Lakisha Ann Woods, CAE is President & CEO of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) where she is responsible for leading the Institute’s dedicated team of professionals, enhancing its value and visibility and growing relationships with its members, clients, public agencies and partners. She also leads efforts to expand the organization’s programs and markets while growing and strengthening its membership base.

National Institute of Building Sciences is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that brings together labor and consumer interests, government representatives, regulatory agencies, and members of the building industry to identify and resolve problems and potential problems that hamper the construction of safe, affordable housing and commercial structures throughout the country.