Kimberly Dowdell

バイオグラフィー：Kimberly is a Detroit-based real estate developer, licensed architect and educator. A native of Detroit, Kimberly grew up with an ambition to revitalize cities using real estate development and sustainable design as tools for renewal. Today, she is realizing this ambition as a Partner with Century Partners, a Principal with PODz, and a lecturer at the University of Michigan. Over the last two decades, Kimberly’s educational experiences at Cranbrook, Cornell and Harvard, coupled with her work as a young professional in Washington, D.C. and New York, have shaped her early career toward a goal of creating transformative urban development projects. As a mid-career professional, Kimberly returned to her hometown in 2015 to serve on the City of Detroit's Housing and Revitalization team. Prior to Kimberly's public service, she was a Sheila C. Johnson Leadership Fellow at Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership. Kimberly became a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional in 2007, demonstrating her commitment to sustainability in the built environment. In 2008, Kimberly established the annual community service project for the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), which has now hosted projects in nine cities throughout the U.S. She is the President-Elect of NOMA with a two-year term beginning in 2019. In 2005, Kimberly co-founded SEED (Social Economic Environmental Design) to identify, measure and address “Triple Bottom Line” issues during the design process. Kimberly’s contributions to public service were honored with her recognition as one of the top 100 national leaders in Public Interest Design, 2012, by PublicInterestDesign.org (now named ImpactDesignHub.org). Her career was also profiled in the 3rd Edition of Dr. Lee Waldrep’s acclaimed book, Becoming An Architect: A Guide to Careers in Design, 2014. Kimberly’s professional mission is to improve the quality of lif