Ida A. Clair
California State Architect, Department of General Services Division of the State Architect
Ida A. Clair, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, CASp, has led the Division of the State Architect since 2019 in providing design and construction oversight of public schools, community colleges, and state essential services buildings and accessibility plan review for state funded construction. In addition, Ida provides oversight for regulatory development for building standards for structural safety and sustainability for public schools and community colleges, and accessibility building standards for the state.
Prior to her role as State Architect, and the DSA Principal Architect in headquarters since October 2016, where she managed the accessibility, sustainability, and fire & life safety programs for public K-12 schools and community colleges, directed CALGreen regulatory development applicable to school facilities, and directed CBC Chapter 11B accessibility regulatory development for the State of California.