Gensler Design Exchange

Moderator: Nadia Volchansky, LEED AP, NCIDQ Strategy Lead Gensler   Guest: Cheryl Duvall, CID, FIIDA, LEED AP, NCIDQ Senior Associate, Regional Consulting Practice Area Leader Gensler   Gensler is filled with innovative individuals who have diverse perspectives. This unique nature allows our people to approach projects with entrepreneurial spirits, and helps their clients go further by pushing the boundaries of what design can do.   This episode is the first in a series where we will highlight trailblazers at Gensler who have taken their strengths and talents and invested it in their work to become intrapreneurs. In this episode, Regional Consulting Practice Area Leader Cheryl Duvall joins series host Nadia Volchansky to share her background as an entrepreneur in the architecture and design industry.   01:30    Cheryl’s intro, background 03:00    Cheryl starts her first design firm at the age of 25; she examines the initial challenges and eventual success. 05:42    Cheryl’s company is acquired by a larger fir