{"id":31317,"date":"2025-04-13T23:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T23:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=31317"},"modified":"2025-04-13T23:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T23:03:08","slug":"dbia-appoints-carolyn-brennan-as-chief-operating-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/dbia-appoints-carolyn-brennan-as-chief-operating-officer\/%20","title":{"rendered":"DBIA Appoints Carolyn Brennan as Chief Operating Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Design-Build Institute of America<\/a> (DBIA) announced the appointment of Carolyn Brennan as its new Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Brennan will oversee<\/a> DBIA\u2019s revenue-generating departments \u2014 including conferences, membership, certification and education \u2014 ensuring strategic alignment with the organization\u2019s long-term vision and continued growth.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Carolyn Brennan<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Brennan joins DBIA with nearly two decades of leadership experience in the built environment. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President of Membership at the Urban Land Institute (ULI), where she led initiatives that significantly expanded ULI\u2019s global member base and contributed to more than 20% of the organization\u2019s revenue. During her 17-year tenure, Brennan played a key role in advancing member engagement strategy, operational performance and digital transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCarolyn\u2019s experience and leadership style are exactly what DBIA needs as we continue to grow,\u201d said Lisa Washington, CAE, DBIA Executive Director\/CEO. \u201cHer ability to align strategy with execution and bring people together around a shared mission will be invaluable as we strengthen and expand our impact across the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At DBIA, Brennan will help guide the organization\u2019s 2025\u20132027 strategic goals and play a critical role in shaping its long-term direction. Her appointment comes at a time of significant growth for design-build, and her track record of delivering innovation, improving member experiences and building high-performing teams positions her well to support DBIA\u2019s evolving mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been passionate about the built environment and how it shapes our lives,\u201d said Brennan. \u201cJoining DBIA gives me the opportunity to support a community of professionals who aren\u2019t just thinking about the future of our industry \u2013\u2013 they\u2019re building it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brennan\u2019s expertise in member-focused strategy, cross-departmental collaboration and technology integration will be instrumental as DBIA continues to expand its leadership in the delivery of design-build best practices nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) announced the appointment of Carolyn Brennan as its new Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Brennan will oversee DBIA\u2019s revenue-generating departments \u2014 including conferences, membership, certification and education \u2014 ensuring strategic alignment with the organization\u2019s long-term vision and continued growth. Brennan joins DBIA with nearly two decades of leadership […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31319,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31317\/revisions\/31319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}