Design, LLC, a small firm based in a historic Denver neighborhood. Ozi designed their first ADU in 2006 and made ADUs a focus of their practice after founding Radix in 2016. Their work focuses on contextually sensitive, compatible ADU designs that are great to live in despite zoning, landmark, or other restrictions. Their work includes the custom design of at least 20 ADUs, including examples of attached ADUs, basement ADUs, and a garage conversion. They are also architect of record for the West Denver Renaissance Collective pre-designed ADU program, and have brought 16 designated affordable ADUs through Denver permitting as part of the program.

Since founding Radix, Ozi has advocated for improvements in ADU zoning, design guidelines, and building codes. Their career has spanned from a time when ADU construction was nearly impossible to the current moment where statewide legislation promises to make ADUs a key strategy in resolving Colorado’s housing crisis.