
Leila has more than 19 years of experience in architectural design, programming, and project management, and is a regular participant and speaker at Tradeline. The author of 'The Politics and Process of Change: Institutional Building-Planning Teams' for Project Kaleidoscope, Leila has been involved in the planning, programming, and design of classrooms and student interaction spaces, faculty and support offices, and innovative space solutions at numerous colleges and universities. She has worked with Harvard, Franklin & Marshall, Michigan, Wheaton, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Of particular note is her work on Hamilton College's Unified Science Center, a multi-use building whose organization and design invites collaborative, interdisciplinary work by providing flexible spaces for formal instruction, seminars, faculty offices, research laboratories, and informal student-to-student and student-faculty conversations.