Albert Kahn Associates names first female CEO
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Albert Kahn Associates names first female CEO

A renowned architecture firm has for the first time named a woman as its top executive.

Detroit-based Albert Kahn Associates announced this week that Kimberly Montague has been appointed chief executive officer. She is the 12th CEO in the firm’s 129-year history — and the first female in the position.

Montague replaces Alan Cobb, who has been the firm’s president, CEO and chairman of the board for the past decade, the firm said.

“It’s impossible not to see Kim’s similarity to Albert Kahn in her approach,” Cobb said in a news release.

Montague started her career at Albert Kahn Associates in the mid-1990s and worked at the firm for 13 years. After stints at various other firms, she returned to Albert Kahn Associates in March of last year for the job of president.