Lakisha Woods, the CEO of the American Institutes of Architects, discusses the role of AIA. She describes how AIA is looking to expand its support of the architecture ecosystem and help provide firms the resources they need to evolve their business practices and technology systems. Woods discusses the Women’s Leadership Summit, the AIA Conference, the nonprofit’s goals for member engagement, and her view on why interrogating historical approaches to architecture is an important best practice.

·     Discuss Lakisha Woods’ philosophy about why architects need to consider diversity and competitive pay.

·     Describe the way Woods sees the licensing process impacting architects.

·     List some of the ways in which AIA is looking to improve its approach to the AEC world through technology and operations.

·     Explain the way in which Woods is looking to include communities beyond architects in future AIA conferences.

Credits: 0.5 AIA LU/HSW

Speaker: Aaron Prinz