Chicago Deep Dish: Student Housing

Chelsea Metivier applies her passion for access and equity in higher education and prior on-campus housing experience to direct and execute advisory engagements and support client needs. Ms. Metivier’s experience as a campus housing advisor includes work across institutional types and projects. Her leadership in client engagements ranges from initial phases, as strategic planning and market research, to feasibility analyses through to campus housing master plans and programmatic reviews. Ms. Metivier also evaluates and supports implementation of first-time campus housing. She provides day-to-day project leadership and strategic direction for successful project execution and client service. Prior to joining Scion, Ms. Metivier worked in Residence Life at Loyola University Chicago, where she managed the daily operations of residential buildings with between 300 – 500 beds. During that time, Ms. Metivier also co-authored departmental and programmatic learning outcomes in alignment with University strategic plans. Before working in campus housing, Ms. Metivier focused on equity of access to higher education, specifically for first-generation student populations. She first promoted access through the successful management of a college transition and access program at a Washington, D.C. non-profit and later as an undergraduate admissions counselor at Georgetown University. Ms. Metivier’s passion for campus housing and access to higher education is rooted in her experience as a first-generation student and observation of the impact campus housing had in furthering her social and academic success during her undergraduate career. Ms. Metivier earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Political Science, Economics & Law (PPEL) from the University of Richmond and a Master of Education, Higher Education Student Affairs from Loyola University Chicago.

David Lizak, Comcast’s regional senior director of Commercial Development, has nearly 20 years of industry experience in a variety of technical and leadership roles, with a primary focus on new product and fiber facility rollouts. Recognized for developing high-performing sales organizations, in his role, David leads the regional Xfinity Communities team, which is responsible for acquiring and servicing large multi-unit residential customers, including apartment complexes, condominium associations, hospitals and colleges/universities). In addition to Xfinity’s state-of-the-art Internet and TV service, Xfinity Communities recently launched Smart Communities, an innovative new IoT platform that automates property management and helps attract residents by bringing smart technologies to individual units. David, who lives in Chicago, has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Miami University in Oxford, OH, with a focus on marketing and entrepreneurship.