Board of Trustees
Officers
Beverly Willis, FAIA, Founder and Chair (Founding Trustee, 2002)
- Founding Trustee of the National Building Museum; Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
Nancy Alexander, MBA, MA, Vice-Chair
- Consultant and facilitator for organizational mission, vision, and strategy
Joan Blumenfeld, FAIA, IIDA, LEED ID+C, Secretary
- Principal, Interior Design Director, Perkins+Will
Claire Weisz, AIA, Treasurer
- Partner, WXY Architecture and Urban Design; Faculty member, New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Board
Jane Chmielinski
- Executive Vice President & Chief Corporate Officer, AECOM
Peggy Deamer, Ph.D., B.Arch
- Professor at Yale School of Architecture; Principal, Peggy Deamer Architects
Diane Favro, Ph.D., (Founding Trustee, 2002)
- Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, UCLA; Executive Director of Research, School of Arts and Architecture; Director, UCLA’s Experiential Technology Center; past President of the Society of Architectural Historians
Erica Forman, Esq., (Founding Trustee, 2002)
- Partner, Bryan Cave LLP Attorneys
Erleen Hatfield, PE, AIA, LEED AP
-Partner, Buro Happold
Emita Hill, Ph.D.
-Chancellor Emeritus, Indiana University Kokomo
Kevin R. Klinger, M.Arch.
- Associate Professor of Architecture; Director, Institute for Digital Fabrication,
Ball State University
Vibeke Lichten, M.Arch, AMDP
- Principal, Atelier Vibeke Lichten / Partner, A2 Investment Group
Jennifer Murphy
-Vice-President, Plaza Construction Corporation
Victoria Rosner, Ph.D.
- Associate Dean, Columbia University School of General Studies
Porie Saikia-Eapen, AIA, FCIOB
- Vice-President and Area Manager (NY) CH2M Hill
Suman Sorg, FAIA
- Founder and Principal, Sorg Architects
Advisory Council
Vibeke Lichten, Chair
- See above
Peter Bubriski
- Principal, Peter Bubriski Associates, communications consulting firm
Michael Crosbie, Ph.D., AIA
- Chair and Associate Professor, University of Hartford Dept. of Architecture
Gabrielle Esperdy, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Architecture, and blogger
Roland Gebhardt
- Designer, Sculptor, Principal, Roland Gebhardt Design
Jane Gustafson, ASID, NCIDQ
- Associate, Studios Architecture, Washington, D.C.
Sarah Haga, AIA
- Senior Vice-President, Zubatkin Owner Representation, LLC
Tami Hausman, Ph.D.
-President, Hausman LLC
Lenore Janis
- President and co-founder, Professional Women in Construction
Carolinn Kuebler, AIA
- Senior Technical Director, Gensler and Associates, Washington, D.C.
Kathleen Nelson
- Managing Principal, Bay Hollow Associates LLC, real estate consulting
Linda Pollak, AIA, ASLA
- Founding Partner, Marpillero Pollak Architects
Sylvia Smith, FAIA, LEED
-Senior Partner, FXFOWLE
Kate Schwennsen, FAIA, M.Arch
- Professor and Chair, Clemson University School of Architecture; 2006 AIA National President
Despina Stratigakos, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo Dept. of Architecture
Susan Szenasy
- Editor in Chief, Metropolis Magazine
Roberta Washington, FAIA, LEED AP
- Founder and Principal, Roberta Washington Architects, PC
Founding Trustees
Heidi Gifford Melas-Kyriazi
Lian Hurst Mann, M.Arch, Ph.D.
Staff
Wanda Bubriski, Executive Director
Desiree Frieson, Communications & Office Manager
Gioia Connell, Research Associate
Roland Gebhardt Design, Design Consultants
Joshua Vermillion, Webmaster
- Institute for Digital Fabrication, Ball State University
Megan Little, Research Intern
Erika Canas, Research Intern
Charlotte Tyran, Media Intern
