Principal, Cultural+Performing Arts, DLR Group

With a passion for the arts and architecture for over 30 years, Carol Duke helps museums and galleries plan for and design facilities that best suit the needs of their audiences, communities, and colleagues. She leads client development and strategy at DLR Group, expanding the firm’s international cultural and performing arts studio. Her long-range planning and commitment to equitable community-building supports projects at a high level, resulting in exceptional, inspiring design solutions. Carol is a trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. and actively supports several arts organizations, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Society for College & University Planning, the American Institute of Architects, and the International Association of Museum Facilities Administrators. She holds a BA in Art History from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. In her spare time, Carol loves to curate her Little Free Library, travel with her husband and twin daughters, attend the theater, and visit museums.