Thato Nkikana

Thato Nkikana is a founder and managing director of Basa Architects and Contractors, an architecture firm and construction company in Maseru, Lesotho, which she established to provide more employability for women who work in industries affiliated with the built environment.

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Aviaaja Karlshøj Knudsen

Aviaaja Karlshøj Knudsen is the CEO of NunaGreen A/S (2024–), a company in Nuuk, Greenland, that focuses on transitioning Greenland to renewable energy through the use of hydropower infrastructure.

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Heidi Bonilla de Cienfuegos

Heidi Bonilla de Cienfuegos is the co-founder and Director of B100arquitectos in San Salvador, El Salvador (2007), a former bioclimatic architecture professor at the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas in San Salvador, and the first architect in El Salvador to earn the following accreditations related to sustainable construction: LEED AP BD+C (2018), True Advisor (2020), Living Future Accredited professional (2021), Arc Performance Pro (2021), and LEED Green Rater (2021).

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Karen Richards-Barnes

Karen Richards-Barnes is a founding partner, vice-president, and principal architect at Pan-African Engineering Group (PAEG), an architectural and engineering consulting firm located in Liberia.

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Lavina Liburd

Born in St. Kitts and Nevis, Lavina Liburd is the founder and principal architect of TigerQi Architecture in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, and a licensed architect in California, United States.

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