This is a time for the AIA to seize the opportunity for leadership. Our profession is bursting with new knowledge; with skills tested by application and measured by how we improve the lives of those who experience our work.

To assert this leadership we must:

• Lead an effort of collaboration aggressively reaching out to a broad spectrum of partners that will bring the power of design to our communities and establish the architect as a leader.
• Intensely listen to members to focus the initiatives of the Institute. Success will be measured by how we meet the needs of the individual practitioner.
• Broaden membership participation in strategic planning; member intentions must become Institute priorities.
• Build upon the foundation of the components as leaders of national initiatives. It is the components that are the energy force of the AIA.
• Commit to refresh the spirit of our Institute by expanding opportunities for women and minorities and by addressing the needs of emerging professionals. The need for a close relationship between the AIA and schools has never been greater.
• We have the power to realize dreams and enhance lives. Through a collaborative spirit we can seize the imagination and initiative to lead our society. I am guided by a commitment to the values of sustainability and diversity informed by my experience in service roles. I believe the power of our profession lies in its diversity. Together we can lead by the authority of our ideas.

AIA Experience

• AIA National Board
• AIA North Carolina Board
• AIA Case Study Task Force, Chair
• AIA Practice Academy/Learning Organization Study
• AIA Architects in Education Committee, Chair
• AIA Los Angeles Board

Related Experience

• President, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
• Member, National Architectural Accreditation Board
• Master Juror, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
• Advisor, European Association of Architectural Educators (EAAE)

Practice Experience

• Dean, College of Design, North Carolina State University
• Dean, College of Environmental Design, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• Consulting and Peer Review Practice
• Association with Patrick Sullivan Architects (Claremont, Calif.); James Pulliam Architects (Los Angeles); Dixon, Weinstein Architects (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
• Hugh Stubbins and Associate, Cambridge, Mass.
• Teacher, Boston Architectural Center

Registration

• North Carolina, California, NCARB

Education

• St. Thomas College
• University of Minnesota
• Harvard University

Recognition

• AIA/ACSA Topaz Laureate
• ACSA Distinguished Professor
• Honorary EAAE.