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Yiselle Santos Rivera

VP and Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Yiselle Santos Rivera, AIA, NOMA, NCARB, LSSYB, WELL AP, LEED AP, is a medical planner and Global Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion at HKS, Inc. With national and international experience on a broad range of healthcare, sports, residential, institutional, and commercial/mixed-use projects, she thrives on inclusive community design, building belonging through equitable practices, and empowering the next generation of leaders in the AEC industry.
As member of the AIA COVID-19 Health Impact Task Force, Yiselle led the creation of the Additional Considerations section of the AIA Alternative Care Site Preparedness Assessment Tool V2.0 providing support measures for ethnically diverse and marginalized populations. In 2013, she co-founded the Latin American Interior Designers, Engineers, and Architects (LA.IDEA) DC Committee and in 2017, founded the “Women Inspiring Emerging Leaders in Design” (WIELD) Event program, which received the 2019 AIA Diversity Program Recognition Award. Currently, she is the AIA DC Chapter Board Treasurer, NOMA Chair of Research and Development, and an AIA New Urban Agenda Taskforce member.

Yiselle is a published author, national speaker, and has been featured on various podcasts. She is a storyteller, a 2015 Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program Scholar, and a recipient of the 2018 AIA Associate Award.

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