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.

Priorities, Personhood, Profit

Priorities, Personhood, Profit was held April 14th, April 28th, and June 23rd, 2020. Participants heard from speakers Margaret Newman, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C; Ann Rolland, FAIA; and Bolanle Williams-Olley.

Meet our 2020 Emerging Leaders

Caitlin Baransky Getman
Senior Associate, Robert A. M. Stern Architects
Caroline Shannon
Associate, Howeler + Yoon Architecture, LLP
Casie Kowalski
Project Manager, Andrea Steele Architecture
Chelsea Hyduk
Senior Associate, SHoP Architects
Daniela Beraún
Architect, Reynaldo Ledgard Arquitectos (Lima - Peru)
Devon Telberg
Architectural Professional, AAI Architects
Emily Walport
Senior Engineer, Arup
Jasmin Sadegh
Project Engineer, Silman
Jennifer Greenawalt
Senior Engineer, Thornton Tomasetti
Lauren G. Pavlat , LEED AP BD+C
Senior Project Engineer, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Melanie R. Gargano
Senior Project Engineer, Jaros, Baum, & Bolles
Rebecca McCarthy
Designer, Dattner Architects
Robyn Engel, AIA
Project Architect, IKM Architects
Samantha J. Bruno, PE
Senior Project Engineer, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Savina Nicolini
Design Director, SNA Design Pte Ltd - Singapore
Tannia Chavez
Project Manager, City Consultant Engineering
Yun Luo
Associate, LERA Consulting Structural Engineers

PRIORITIES

Speaker
Margaret Newman, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C
Principal, Integrated Planning Team | Arup

How do we ever know what to do first? How do our priorities change as our career develops? Discuss these challenges with Bloomberg administration veteran New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Chief of Staff, Arup Urban Planner and Principal, Margaret Newman.

Time and location

When: April 14, 2020
Virtual session

PERSONHOOD

Speaker
Ann Rolland, FAIA
Partner | FXCollaborative

Are there challenges for non-heteronormative professionals in the workplace? How can you learn to bring your full self to work? Hear from Annie Rolland, FAIA, Partner at FXCollaborative on her journey.

Time and location

When: April 28, 2020
Virtual session

PROFIT

Speaker
Bolanle Williams-Olley
Chief Financial Officer | Mancini Duffy

Meet industry CFO Bolanle Williams-Olley to discuss profit in professional services, how best to talk about it with your clients and how to retain it in difficult times.

Time and location

When: June 23, 2020

View previous sessions from recent years:
2024: Emerging Leaders Online: Tenacity, Tumbles, Triumphs →
2024: Tenacity, Tumbles, and Triumphs→
2023: Energy, Environment, Engagement→
2022: Agility, Ambition, Authenticity→
2021: Imagination, Integrity, Influence→
2021: Perseverance, Politics, Power→
2020: Determination, Design, Disruption→
2019: Confidence, Compensation, Competition→
2018: Finance, Fulfillment, Family→
2018: Networking, Negotiation, Nice→
2017: Risk, Rain-Making, Resilience→

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