Shannon Gathings is an architect at Duvall Decker Architects, the Jackson, Mississippi firm recently honored with the 2026 AIA Architecture Firm Award. She is a skilled project manager and designer, and has led some of the firm’s most successful projects including the Reserves at Gray Park, 2022 Architzer A+ Award recipient, and the renovation of Operation Shoestring’s Ellen Harris Center, 2022 AIA Mississippi Honor Award recipient. Shannon received the 2023 AIA Young Architects Award for leadership in design and service to the profession.