Erin has been many things: journalist, radio DJ, voice actor, coach, professor, academic, consultant, athlete – all have helped her become a conscientious communications strategist who can keep multiple plates spinning and seek innovative ways to move forward. She continues to teach in universities and work with the National Press Club Scholarship Committee to train the next generation of communicators. Erin balances the creative and the strategic and uses the power of story to facilitate understanding, advance missions and elevate changemakers. 

Erin moved to D.C. from Florida in 2017 and has enjoyed reconnecting with the outdoors, especially hiking with her Italian greyhound Dusty Lebron James, watching Premier League matches on patios around town and basking in the seats of Nationals Park. She also watches more than her fair share of television and film, with a near-obsessive dedication to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Ted Lasso.

Kim Wright has entered the next chapter of her DBIA career as a happily retired woman. She was the long-time host of Design Build Delivers and served as editorial manager for DBIA prior to transitioning to retirement, a natural move back to her roots as a journalist. After 20+ years as a correspondent, deputy bureau chief and news director, Kim made the shift to nonprofit communications before coming to DBIA in 2016. Not surprisingly, Kim enjoys reading and writing, but a good scary movie every once in a while is a guilty pleasure.