Integrity, diplomacy, and balanced judgment. These are my personal touchstones and will define my service as AIA President. As a third generation architect, these values have been an integral part of my life growing up within the culture of the AIA.

As AIA President, my strategies will be to:

• Strengthen our relationship with AIA components to better serve our members
• Strengthen our commitment to diversity and emerging professionals
• Strengthen our emphasis on practice issues that affect firms large and small
• Enhance the value of architects to clients and society
• Enhance the knowledge base of the AIA and create the position of Chief Knowledge Officer
• Enhance the transparency of the organization
• Increase our emphasis on sustainable design and make it a driving force in society
• Increase the public awareness of architecture
• Increase the salary base to stop the talent drain in our profession.

I truly believe that architects should have a great respect for the past but be clearly focused on the future. Through strategic optimism, applied knowledge, and effective advocacy, we will provide our members with the tools necessary to succeed in our ever-changing world. It would be an honor and privilege to serve as your AIA President.

Paul Davis Boney, FAIA, 2004 AIA National Vice President and 2003 Chair of the National AIA Convention, is Chief Strategic Officer of LS3P Associates Ltd., a regional award-winning practice based in the Carolinas. A lifelong resident of Wilmington, N.C., Paul lives with his wife Lisa and daughters Alexandra and Jessica.

AIA Service:
AIA National Vice President, 2004
Chair, National AIA Convention, San Diego, 2003
Member, AIA Executive Committee of the National Board of Directors, 2004
South Atlantic Regional Director, National AIA Board of Directors, 2000-2003
AIA Sustainability Task Group, 2004
AIA/AGC Committee
AIA Advocacy Board Group, Vice President, 2004
AIA Special Task Group on Convention Sites, 2004
Chair, AIA Committee on Architecture for Education, 1994
President, AIA North Carolina, 1996
Chair, AIA South Atlantic Regional Conference, 1996
Chair, AIA North Carolina Summer Design Conference, 1991
Chair, AIA North Carolina Political Action Committee, 1998
President, AIA Wilmington Section, 1990

Honors/Awards:
AIA National Presidential Citation, 2003
Member, AIA College of Fellows, 2000
Richard Upjohn Fellow, 2003
Deitrick Medal, AIA North Carolina, 2005
Governor’s Award for service to the State of North Carolina, 1995.

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