Meghan Webster

Biographie: Driven by a lifelong passion for shaping the human experience, Meghan brings strategic leadership, innovation, and expertise to architecture and its core business in client services. She empowers teams, clients and project leaders to collaborate, fostering success at all scales across the platform of design. Based in Gensler’s Chicago office, Meghan leads a studio focused on education, health, sciences, civic and cultural, and critical facilities markets. Having served in both regional and global roles over the past decade, including her current role on the firm’s Management Committee, her responsibilities for growing the practice have focused on guiding business strategy, leveraging research and thought leadership, and building client engagement. A licensed architect, she has experience in every phase of the design, management, and construction process, and her work encompasses projects at multiple scales, including planning and feasibility, new construction, and building renovations. Meghan’s vision and focus on delivering results to clients cultivates long-term relationships, and her team’s portfolio includes work with many repeat clients regionally and globally. Recognized as one of BD+C’s distinguished 40 Under 40 Class of 2018 and in Crain’s Chicago Business Notable Women in Construction & Design in 2021 and Notable Women in STEM in 2023, Meghan is a thought leader in the industry. Currently serving on the Urban Land Institute’s University Development and Innovation National Product Council, ULI Chicago’s Women’s Leadership Initiative Advisory Board, and ULI Chicago’s Advisory Board, she regularly contributes to industry publications and has presented at regional and national conferences for SCUP, IIDA, ULI, SXSWedu, and organizations. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from University of California Berkeley and her Master of Architecture from MIT.