"...we didn’t allow others to define us. We defined ourselves as leaders, as builders and as architects, and we charted our own paths."

Deryl McKissack

President and CEO of McKissack and McKissack

Deryl McKissack is the founder, chairwoman and chief executive officer of McKissack & McKissack (McKissack), a national architecture, engineering, program and construction-management firm currently managing over $15 billion in projects nationwide. Under Deryl’s leadership, McKissack has worked for public and private clients in the civic, culture, energy, education, entertainment, healthcare, hospitality, housing, infrastructure, housing, mixeduse and office sectors and grown to over 150 employees with offices in Austin, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington, DC.

Deryl McKissack
awards ceremony

Achievements

Engineering News-Record magazine ranks the McKissack and McKissack in two of its most significant national lists: 100 Top Construction Management For-Fee Firms and 50 Top Program Management Firms. The Washington Business Journal has also named them one of the top 25 design firms in the metropolitan Washington area. McKissack has managed landmark projects that include the Museum of African American History and Culture, the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, the Obama Presidential Center and the Navy Pier Centennial Projects in Chicago.

Awards

Some of Deryl's most recent accolades include

  • The Washington Business Hall of Fame - 2023 Hall of Fame Laureate
  • Black Business Icon - 2021 BET Soul Train Awards
  • Inc. Magazine 2020 Best in Business Award

History