Lori Smith, AIA, is a Senior Project Architect and Associate for TMPartners, PLLC, in Brentwood, Tennessee. Her drive to learn from challenging and complicated projects has led to nine years of experience in a wide range of project types including public safety, government, healthcare, and education. Lori’s organizational skills, curiosity, and decisiveness has proven valuable through her leadership in the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC). Recently, her desire to help others guided her to deploy as a post-disaster building inspector with the Tennessee Structural Assessment and Visual Evaluation (TNSAVE) Coalition under TEMA in response to the recent tornados in Middle Tennessee.