Dawveed Scully

Biography: Dawveed Scully is Managing Deputy Commissioner of Planning and Development at the City of Chicago. As a licensed architect in the State of Illinois and AICP certified urban planner, Dawveed has a strong passion to make design an essential tool to enhance the lives of everyday people. He has experience working on a variety of projects from vision strategies that create a framework for execution to developing implementation strategies that allow those visions to be realized. Prior to joining the City of Chicago, Dawveed was an Associate Principal in the urban design and planning studio at Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill in Chicago where he worked for almost 14 years on development around the world including that focus on housing, neighborhood and community planning, transit-oriented development plans, corridor plans, campus planning, inclusive placemaking and design equity. His award-winning resume includes projects such as Detroit East Riverfront, Barangaroo Central, Atlanta University Center, and Robbins Park. Projects that all center on equitable and just outcomes in the built environment that elevate local culture and community, focus on health and wellness, facilitate economic mobility, and create connected and resilient places. Dawveed is a graduate and currently an adjunct professor at IIT School of Architecture and featured in Crain’s Chicago Business 40 under 40 2020, ULI Young Visionary 2018 and Leadership Greater Chicago Class of 2021.