Belinda Stewart, FAIA is the founding principal of Belinda Stewart Architects (BSA), a women-owned architectural firm based in Eupora, Mississippi. Their projects have encompassed historic preservation/rehabilitation, expansions, or contextually inspired new design and construction. She serves on the National Register Review Board of Mississippi’s State Historic Preservation Office and is a founder and former President of Mississippi Heritage Trust, the state’s preservation advocacy group. She helped lead her profession by recently serving on the National Strategic Council of the American Institute of Architects and was designated as an Association for Preservation Technology Registered Professional. Her firm’s portfolio includes local and federal courthouses, downtown commercial buildings, municipal buildings, university buildings, churches, museums, visitor centers, train depots, theaters, and more. BSA believes in the sustainable benefits of preserving, adaptively reusing existing structures, and creating timeless buildings that last and are cherished by the 
communities they serve.