Managing partner, Architectural Expressions LLP, a 28-person A/E firm located in Decatur, Ill., providing architecture, engineering, and interior design services to health-care, commercial, and industrial clientele. BSAS, University of Illinois, 1981; MArch, University of Illinois, 1983.

AIA National
• Richard Upjohn Fellow
Served on the national board as a regional director for Illinois (1999–2001)
• Chair, Membership Systems Advisory Group
TIMSS Task Force created at Grassroots 2001 by President Anderson with the charge to correct the problems with the national database
• Chair, National Membership Committee (2001)
• Chair, Membership Policy Advisory Group (2000)
• Vice Chair, Component Affairs and Membership Advisory Committee (1999–2000)
• Member, National Component Assistance Team (1996)

AIA Illinois
• President (1998)
• President-elect
• AIA Central Illinois Delegate
• Honor Awards
Citation for contribution to the AIA Illinois Documents Coordination Committee
Citation for Distinguished Representation of the Profession in negotiations of state construction contracts and documents

AIA Central Illinois
• President (1994)
• Treasurer

Civic
• Member, Committee to Adopt the AIA Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospital and Health-Care Facilities for Illinois
• Chairman, AIA Illinois/State of Illinois Health Facilities Task Force
• Co-chair, Central Illinois Builders/Design Professionals Committee
• Chairman, Community Investment Corporation of Decatur (CICD)
• Chairman, CICD Incubator Oversight Committee
• Vice Chair, CICD Business and Downtown Committee
• Member, Macon-DeWitt Private Industry Council
• Chairman, Construction and Housing Board of Appeals
• Member, Decatur Mayor's Task Force on Downtown Revitalization.

The Institute secretary plays an important role in preparing the Board of Directors for making informed decisions on your behalf. Having just completed my term on the Board as a regional director, I understand the impact that proper preparation, effective communication, and strong leadership can have on the Board's ability to achieve the members' goals and advance the objectives of the AIM initiative. I will apply my past experience on the national membership committees to assist in clarifying the issues so that the Board is better prepared to govern. I will bring my experience on the TIMSS Task Force to bear and enlarge the circle of communication to include CACE and other knowledgeable members so that directors are fully informed as they work to advance our national objectives.

Leadership by definition is the ability to guide, direct, and influence others to achieve a vision. My vision of the AIA is an organization that is diverse in its structure, progressive in its thinking, and confident in its direction-a vision that is obtainable with strong and effective leadership.

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