Amy J. Slattery

AIA, IIDA, NOMA

Amy is an entrepreneur, connector, and industry leader. With experience in groundbreaking high design and sustainability combined with engineering-based project management, Amy established Odimo in 2015 to serve clients with a vision-focused approach. As a Partner at SLATTERY, Amy reviews all work in the office, assuring design goals are in alignment with each project’s vision, budget, and schedule. In addition to significant arts, commercial, and community work, she has deep experience in research laboratory planning, bringing a unique technical attention to detail to all projects in the firm.

Amy’s diverse experience and leadership on the balancing act of design innovation and market-driven design results has led to several successful client and community partnerships as well as industry accolades. She was recognized by the Kansas City Business Journal as Woman Who Means Business in 2020 and as a Next Gen Leader in 2018. She was honored by Engineering-News Record as a Midwest Top 20 under 40 in 2012 and was an American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Young Architects Award recipient in 2011.

Community, collaboration, leadership are central ideals that Amy measures the impact of her personal and professional work. A peer noted in the 2019 Firm of the Year nomination “Theirs is a mindset of true altruism. They believe that our profession is better when we all work together, rise together, to do great things together”.

Title

Partner

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, University of Kansas 2001

Volunteerism

University of Kansas School of Architecture + Design Advisory Board
Port KC Riverfront Advisory Board 2013-Current
NOMA KC, 2021-Current
ULI Kansas City, Women’s Leadership Initiative Chair, 2020-2022
KC Rising Ideas Committee, 2019-2021
AIA National Trust, Trustee, 2018-2022.
AIA National Trust, Chair 2022
AIA National Diversity & Inclusion Council 2012-2013
AIA National Committee on Design, Firm Award Nominating Committee 2012
AIA National Women’s Leadership Summit, Co-Chair 2011
AIA Central States Region, Emerging Professionals Committee 2008-2009
AIA Kansas City, Associate Director 2006
AIA Kansas City, Women in Design, Founding Director 2005
KC CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women), Chapter President 2013
CREW National Media & Communications Committee Chair 2014
CREW National Foundation Chapter Champion 2014-2016
Design Academy, Olathe Public Schools Advisory Board Member, 2016-2017
I2SL (International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories), Founding Board Member, 2014-17
University of Kansas Hospital Young Professionals Alliance (YPA), Chair 2015
Kansas City Architectural Foundation, Board Member 2011
Calvary Lutheran Church, Parish Planning Council President 2015-2017
AIA Gold Medal & Architecture Firm Award Jury 2024
AIA Colorado Design Awards Jury 2022
ULI Hines Award Jury 2021
AIA Birmingham Design Awards Jury 2021
AIA Indianapolis Design Awards Jury 2019
AIA North Carolina Design Awards Jury 2018
AIA North Dakota Design Awards Jury 2016
AIA Wisconsin Design Awards Jury 2014
AIA Indiana Design Awards Jury 2011
Associated Builders + Contractors, Excellence in Construction Awards Jury 2019, 2018

“

In order to change an existing paradigm, you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete.

Buckminster R. Fuller