Dee Dee DeVuyst is the Executive Director of Radian, Colorado’s only nonprofit architecture and urban planning firm dedicated to advancing social equity in the built environment. With dual Master’s degrees in Architecture and Environmental Engineering, Dee Dee brings over 15 years of cross-sector leadership spanning the nonprofit, private, and government sectors. Her work centers on leveraging design, policy, and community advocacy to create more just and inclusive cities.

At Radian, Dee Dee leads a multidisciplinary team of architects, planners, and community advocates to co-design spaces and policies of belonging. Her approach is rooted in building partnerships and teams that foster radical empathy, increase representation, and advance design justice. Through this lens, she leads community-centered design and planning efforts to ensure that residents who have historically been excluded from these processes have the power, agency, and resources to shape their neighborhoods.

Dee Dee is a certified mediator and currently serves on the Denver Commission of Nonprofit Engagement, the Denver Board of Adjustment for Zoning Appeals, and the All In Denver board. She is bilingual in Spanish and is also a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Peru), an avid globetrotter, gardening enthusiast, and bike commuter.