Missy comes to AIAU as an ethics subject matter expert from the mental health discipline.  As a licensed professional counselor in Virginia, she has been training clinicians in ethical and evidence-based practices for over 25 years. Missy is a Clinical Quality Educator for NRI Inc., a behavioral health analytics firm. Prior to that, Missy was Director of Training for Region Ten Community Services Board, providing web-based and hybrid learning for a staff of 600 across 4 counties and the city of Charlottesville. Before joining Region Ten, she worked on a grant housed with Virginia Commonwealth University as a trainer to embed evidence based practices/ translational research applications in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Addiction Technology Transfer Center, a SAMHSA-CSAT funded center. A history of adjunct faculty positions include Old Dominion University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, North Carolina Governor’s School, and Virginia Summer Institute for Addiction Studies.

The interests Missy has as a collaborative trainer have extended in recent years to AIA Virginia in the Emerging Leaders in Architecture program and AIA's EMERGE by AIAU.

Susan Schaefer Kliman, PhD, AIA is an associate professor and Chair of Department of Architecture and Urban Sustainability at the University of the District of Columbia. Dr. Kliman has over 25 years of comprehensive industry and academic experience. In her current position, she provides oversight and leadership for the undergraduate and graduate programs in Urban Architecture and Community Planning, as well as the professional science master’s degrees in water resources management and urban sustainability. She also collaborates closely with the UDC Architectural Research Institute to ensure the successful implementation of the University’s strategic objectives in experiential and active learning.

Dr. Kliman currently teaches graduate design studios, and research methodologies. She has also taught courses in ethics and practice, construction systems and undergraduate design studios. Her research interests include the mitigation of the urban heat island effect through appropriate building design, and energy-efficiency through the integration of landscape and the structure. In addition to teaching and research, she has run a small practice for over 20 years. Her firm, Klimatic Architecture, specializes in high performance buildings and alternative building materials. She is involved in several professional organizations, including the AIA, NCARB and ACSA. Her volunteer efforts focus on the training of emerging professionals and the regulation of practice.  

Dr. Kliman received her Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University, and her Master of Architecture and PhD in Arid Lands Resource Sciences from the University of Arizona. She is a LEED Accredited Professional, holds professional licenses in Virginia, Maryland, Arizona, New Mexico, and Sonora, Mexico, and an NCARB certificate.