The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation is delighted to invite you to our annual Bevy Leadership Awards, on April 3rd, 2025, celebrating visionaries and leaders in the built environment.
This year, we are reimagining our celebration in a stunning venue: The Shed, marking a new chapter in our mission to honor trailblazing women, including our accomplished honorees.
See below for honorees, sponsorship, and ticket information. Individual tickets forthcoming.
Contact info@bwaf.org with any questions.
Academic Excellence
Paola Antonelli | Senior Curator of Architecture & Design, Director of Research & Development, Museum of Modern Art
Organizational Excellence
Suzen Heeley | Executive Director of Design & Construction, Memorial Sloan Kettering Center Center
Innovative Executive
Hailey Sarage | Senior Vice President of Development, Related Companies
Media Engagement
Josephine Minutillo | Editor-in-Chief, Architectural Record
Emerging Leader
Miryam Varona | Architect, BIM Specialist, Gilsanz Murray Steficek, Co-Founder, NYC Women in BIM
Yafei Zhang | Associate Principal, KPF, Co-Founder, NYC Women in BIM
Special Award
Wanda Bubriski | Founding Executive Director, Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation
Michele O’Connor | Principal, LANGAN
Sara Kendall | Vice President & General Manager of Interiors, Turner Construction
Tami Hausman | Owner & Founder, Hausman LLC
Leader Sponsorship: $50,000
Visionary Sponsorship: $20,000
Advocate Sponsorship: $10,000
Supporter Sponsorship: $4,000
Advocate
Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill
Thornton Tomasetti
Thank you to all who attended and supported the 2023 BEVY Leadership Awards Celebration!
Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation brings attention to the work of contemporary women in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, development and construction. Since 2014, we have done this through a highly respected awards program, with the honorees celebrated at an annual gala.
Each year an event Chair is selected by the Board to head up the selection of the annual honorees. Names put forth for consideration are presented by the Committee to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees for consideration by the full board. In addition to names put forth by our constituency, the Committee seeks to identify women who may not yet have come to the attention of the general public for recognition. We are interested in scholarship, professional distinction, journalism, corporate achievement, and impact in the advancement of women in the building industry.
The event is our major fundraising event, and is responsible for a significant portion of our annual operating expense. It is a unique event within our industry—A special evening of friends, family, and professional colleagues provides an opportunity to expand contacts and demonstrate that networking with women is good business.