COVID Diaries: Changing the Way We Practice with Evelyn Lee, AIA

Evelyn Lee, AIA, is the first ever Senior Experience Designer
at Slack Technologies. Evelyn seamlessly integrates her
business and architecture background with a qualitative and
quantitative focus to build a better workplace experience for
Slack Employees, visitors, and guests. 


Evelyn received her Bachelor of Architecture degree with honors
in 2002 from Drury University where she minored in
Global Studies while playing on the Women’s Soccer Team. In 2003
she received her Masters of Architecture degree from
the Southern California Institute of
Architecture (SCI-Arc). Most recently, in 2012, Evelyn
finished a dual MPA (Masters Public Administration)/MBA (Masters
Business Administration) in Sustainable Management from
the Presidio Graduate School.


She is widely published, wrote a monthly column
for Contract magazine for over 3 years, and now is a
frequent contributor to Architect Magazine. Evelyn has
received numerous industry awards including the 2016 40 Under 40
award for Building Design + Construction and the 2014 AIA
National Young Architects Award. She currently serves as the
first ever female Treasurer to the AIA National Board.


Evelyn has been a featured Keynote Speaker, Invited Guest,
Panelist, and Moderator at national design and architecture
conferences including AIA National Convention, Dwell on Design,
and Women in Green. Her topics focus on developing
knowledge leadership, organizational change management,
capacity building, stakeholder engagement, and strategic
approaches to put design thinking into practice.


Evelyn has over 15 years working with individuals, organizations,
and companies who are interested in applying design thinking
to their decision-making process.