Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk was appointed dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Miami in 1995. She joined the faculty in 1979 after earning her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University in 1972 and her Master in Architecture from Yale University in 1974. She has organized and promoted numerous design exercises for the benefit of communities throughout South Florida. She is a founder and board member emerita of the Congress for the New Urbanism, board member emerita of Princeton University, and currently board member of the Institute of Classical Architecture. In addition to her duties at the University, she is in practice with Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Architects and Town Planners.