Emerging Leaders

Launched in 2017, the BWAF Emerging Leaders program is a selective professional development opportunity for early- and mid-career women. Within a small group format, participants engage with significant senior women in architecture, design, engineering, construction, real estate, law, and financial services to advance their own career goals and connect with a cohort of ambitious colleagues across at similar professional levels. Participants share common experiences and trade personal strategies for advancing their field. Over 200 women have participated in past cohorts, building a timeless network of allies and support for each other.

Confidence, Compensation, Competition

Confidence, Compensation, Competition was held June 26th, July 25th, and August 27th, 2019. Participants heard from speakers Carol Loewenson, FAIA, LEED AP; Suzanne Pennasilico, SPHR; Kirsten Sibilia, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP; and Susan Hayes, Founder and CEO of Susan Hayes Enterprises.

BWAF Summer 2019 Emerging Leaders Participants

Tori August
Associate/Project Architect, Cooper Carry
Liza K. Billings, EIT
Project Engineer,
Samantha Biscottini
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Arup
Hendy Bloch, Assoc. AIA
Project Manager | Project Architect
Alysha E. Buck, AIA
Senior Associate, Cooper Carry
Alanna Conner
Associate, Cooper Carry
May ElKhattab
Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Arup
Caroline Frantz
Intermediate Architect, Marvel Architects
Jessica Friscia
Project Engineer, Langan
Ishita Gaur
Architectural and Urban Designer, Marvel Architect
Madeleine Haslam
Designer, Cooper Carry
Courtney Higgins
Associate Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Ivy Hume
Architect, FOSTER + PARTNERS ARCHITECTS
Ellyn E. Plappert
Senior Project Engineer, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Rubina Ramponi
Senior Engineer, Arup
Emily Snead
Project Manager, Langan Engineering, Environmental, Surveying, Landscape Architecture, and Geology, D.P.C
Athina Spyridaki
Structural Engineer Professional, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Carisa Sweeney
Senior Architect, Urban Architecture LLC
Maryanne Wachter
Structural Design Engineer, LERA Consulting Structural Engineers
Maeve K. Weiden, LEED AP BD+C
Project Engineer, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Natalia Zawisny
Senior Protective Design and Structural Engineer, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
Maggie Zou
Architectural Designer, Perkins Eastman

CONFIDENCE

Speaker
Carol Loewenson, FAIA, LEED AP
Partner | Mitchell Giurgola Architects LLP

Time and location

When: June 26, 2019
Where: Mitchell Giurgola Architects LLP

COMPENSATION

Speaker
Suzanne Pennasilico, SPHR

Time and location

When: July 25, 2019
Where: Dattner Architects

COMPENSATION

Speaker
Kirsten Sibilia, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP
Managing Principal | Dattner Architects

Time and location

When: July 25, 2019
Where: Dattner Architects

COMPETITION

Speaker
Susan Hayes
Founder and CEO | Susan Hayes Enterprises

Time and location

When: August 27, 2019
Where: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP

View previous sessions from recent years:
2023: Detours, Diligence, Dreams→
2023: Energy, Environment, Engagement→
2022: Agility, Ambition, Authenticity→
2021: Imagination, Integrity, Influence→
2021: Perseverance, Politics, Power→
2020: Priorities, Personhood, Profit→
2020: Determination, Design, Disruption→
2018: Finance, Fulfillment, Family→
2018: Networking, Negotiation, Nice→
2017: Risk, Rain-Making, Resilience→

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