STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
In 2017, AIA New York and the Center for Architecture worked with LaPlaca Cohen to identify strategic goals, objectives, and tactics to ensure the success and growth of the two organizations over the next five years. LaPlaca Cohen collaborated with an internal Steering Committee comprised of leadership and senior staff members from both organizations to formulate a Strategic Framework.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Elected by the Chapter membership and its Nominating Committee each year, the Board of Directors is a diverse group of practitioners and allied professionals that brings a wealth of experience to the functioning of the Chapter. The Board meets monthly, with supplemental meetings and event commitments dependent on the position to which an individual is elected.
ANNUAL MEETING
The AIA New York Chapter membership gathers at the Annual Meeting each June to elect the Board of Directors and members to selected committees, as well as to conduct chapter business and honor those who contribute to the built environment of New York. The next Annual Meeting will be held on June 17, 2020. The 2021 Board Slate (for service beginning January 2021) is available here.
Nominating Committee
Nominating Committee Members
Hayes Slade, AIA, Chair
Heidi Blau, FAIA
Mary Burke, FAIA
Frank Greene, FAIA
Andrea Steele, AIA
Jesse Lazar, Deputy Director, AIA New York | Center for Architecture
Joseph Corbin, Assistant Director, Member Services, AIA New York
2019 Nominating Committee Elections
An open meeting to put candidates on the Nominating Committee ballot has been called for September 25, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM. All Architect, Associate, International Associate, and Emeritus members of the Chapter are welcome. Please register here to attend. If you would like to submit a name but cannot make it to the meeting, please email jcorbin@aiany.org with the name of the candidate.
Once all submitted names are vetted, an online election will open on October 4 for members to select their top four choices and close on October 18.
The four elected members will serve with the 2018 President, Gerard (Guy) Geier, FAIA, from January 2019 to June 2019 to select members for the 2020 Board and Elective Committees.
Elective Committees
Design Awards Committee The committee, working with the Chapter Board of Directors and chapter staff, organizes the annual Design Awards Program. Current committee members:
Chair: Jane Smith, FAIA, IIDA, Founder, Spacesmith, LLP
Phillip Anzalone, AIA, Founder, aa64
Illya Azaroff, AIA, Founder, +LAB Architect
Mark Gardner, AIA, Founder, Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects
Stefan Knust, AIA, LEED AP, WELL AP, CPHC, Senior Associate, Ennead Architects
Sara Lopergolo, AIA, Partner, Selldorf Architects
Regina Myer, President, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
Benjamin Prosky, Assoc. AIA, Executive Director, AIA New York | Center for Architecture
Suzanne Mecs, Hon. AIANYS, Managing Director, AIA New York
Joseph Corbin, Assistant Director, Member Services, AIA New York
Fellows Committee Consisting of six elected members of the Chapter, this committee follows applicable AIA procedures regarding eligibility and nomination procedures for advancement of a member to Fellowship, and follows an appropriate method of communicating such information to all Chapter members. Current committee members:
Co-chair: Frances Huppert, FAIA , Frances Huppert Architect
Co-chair: Jeffrey Murphy, FAIA, Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects
Ann Marie Baranowski, FAIA, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
John Cetra, FAIA, CetraRuddy
Robert Eisenstat, FAIA, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Lisa Gould, FAIA, Lisa Gould Architect
Suzanne Mecs, Hon. AIA NYS
Honors Committee This committee selects nominees for Chapter awards; AIA New York State Honors; Institute Honors and Awards and provides support for submissions. Current committee members:
Chair: Kim Yao, AIA, Architecture Research Office
Andrew Bernheimer, AIA, Bernheimer Architecture
Louise Braverman, FAIA, Louise Braverman Architect
David Burney, FAIA, Pratt Institute
Richard Dattner, FAIA, Dattner Architects
Alexander Gorlin, FAIA, Alexander Gorlin Architects
Astrid Lipka, AIA, Rice+Lipka Architects
Robert Rogers, FAIA, Rogers Partners
Benjamin Prosky, Assoc. AIA, Executive Director, AIA New York | Center for Architecture
Suzanne Mecs, Hon. AIANYS, Managing Director, AIA New York
Oculus Committee This committee meets monthly with the staff of Oculus to advise, direct, and set policy and editorial content for the Chapter's publications. Current committee members:
Chair: Andrea Monfried, Andrea Monfried Editions
Editor in Chief: Molly Heinz
Lee Altman, AIA, SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC
Lori Brown, AIA, Syracuse University
Eric Bunge, FAIA, nArchitects
Julia Chapman, AIA, Ennead Architects
James Russell, FAIA
Kim Yao, AIA, Architecture Research Office
Benjamin Prosky, Assoc. AIA
Suzanne Mecs, Hon. AIA NYS
Camila Schaulsohn
Joint Committees
Finance Committee The committee assists the President and Treasurer in preparing an annual budget; arranges for audits of the books of this Chapter and reports to the Board of Directors the results of such audits; examines, at the direction of the Board of Directors or the Treasurer, the accounts of this Chapter; supervises the investments, trust funds and endowments of this Chapter; and recommends to the Board of Directors appropriate action to be taken thereon. Current committee members:
Denise Berger, FAIA, The Port Authority of NY & NJ
Kate Dundes, AIA, Gustavson-Dundes Architecture and Design
Glenn Erikson, AIA, PhD, Time Equities, Inc.
Alexander Lamis, FAIA, Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Sharon Liebowitz, Meritam Investment Advisors
Tom Milam, AIA, FXCollaborative
Christopher Reynolds, AIA, LEED AP, Avalon Bay Communities
Jesse Lazar, Deputy Director, AIA New York | Center for Architecture
Suzanne Mecs, Hon. AIANYS, Managing Director, AIA New York
Benjamin Prosky, Assoc. AIA, Executive Director, AIA New York | Center for Architecture
Henry Zachary, Finance Director, AIA New York | Center for Architecture
Scholarship Committee The Joint Scholarship committee acts on behalf of AIA New York and Center for Architecture, as jury and supervisors of the restricted grants and scholarship funds including the Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Travel Grant; Arnold W. Brunner Grant; the Eleanor Allwork Scholarship Grant Program and The Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journalism. Current committee members:
Co-Chair: David Piscuskas, FAIA, LEED AP, 1100 Architect
Co-Chair: Tom Krizmanic, AIA, Gensler
Elizabeth O'Donnell, AIA, Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture
Evie Klein, Assoc. AIA, User Design Information Group, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, AIA, Catherine Seavitt Studio
Douglas Hocking, AIA, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Matthew Clark, Assoc. AIA, The Trust for Public Land
Bennett Fradkin, AIA, Fradkin & McAlpin Architects
Joseph Tortorella, Hon. AIANY, Silman
Carol Loewenson, FAIA, Mitchell Giurgola Architects
Related Events
Nominating Committee Schedule
October 2019
Election of the 2020 Nominating Committee
January 2020
Call for 2021 Recommendations Issued
Mid February 2020
Recommendations due to Chapter
February/Early March 2020
Resumes and recommendations compiled and reviewed
How to Join Elective Committees
AIA New York’s Nominating Committee accepts recommendations and self-referrals for the following Elective Committees for terms starting the following year. The Committee meets monthly to consider recommended candidates. Recommendations should include a cover letter, a brief one-page resume, and full contact information.
Materials can be sent by postal or email. Postal submissions should be addressed to:
Nominating Committee
c/o Jesse Lazar
AIA New York Chapter
536 LaGuardia Place
New York, NY 10012