Lee Ishida

Ishida

Began her structural engineering career with adaptive-reuse projects
37, Associate
Thornton Tomasetti
Los Angeles

After receiving a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Arkansas and a master's in structural engineering from Stanford University, Lee Ishida began her career in the Chicago office of Thornton Tomasetti. There, she was challenged with a fast-tracked transformation of the 1920s Soldier Field into a modern National Football League stadium. With 13 years in the buildings sector, her portfolio also includes the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport North Terminal Redevelopment and the conversion, in Chicago, of a 1920s-era, 18-story building to an assisted-living residence. Ishida is currently managing a team working on the Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco.