Dale is an original founder of Dekker. The architecture, engineering and planning firm employs nearly 200 people with offices in Albuquerque, El Paso and Phoenix. Dekker traces the firm’s roots to 1959, when Dale’s father, Art Dekker, Architect and Engineer started his own design and engineering practice in Albuquerque. Dale has extensive experience in architecture and planning projects that are socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable. He has contributed to high tech, one-of-a-kind research facilities for Sandia National Labs, award-winning school designs across the Southwest, and large-scale master plans, such as the UNM Master Plan Update. In addition to enhancing communities and quality of life through the built environment, Dale also participates on a variety of boards and commissions dedicated to economic development, education, sustainability, and of particular interest to Dale, water and its use in the urban landscape. To support these endeavors, Dale has served as a member of the Customer Advisory Committee of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority and as a member of the working group that has developed the Rio Grande Water Fund a Comprehensive Plan for Wildfire and Water Source Protection, an effort spearheaded by The Nature Conservancy, as well as an Executive Committee member of Albuquerque Economic Development, the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, a National Board Member of NAIOP, the Past-District Council Chair of the Urban Land Institute, and a business representative on the State of New Mexico Workforce Solutions Workforce Development Board.