Liza Feoli

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About Liza Feoli

Liza is a strategic business development leader and creative strategist with over a decade of experience driving growth, enhancing market positioning, and building mission-aligned partnerships across the architecture, art, & design industry, serving commercial, cultural, institutional, and educational sectors. As Director of Business Development at NANO, she spearheads firm-wide expansion through strategic planning, sector insight, and brand leadership—championing projects that integrate design excellence with community impact, environmental responsibility, and place-based identity.In prior positions with Trahan Architects, STUDIOS Architecture, and EYP (now Stantec), she played a central role in securing transformational commissions—including the U.S. Pavilion for Expo 2025 in Osaka, and major initiatives for Howard University, Vital Voices, ProShares, Brookfield Properties, JBG Smith, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, and DC Public Schools. Her early career in arts and cultural journalism and communications — with Art+Auction magazine and Polskin Arts — includes strategic work with institutions such as Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris), the Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), The Shed (New York), Diller Scofidio+Renfro, and the Australian Council for the Arts at the 2017 Venice Biennale (Venice, Italy), bringing deep cross-sector fluency and a proven track record in aligning creative vision with business. Originally from New England, Liza's career has taken her from Boston to New York, Washington DC, and now New Orleans, reflecting her adaptability and diverse perspective.