Sheila Dial Barton

Biography: Sheila led EOA's Design Team for the new Tennessee State Museum, which opened in 2018, with a total project cost of $160M with 140,000 square feet. Since coming to EOA in 1997, Sheila has focused on award-winning student housing, multi-family and mixed-use design with local, regional, and national awards, including three residence halls at Belmont University and Nashville’s first modular housing project, Alloy at Tech Hill. Sheila became a Principal in 2015 with the firm becoming majority woman-owned in 2019. Sheila loves calling Nashville home and enjoys travel along with being in the outdoors with her husband, Edwin, and their son Noah.