Beverly Willis Taps AIA Exec Krakauer to Lead BWAF
Announcing new leadership and plans for expanding and advancing its global profile, the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation has tapped a respected and highly visible architect and association leader, Cynthia Phifer Kracauer, AIA, as its executive director. The advocacy group has presented Kracauer today in a public announcement at its annual Industry Leaders Roundtable in San Francisco.
Kracauer brings to the organization high-profile executive and social-entrepreneurial experience as a former principal of the architecture and design firm Swanke Hayden Connell and in her more recent roles as managing director for the Center for Architecture and the American Institute of Architects chapter in New York City. In this latest post, Kracauer conceived and led the initiative to create a citywide architecture-and-design festival called Archtober, now in its sixth year. She has also served as managing director of Oculus magazine and as a California Emergency Management Agency-certified Disaster Services Worker. In other volunteer work, Kracauer has been active with WX: Women Executives in Real Estate and her Audubon Society chapter.