By Melissa Noel ·Updated June 21, 2022
The American Institute of Architects has elected a Black woman as president for the first time.
The Architect’s Newspaper reports that delegates elected Kimberly Dowdell as the organization’s 100th president at the AIA annual meeting held earlier this month. She will begin her one-year term in 2024 and be the AIA’s First Vice President/2024 President-elect in 2023.
Dowdell studied architecture at Cornell University. She also co-founded
