Dr. IFA Kashefi
Principal, KM Engineering and Consulting Group
Dr. Kashefi is the Principal of the KM Engineering and Consulting Group. She has over 35 years of structural engineering experience and extensive leadership experience in the private and public sectors. Before retiring from the City of Los Angeles, she served as the Chief of the Permit and Engineering Bureau of the Department of Building and Safety (2008-2018), where she directed the entire Bureau’s operations in 5 offices. She is a licensed Structural Engineer in California, and the first female Ph.D. graduate of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of the University of Southern California.
Dr. Kashefi is an External Assessment Panel member of NIST Center of Excellence for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning, and a CSMIP Buildings Sub-committee member. Previously, she also served on the SEAOSC Board of Directors and was a Past President of the Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council.