About Darcey Schumacher, PE, LEED BD-C

Darcey Schumacher of Overland Park, Kansas, principal and shareholder with Wallace Design Collective, earned a bachelor’s degree from Missouri S&T in 2002 and a master’s degree from the University of Kansas in 2009, both in civil engineering. She joined the Kansas City office of Wallace Design Collective in 2003. She is passionate about the AEC community and is dedicated to her company’s mission to “Make Lives Better.” Schumacher was the first S&T graduate to be named both an associate and a principal at Wallace. Over her career, Schumacher has worked on four buildings designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architects, often including the innovative use of metals and framing systems. A licensed professional engineer in 29 states, she has served either as the engineer-of-record or project manager on at least one project in 48 states, including serving as project manager for S&T’s Hasselmann Alumni House.  Schumacher was named one of Engineering News-Record’s National Top 20 Under 40 in 2017 and has received the Commercial Real Estate Women KC’s Excellence Award and an AIAKC’s Pillars Leadership Certificate. She is active in many organizations, including Commercial Real Estate Women KC, the National Council of Structural Engineers Association’s structural engineers equity and engagement committee and Women in Design–KC. Schumacher mentors others, participates in women’s leadership initiatives and promotes positive change within the AEC industry, regularly presenting nationally about equity and engagement within the structural engineering profession.