Deryl McKissack | Source | CEO at McKissack & McKissack
Deryl McKissack
Deryl McKissack is the CEO of McKissack & McKissack, the nation’s largest and oldest African-American and female-owned architecture, engineering and construction management. The firm is based in Washington, D.C., with nine offices in total and over $15 billion in projects currently underway nationwide. Under her leadership, McKissack has managed and worked on such landmark projects as the George H.W. Bush Library, the Obama Presidential Center, the Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson Memorials, the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture, the MGM National Harbor, Nationals Park (home to the Washington Nationals) and Navy Pier Centennial Vision Projects in Chicago. McKissack is also known for leading the construction, and serving as the architectural firm of record, for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC.
Most recently, McKissack launched AEC Unites, a groundbreaking organization poised to disrupt systemic biases and drive meaningful change within the architecture, engineering and construction industry. Its mission is to foster intentional opportunities for Black talent and businesses across all facets of the AEC sector.
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THE ARCHITECT'S NEWSPAPER: AEC Unites seeks to dismantle systemic racism in AEC industry
AEC Unites is a new organization seeking to dismantle systemic racism in architecture, engineering, and construction
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NEW YORK TIMES: Deryl McKissack on Drawing Boundaries for Millennials
The chief executive of McKissack & McKissack says the idea of respect has been watered down among some young workers.
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Managing construction projects is in Deryl McKissack's genes
Deryl McKissack is part of the fifth generation of her family to be involved in design and construction. Her firm manages $15 billion in projects.
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At 29 years old, McKissack started her company with a shoestring budget of $1,000 and a business plan she wrote herself. “I had my business plan…and there were about 300 people I needed to call to tell them about what I was doing,” she recalls in a New York Times article. “By the time I called 150 of those people, I had so much work I never got to the other 150.” Today, the company manages over $15 billion in projects.
