Valarie Franklin

Valarie Franklin, AIA, NOMA, is an architect and Senior Associate at Moody Nolan, the largest black owned architecture firm in the nation. Valarie founded and launched the Nashville Chapter of the National Organization for Minority Architects (NOMAnash) in 2017, she is one of only seven black women in the State of Tennessee who are registered professional architects, she is President of the Tennessee Architects’ Political Action Committee, and she also serves her native city of Nashville by actively supporting the United Way of Middle TN, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, and by serving on Metro Development and Housing Agency’s Design Review Board as well as the Plumbing Board of Appeals. She is deeply attuned to the political, social and cultural pulse of Nashville and works to find the time to make impactful contributions to her industry and community while being an integral team member at Moody Nolan and a dedicated mother to her daughters.