Education
- The Catholic University of America, 1981, MS Engineering
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1978, BArch
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1978, BS in Building Sciences
Years of practice
1974–Affiliations/Firms
- STUDIOS Architecture - COO
- HDR Architecture, Inc. - VP and Senior Project Manager
- Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, PC - Senior Associate
- Howard University School of Architecture and Design - Associate Dean and Associate Professor
- Segreti Tepper Architects, PC - Associate
- Robert Traynham Coles, Architect, PC - Architect
- Robert A. Hawthorne, Architect, PC - Architect
- VVKR Inc. - Architect
Professional organizations
- Licensed in 1981
- Joined AIA in 1982
- Became AIA fellow in 2002
Awards, honors and press
- 2000 – Howard University CEACS Outstanding Faculty Member
- 2000 – NCARB Presidents Medal
- 2005 – Women of Color in Technology Lifetime Achievement Award
Related websites
Keywords
Alexandria, California, District of Columbia, New York, New York City, San Francisco, Virginia, Washington D.C., building systems, commercial, industrial, institutionalBiography
Press and Awards
2000 – Howard University CEACS Outstanding Faculty Member
2000 – NCARB Presidents Medal
2005 – Women of Color in Technology Lifetime Achievement Award
Writings
Riding the Vortex – African American Women Architects in Practice (2008 thru present)
Institutional Affiliations
- Virginia Center for Architecture, Trustee
- American Institute of Architects, Fellow
- AIA National Ethics Council, Former Chair
- AIA|NOVA, BOD
- AIA|NOVA, Women in Architecture
- AIA|DC Chapter (1982-2013)
- National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, Certificate Holder NCARB Committee on Examination, Former Chair
- National Organization of Minority Architects
- Virginia Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects, Former Chair
- US Green Building Council
- Society of Building Science Educators
- American Solar Energy Society
- Middle Atlantic Solar Energy Society
- Black Women in Architecture and Related Professions (1980s)
- Hampton University Department of Architecture Advisory Council
- Howard University College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences Advisory Council
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture Deans Council