Barbara Bouza AIA, IIDA, LEED AP, EDAC

Barbara Bouza is Co-Managing Director of Genslers +500-person Los Angeles office and a Firmwide Leader of their Health & Wellness and Life Sciences Practice Areas. Gensler is a global architectural, interior design, planning and consulting firm with approximately 5,000 professionals in 46 locations throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. As a licensed architect and LEED accredited professional, Barbara draws upon her experience in the design and strategic planning of highly technical environments and large-scale campus settings to broaden Genslers practice expertise and deliver a higher standard of innovation. Her broad range of clients include Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, City of Hope, Dignity Health, Amgen, JPL/NASA, Sony Pictures Entertainment and DreamWorks Animation.

Barbara was honored by The Los Angeles Business Journal as the 2014 Executive of the Year: Women Making A Difference and was recognized by Real Estate Forum magazine as a Woman of Influence: California. Barbara was recently invited to speak on the topic of Managing the Firm: A Womans Perspective at the American Institute of Architects (AIA/LA) POWERFUL Women Leading Design symposium. In the community, she is actively involved with Girls Inc. and Dress for Success, and is a member of the National Organization of Minority Architects and the Women Presidents Organization.

Barbara led Gensler to become an Advocate Firm for Center for Health Design through its Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification (EDAC) program, advising the firm on how the physical environment can influence well-being of patients, staff and family and promote healing. Each year, Gensler proudly funds research programs of which Barbara has been a sponsor. These include Soul Centered Design - understanding how design can promote health and healing and better integrate the user experience; Rethinking Aging a survey of housing trends for active baby boomers, and Bio-Pharmaceutical Industry Trends, findings from key leaders in life sciences. Barbara holds a Bachelor of Architecture from California State Polytechnic University at Pomona and studied in the Graduate Diploma Program at the Architectural Association in London. Her work has been published in Architectural Record, Architectural Review and Domus