BALTIMORE, MD — Nakita Reed, AIA, CPHC, LEED AP BD+C, NOMA, an Associate with Quinn Evans, has been selected as a member of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HCBU) Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative Advisory Committee. The new program, led by a partnership of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Ford Foundation, the J.M. Kaplan Fund, the JPB Foundation, and The Executive Leadership Council, will provide technical assistance and fund preservation-based stewardship plans at up to eight HCBU campuses across the country.

Reed has served as an Architect and Sustainability Consultant on numerous projects, including historic building rehabilitations. She is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the National Organization of Minority Architects, the Association of Preservation Technology, and the Alice Ferguson Foundation’s Building Committee. Additionally, Reed serves on the boards of Preservation Maryland and the Benjamin Banneker Development Corporation. She was the 2018 recipient of AIA/DC’s Emerging Architect Award.

Reed holds a Master of Architecture and a Master of Science in historic preservation from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in architecture from the University of Virginia. She is a registered Architect, a LEED-Accredited Professional, and Certified Passive House Consultant.