Rena M. Klein, FAIA

Rena advises all CVG clients on best practices in finance, operations, organizational design, and ownership transition. She has been instrumental in fostering connections between firms in the CVG network and developing the infrastructure of CVG’s knowledge-sharing community.

Rena is a nationally recognized expert in small firm practice and the author of The Architect’s Guide to Small Firm Management (Wiley, 2010). With 20 years of experience as the owner of a small architecture firm, and over 15 years as a consultant and educator, Rena brings a special understanding of design firms managed by entrepreneurial architects. She taught professional practice in the architecture schools at the University of Washington (1993 - 2003), and at Washington State University (2008 - 2013). Rena served as executive editor of AIA’s The Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice, 15th edition (Wiley 2013) and is past chair of the National Advisory Group for the AIA Practice Management Knowledge Community.

Rena’s architecture career spans over four decades. She received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon in 1973, and her Master of Science in Management (MSM) from Antioch University Seattle in 1996. She was named an AIA Fellow in 2006. Rena continues to share her knowledge of the professional practice of architecture through her role at CVG and regular speaking engagements with AIA National, the Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN), and regional AIA chapters across the U.S. She is based in Corrales, New Mexico.