Julia Donoho, AIA, Esq. is an architect-attorney-general contractor and brings multi-disciplinary knowledge to the field of disaster recovery.  After the Tubbs Fire of 2017 burned into the heart of her community, she headed the AIA Redwood Empire Disaster Recovery Committee, and became an expert in the process of recovery and rebuilding after a disaster.  Beginning in 2018, Donoho helped create a startup company, serving as Vice President General Counsel of Homebound Construction Inc. that is rebuilding homes faster after disaster using technology and participated in the 2022-2023 Advisory Group for HUD’s “Designing for Natural Disaster – A Resilience Guide for Builders and Developers,” chairing the Fire Section. She has continued to serve on the California Disaster Area Network, has created a Toolkit for California components to respond to disaster, and is now serving on the AIA National Disaster Assistance Committee.