Originally from New Delhi, Saakshi Terway, Assoc. AIA, LEED Green Associate, works as a Designer at Quinn Evans in Washington, DC. As a design professional, she has contributed to many mixed-use, multi-family, senior living, and adaptive reuse projects. After working for two years in India, where she is a licensed architect, Saakshi graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a master’s degree in architecture and a certification in sustainable landscape design. Her interests lie in responsible and sustainable architecture that has a social impact on local and global communities.
Saakshi spends a lot of her energy volunteering with the architecture community and actively advocating for DEI within the industry. She is also the founder of the “Terway Inclusivity Student Scholarship” at the University of Cincinnati and a recent recipient of the 2023 DCCEAS Young Architect Award and 2022 AIA|DC Emerging Architect’s Award. She serves as the DC representative on the AIA National Associates Committee, an advisory board member for the Women’s Leadership Summit, and a board member for the Immigrant Architects Coalition.