Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Names New Board of Trustees Chair
Leading women’s advocacy organization Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation has announced key leadership posts for 2024, including the election of the new chair of its Board of Trustees, Angelica Trevino Baccon, AIA, principal at SHoP Architects. Previously the board’s chair-elect — and whose firm led the design of BWAF’s new headquarters and multipurpose space, called The Bev — Baccon is widely lauded for her work supporting the organization’s mission to lead a “cultural revolution in the building industry that acknowledges, cultivates and values women’s contributions and achievements — past, present and future.”
According to BWAF, Baccon has cultivated a specialty in leading complex mixed-use and workplace design projects, often at the intersection of enterprise and technology. Some of her most prominent works include the new Uber headquarters in San Francisco and other major projects for global leaders in Silicon Valley. She holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from ITESM in Monterrey, Mexico, and a master’s degree in architecture from Harvard University, where she has also served as a professor. Baccon’s work on New York City’s South Street Seaport established her deep expertise in fast-paced, high-profile design and delivery challenges with multi-layered stakeholder groups, successfully leveraging programs to promote vitality, equity and community in the private sector and public realm.