2024-11-21T12:38:46-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150303027/chicago-architecture-center-president-ceo-lynn-osmond-is-stepping-down-after-25-years-of-service Josh Niland 2022-03-17T16:56:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/28/28d2fa3ab489d3f75c787627a1578be2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A towering figure in Chicago&rsquo;s well-developed architectural scene is stepping down from one of its most important posts as the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1052493/chicago-architecture-center" target="_blank">Chicago Architecture Center (CAC)</a> announced that President and CEO Lynn Osmond will be departing the Center at the end of April in order to take on a leadership role with Choose Chicago, the city&rsquo;s tourism agency.&nbsp;</p> <p>Since joining the CAC in 1996, Osmond has been pivotal in transforming the organization (then named the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/289683/chicago-architecture-foundation" target="_blank">Chicago Architecture Foundation</a>) into one of the largest of its kind anywhere in the world, overseeing its growth into a $25 million entity with an expanded audience of around 700,000 patrons in addition to helping it become one of the top tourist destinations in the city.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/55/559307f443e063941b4ae2db095c31ff.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/55/559307f443e063941b4ae2db095c31ff.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Previously on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150026795/the-chicago-architecture-foundation-announces-the-chicago-architecture-center-to-encompass-both-past-and-future-design-innovation" target="_blank">The Chicago Architecture Foundation announces the Chicago Architecture Center, to encompass both past and future design innovation</a></figcaption></figure><p>Under Osmond&rsquo;s tenure, the CAC<a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150069024/chicago-architecture-center-announces-new-location-opening-in-august-2018" target="_blank"> moved into its new permanent location</a> in the Mies van der Rohe-designed 111 E Wacker Dr. bu...</p>