AIANY Women in Architecture Forum: Practice and Motherhood

The practice of architecture and motherhood have been difficult to reconcile in our profession. In this encouraging forum, women architects from different levels and stages in their professional paths will share their experiences, challenges, and rewards of motherhood and how they manage and flourish in their careers while balancing parenthood. This conversation will address questions in planning for parental leave, the transition into parenthood while maintaining a career, time management as a mother working outside the home, how motherhood and professional life have influenced each other, staying connected in the profession throughout life changes, and how firms can support motherhood.

Speakers:
Darby Curtis, AIA, Partner, Curtis + Ginsberg
Masha Drozdov, AIA, Project Architect & Design Manager, Gensler
Nina Kinoti-Metz, Partner, Studio Parallel
Brandt Knapp, AIA, Co-Founder, Brandt : Haferd
Diana Lui, AIA, Associate, Steven Harris Architects
Rena Mande, AIA, Associate, PBDW Architects
Deborah Moelis, AIA, Principal, Handel Architects
Annelise Pitts, AIA, Associate, Shepley Bulfinch
Amanda Rivera, AIA, Associate, Adamson Associates Architects
Priya Shah, AIA, Associate, Gensler
Zoe Small, AIA, Associate Principal, Diller Scofidio + Renfro

This event is supported by the 2023 DEI Initiatives
FXCollaborative, Gensler, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Loring Consulting Engineers, STUDIOS Architecture, and Thornton Tomasetti