Every Voice is Valuable with Yiselle Santos Rivera, Associate AIA

Yiselle Santos Rivera, Associate AIA, is a medical planner and
the Global Director of Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
at HKS, Inc. With national and international experience on a
broad range of healthcare, residential, institutional, and
commercial/mixed-use projects, she thrives on building equitable
practices, empowering the next generation of leaders, and
creating inclusive platforms for engagement.  She has served
the AIA in local and national roles, including DC Chapter Board
Director, Mid-Atlantic Regional Associate Director, and Strategic
Council Associate Representative. She co-founded the Latin
American Interior Designers, Engineers, and Architects (LA.IDEA)
DC Committee and founded “Women Inspiring Emerging Leaders in
Design” (WIELD), which received the 2019 AIA Diversity Program
Recognition Award. Yiselle is a storyteller, a 2015 Christopher
Kelley Leadership Development Program Scholar, and a recipient of
the 2018 AIA Associate Award.