Lisa Washington
Executive Director and CEO
Design-Build Institute of America

Panelist

Lisa Washington joined the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) in 2004 as Vice President of Education and Conferences and was named DBIA’s Executive Director/CEO in 2009. Under her leadership, legislative authority of design- build grew from 22 to 48 states, the number of DBIA-certified professionals increased from 86 to nearly 7,000 and DBIA’s design-build curriculum expanded with the release of Design-Build Done Right® Universal Best Practices.

Engineering News Record (ENR) named Lisa one of the Top 25 Newsmakers of the Year in 2013 for her work in leading a coalition that resulted in the Corps of Engineers significantly enhancing their design-build procurement processes. She was inducted into the National Academy of Construction in 2023 for “transformational leader in design-build with strong collaborative efforts to standardize best practices.”

Washington currently serves on the Board of Regents of the National Institute of Building Sciences Collaboration Academy. In her spare time, she is an American Red Cross Blood Drive leader and a youth mentor/advisor at her church. She holds the Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential and a Master’s in Nonprofit Management from the University of Maryland.