Lisa Washington, CAE

Lisa Washington came to 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.

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 procurementprocesses. 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.”

Lisa 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. Lisa holds the Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential, and a Master’s in Nonprofit Management from the University of Maryland.