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Leila Hamroun-Yazid, AIA, NCARB, GPCP (she/her/hers)

Senior Preservation Architect
Tetra Tech

Ms. Hamroun-Yazid, AIA, NCARB, GPCP, is a senior preservation architect with 25 years of national and international experience. She holds degrees from the University of Delaware, the Ecole de Chaillot, Paris, France, and the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Algiers, Algeria. Her multilingual and multicultural background informs a nuanced perspective on the complex historical, political, social, and economical contexts forming our built environment. This, and her extensive expertise in architecture, planning, cultural analysis, and building diagnostics, have shaped a distinguished stewardship portfolio of historic resources that continue to actively support their communities while sharing their legacy of compelling and challenging stories.

Leila's effective, and inclusive approach seeks to create consensus between the multitude of stakeholders and governmental entities involved in the process, informed by a thorough - and practical - knowledge of relevant codes and standards, technological innovations, and preservation incentives. She is commited to developing long-term stewardship strategies for the built heritage anchored in customized solutions adapted to each project's location, scale and narrative.

Leila is consistently enriching her practice with publications, presentations, teaching opportunities, educational programming, and mentoring. Since 2018, as a Board member of the Algerian American Foundation for Culture, Education, Science and Technology, she has been involved in organizing the AAF Summer University - Civil Engineering and Architecture Track – a one-week in-person seminar (virtual during Covid) - bringing together international experts, and local doctoral students and professionals, to focus on disaster risk reduction through best practices in engineering design, condition assessment and seismic retrofitting. She is also involved in many state and national initiatives as a cancer patient advocate to increase racial and ethnic diversity in cancer clinical trials: Her efforts were recently recognized with the Society of Foreign Consuls of New York Recognition Award for Outstanding Achievements and Contributions to Community Empowerment.

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