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Roberta Washington
American architect
Roberta Washington FAIA, NOMA, is an American architect. She founded the firm Roberta Washington Architects in 1983,[1] which, at the time, was one of very few architecture firms in the United States led by an African-American woman.[2] She was a Commissioner of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission from 2007 to 2015.[3][4] She is a past President of the National Organization of Minority Architects (1997)[5] and is a Director and Treasurer of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) Foundation.[6] She has been a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects since 2006.[7]