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Lisa still has a reminder of the first three organizational goals she set in 2004, when she came to DBIA as its Vice President of Education & Conferences Education Director, prominently displayed in her office. She blasted through those goals in her first year and hasn’t looked back since. Since becoming DBIA’s Executive Director/CEO in […]

So much more than just a numbers-guy, Thanh helps DBIA plan strategically for the future by managing the present. That’s why his favorite part of the job is collaborating with the entire DBIA team to deliver a thriving and fiscally strong association. Thanh lives by the motto to always “Be better than just enough.” He […]

Alice helps keep DBIA in line. She’s been here since 2000 and can tell you everything you’d want to know about our long-time vendors, advertisers, sponsors and more. In fact, one of her favorite things about working at DBIA is all the people she meets while helping to keep the association going strong. Alice enjoys […]

Tracy joined DBIA with a mission: to get up under the hood of our growing association and assist us in innovating, collaborating and better serving our diverse design-build community. With over 25+ years of experience in non-profit associations in both operational and human resources roles, she is dedicated to providing an exceptional workplace experience for […]

Our Vice President of Advocacy and Industry Engagement is, not surprisingly, an unrepentant political junkie. After spending years working on Capitol Hill and with a trade association, Louis came to DBIA in 2012 to advocate for design-build, especially in the federal sector. He’s a native New Yorker who has a passion for obscure music (has […]

Richard is DBIA’s “fixer.” Since 2009, he’s been traveling the nation helping state legislatures throughout our 14 Regions pass new design-build legislation, expand existing laws and defeat efforts to roll back design-build progress. He’ll tell you the best of part of his job is all the people he meets from coast to coast, but the […]

Sure, she’s the Vice President of Industry Events but Lexie’s title could just as easily be Vice President of “No-one-who-ever-needs-help-from-DBIA-walks-away-unhappy-ever.” She despises rudeness and emphatically believes Kevin Stirtz’s view that, “Every contact we have with a customer influences whether or not they’ll come back. We have to be great every time or we’ll lose them.” […]

Everyone loves Jackie. And Jackie loves everyone (well, almost anyway). As DBIA’s Certification Manager, she’s got the challenging task of helping design-builders navigate through the full certification process. It’s not always easy, but you’d never know it by watching Jackie in action. She’s a born customer-service pro because she loves to laugh and make others […]

Don’t you hate it when you call a business or walk into its lobby and the first person you meet seems annoyed you bothered them? That makes Keisha crazy too and, as DBIA’s first point of contact, she’ll ensure you know she really is happy to meet you. In her spare time, Keisha enjoys a […]

Michelle joined DBIA’s membership team in 1998 and is the voice you hear when you register for one of DBIA’s many events or courses. Michelle’s decades of DBIA member services experience helps ensure our engaged design-build community can register for DBIA offerings with ease. Her big heart has her volunteering each month delivering necessities to […]