Katherine Peele is a Principal at LS3P and serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors. Katherine joined the firm (then Boney Architects) in 1988 after she graduated summa cum laude from North Carolina State University’s School of Design with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. She was the valedictorian of her class at the School of Design.

In Katherine’s over 38 years with the firm, she has served as a Project Architect, Project Manager, Raleigh Office Leader and EVP for Practice. Her dedicated career has included the management of over $2 billion worth of construction, with projects ranging from educational to workplace and community focused facilities. For the past 6 years, she has served as Chief Practice Officer, which included oversight of design excellence and quality, growth of practice expertise, and innovation. As Katherine begins her transition to retirement, she continues to serve as a firm-wide resource, Principal-in-Charge on multiple projects and an advisor to the Practice Integration Team.

Katherine served as the 2000 President of AIA North Carolina and in 2017 was appointed by the Governor to serve a five-year term on the North Carolina Board of Architecture. She was elevated to AIA Fellowship in 2003 in recognition of her extensive expertise and commitment to educational facility design.  In 2018, Katherine received the AIA North Carolina Gold Medal, the highest honor bestowed to an architect in North Carolina.