GS4DC Advisory Board Member Hazel Ruth Edwards, Ph.D Appointed to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts

President Joe Biden recently announced his appointment of Green Spaces for DC Advisory Board Member Hazel Ruth Edwards, Ph.D. to the Commission of Fine Arts. Since July 2016, Dr. Edwards has served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture at Howard University’s College of Engineering Architecture — the first female to hold the post.

Her career has combined place-based research with planning and urban design practice and teaching. She is a certified planner with the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and was elected to their College of Fellows (FAICP) in 2018.

The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) is an independent federal agency established by Congress in 1901 to advise the federal government on “matters of design and aesthetics, as they affect the federal interest and preserve the dignity of the nation’s capital,” according to CFA’s website.

Green Spaces for DC congratulates Dr. Hazel Ruth Edwards on this momentous achievement.

Photo from UCSD Design Lab.