Kristin Slavin
Founder
Conifer Advising is a mass timber consultancy dedicated to driving systemic change in the real estate, design, and construction industries by making mass timber the default choice for developers and architects. The firm is led by Kristin Slavin, a seasoned expert with over a decade of experience across the entire mass timber lifecycle, including development, architecture, construction, and prefabricated manufacturing. Conifer Advising is founded on the principle that sharing experience, knowledge, and collaborative processes to enable mass timber will increase the feasibility for developers to build innovative, low-carbon buildings.
Conifer Advising partners with a diverse clientele, including government agencies, institutions, developers, design teams, and manufacturers, to overcome the critical barriers to mass timber adoption. The firm’s services are rooted in deep industry knowledge and critical thinking, providing expert guidance to streamline projects, reduce risk, and eliminate costly re-work. This advisory work encompasses providing strategic design and pre-construction feedback, facilitating key industry connections, conducting in-depth market analysis, mass timber and prefab product development, and transforming traditional, bespoke project delivery models into productized, highly efficient building systems.