Lisa J. Richmond
Lisa Richmond Hon. AIA is the founder of Climate Strategy Works LLC and a Senior Fellow with Architecture 2030. As a strategy and planning consultant, she works with organizations, firms and public-sector clients designing a sustainable future, supporting strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, strategic communications, climate justice and ESG work. With Architecture 2030, she has led efforts to advocate for building decarbonization, reuse, sufficiency and culture-informed climate action in multilateral climate talks, including COP26, COP27, COP28, and the Buildings and Climate Global Forum.
Lisa has committed her career to systems-level change towards sustainable, equitable and livable communities. As Executive Director of the American Institute of Architects Seattle for 15 years, Lisa helped lead the association’s national agenda on climate change mitigation and adaptation. She co-authored the AIA’s national Climate Action Plan, launched national education programs including AIA+2030 and Materials Matter, and supported climate advocacy and education in AIA chapters across the US.
Lisa helps leads the Buildings Working Group of Climate Heritage Network, an international coalition of government agencies, NGOs, universities and businesses that champion culturally informed strategies to achieve the Paris Climate Agreement. She serves on the Board of Directors of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and sits on the Southeast Seattle Design Review Board. She is a Loeb Fellow with Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and a certified leader and mentor with Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project.