Irene Dumas Tyson

传：Irene Dumas Tyson, AICP, Associate AIA, is the Director of Planning and a Corporate Associate for BOUDREAUX. She brings broad experience and knowledge in urban and town planning and design, campus master planning, community visioning and development, and historic preservation. Before moving to South Carolina, Irene served as the Director of Education Programs for The American Institute of Architects and as the Executive Director of the American Institute of Architecture Students in Washington, DC. Since moving to South Carolina in 1995, Irene has been a leader in community development and design through her work with the South Carolina Downtown Development Association, the South Carolina Design Arts Partnership and as the creator and founding director of the South Carolina Mayors' Institute for Community Design. Prior to joining BOUDREAUX, Irene was a Senior Planner with Carter Goble Lee, working on master planning projects in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, Hawaii, and Florida. Irene is a 2011 graduate of the Urban Land Institute Sustainable Leadership Institute and has served numerous leadership roles with ULI South Carolina such as the Chair for Mission Advancement for, co-chair of the 2013 Midlands ULI Reality Check, District Council Chair for ULI SC, and is currently serving as Chair of the Governance Council for ULI SC. She is a former trustee of Leadership South Carolina, former board member of the Saluda Shoals Foundation, a founding board member of the Columbia Design League, served as co-chair for the Governor’s School for the Arts Midlands Advisory Committee and served on the Clemson University Landscape Architecture Professional Advisory Committee. A native of Prentiss, Mississippi, she received her Bachelor of Architecture from Mississippi State University, where she serves on the School of Architecture Advisory Council and was recognized as an Alumni Fellow. Irene was recognized as a 2020 Woman of Influence by the Columbia Regional Business Report.