Cheryl L. McAfee

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Cheryl Lynn McAfee
Bornc. 1958 (age 64–65)
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Other namesCheryl Lynn McAfee Mitchell
Cheryl McAfee-Mitchell
Alma mater Kansas State University
Harvard University
OccupationArchitect
SpouseReginald C. Mitchell
Parent

Cheryl Lynn McAfee, FAIA , NOMA (born c. 1958), is an American architect. [1] She is the CEO of McAfee3, an architecture firm founded by her father Charles F. McAfee. [2] [3] [4] In 1990, she was the first women to receive an architecture license in the state of Kansas. [5] McAfee was named one of the "Top Women Architects" by Ebony magazine in 1995. [1] McAfee led the design and construction of sports venues of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. [6] She is also known as Cheryl Lynn McAfee-Mitchell. [7]

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Early life and education

Cheryl Lynn McAfee was born in c. 1958 in Wichita, Kansas, to parents Gloria Myrth Winston and Charles F. McAfee. [8] Her sister Charyl Frena McAfee-Duncan is also an architect and works at McAfee3. [8]

She graduated with a B.Arch in 1979 from Kansas State University; and with a master of architecture degree in 1981 from Harvard University. [1] She had interned at The Architects Collaborative (TAC) under Sarah P. Harkness, before and during her attendance at Harvard University. [5] In 1994, she married Reginald C. Mitchell. [9]

Career

She started working at McAfee3 (formerly Charles F. McAfee Architects, Engineers, and Planners firm) in 1981. [10] In 1990, she was the first women to receive an architecture license in the state of Kansas. [5] She relocated in 1990 to Atlanta to prepare to lead the design and construction for all 33 sports venues of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. [5] [6] After the end of the Olympics, she worked to convert the Olympic Stadium into Turner Field. [5] In 1995, Mc Afee was elected as president of National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) and was the first female president. [11] [5] She was the principal architect on the joint design effort for the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport from 2000 until 2015. [5]

McAfee was elected to the Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) in 2003. [7] [12] In 2004, McAfee was the chair of the design commission in the city of Atlanta. [13] [14]

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