Judith Sayler, CPSM
Since 2000s
Active
SMPS San Francisco Bay Area member
AEC marketing professional
Judith brings over 35 years of distinguished AEC marketing and business development leadership, having shaped marketing excellence across Silicon Valley’s most dynamic design-build, architecture, engineering, and construction management firms. Her career encompasses comprehensive experience in high-tech facilities, sustainable design, and facility management sectors serving corporate technology campuses, biotechnology laboratories, clean room manufacturing, aerospace facilities, and university research environments.
Her expertise spans integrated design-build project marketing, construction management business development, and facilities management professional services, with specialized knowledge in LEED-certified sustainable design and green building strategies. As a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED-AP), Judith combines technical understanding of sustainable building practices with strategic marketing and proposal development capabilities. She has contributed to marketing excellence at prominent Silicon Valley firms including Gordon Prill (Design-Build), Don Todd Associates (Construction Management), Hallmark Construction, Sandis, and Crosby Group Structural Engineers.
With Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from San Francisco State University and University of Idaho respectively, Judith’s comprehensive understanding of business development strategy, proposal management, and client relationship building has positioned numerous AEC firms for competitive success across aerospace, biotechnology, science and technology, corporate office, and higher education sectors throughout California’s innovation corridor.
Judith demonstrates exceptional professional leadership through her CPSM certification, LEED Accredited Professional credential, and extraordinary track record of volunteer service spanning three decades across multiple professional associations. Her leadership legacy reflects sustained commitment to advancing both the AEC marketing profession and the broader facilities management industry.
As Executive Advisor to IFMA Silicon Valley’s Mentoring Program since 2022, Judith continues her longstanding dedication to professional development, having previously chaired the chapter’s Mentoring Program from 2011-2014 and 2018-2019. Her IFMA Silicon Valley leadership includes serving as Secretary (2011, 2012), Board Member and Director of Associate Affairs (2017, 2010), and over a decade co-chairing the Professional Development Committee. In 2018, she received the prestigious Associate of the Year award at IFMA’s International World Workplace Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, recognizing her outstanding contributions to the global facilities management profession.
Her SMPS San Francisco Bay Area Chapter leadership is equally distinguished, serving as Chapter President during 2006-2007, where she implemented the chapter’s pioneering Mentoring Program. In 2001, she created the chapter’s Founders’ Awards Program, which continues to recognize marketing excellence throughout the Bay Area AEC community. She served as Awards Juror in both 2017 and 2013. In 2019, Judith received the William B. Hankinson Memorial Founders Award for Lifetime Achievement, the San Francisco Chapter’s most prestigious honor, recognizing her decades of service, mentorship, and contributions to advancing professional services marketing.
Beyond SMPS and IFMA, Judith’s leadership extends across numerous professional associations including U.S. Green Building Council Northern California (Founding Member of Silicon Valley Branch in 2009, served as Secretary in 2012), Association for Facilities Engineering Silicon Valley Chapter (Executive Board Secretary 2018-19), International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering, CoreNet Global, and BOMA Silicon Valley, demonstrating her commitment to cross-industry collaboration and professional development.
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