What happens when a group of architects gathers into a circle to share personal stories? Magic!
About 18 women and 2 men attended the April 18, 2018 WIA event Connecting Through Coaching: To Oneself and to Others, led by speaker and Coach extraordinaire Lynn Simon, FAIA, and hosted by Hawley Peterson Snyder. Simon is a Vice President at Thornton Tomasetti in San Francisco.
BIBI (Banous In Building Industry) is an informal circle of Iranian-ancestry professional women dedicated to providing support, networking, mentorship, advice and camaraderie to other women in our industry, whether locally, nationally and globally. We represent a grassroots group of female-identity professionals in planning, architecture, interiors, engineering, landscape, construction, lighting, academia, and the arts, who elevate each other. Our group will maintain a comprehensive range from students to entry-level to mid-career to senior level to partners to retirees, in order to expand our reach and to mentor each other. We aim to stay fluid and evolve over time, serving as a model for other professional groups and as a design resource to the community.
