Founders Panel Discussion

909 Robert D. Ray Drive,Des Moines IA 50309

20 July, 2021

Description

Join us for a moderated panel discussion celebrating Iowa Women in Architecture's 10th anniversary with it's founders! Panelists: Danielle Hermann, Associate Principal - OPN Architects Anne Sobiech Munson, City Architect - City of Des Moines Erin Olson-Douglas, Economic Development Director – City of Des Moines The luncheon will take place in the DuPont East room at the Botanical Gardens. Free parking is available and attendees receive a complimentary admission to the Gardens after the IAWIA event. In 2011, four women co-founded Iowa Women in Architecture as a nonprofit corporation in the state of Iowa. With combined experience of over fifty years working as practitioners and educators in architecture and urban design, the founders established Iowa Women in Architecture as a group that would examine issues related to women in architecture and related professions and serve as a resource for women at all stages in their careers.   Iowa Women in Architecture holds major quarterly events, engages in outreach activities, sponsors research initiative, and provokes ongoing discussion within the discipline. A student chapter at Iowa State University extends these opportunities to students and faculty at the state's only architecture program and responds to particular needs of students.