Peter J. Arsenault, AIA, NCARB, LEED-AP, was elected to a two-year vice presidential term beginning in December 2007. Arsenault is a principal at Stantec Architecture and heads the firm’s Rochester office where he partners with clients on architecture, interior design, facility planning, and operation service. Arsenault, the senior AIA Board Director from New York, maintained a private practice for more than 20 years prior to joining Stantec. He has served as AIA New York State president and has been active in many component activities. Nationally, he was a member of the Housing Committee and the Search for Shelter program. He is now active in the State Government Network, the R/UDAT and SDAT task groups, and the Committee of the Environment. Outside the AIA, Arsenault is a cofounder and charter president of GreeningUSA, a nonprofit organization that advocates and promotes sustainable communities. He volunteers with his town’s environmental council, his church, and the Alibrandi Catholic Center at Syracuse University.

Clark Manus, FAIA, was elected to a two-year vice presidential term beginning in December 2007. Manus is the chief executive officer and design principal of Heller Manus Architects. The firm’s architecture, urban design, and planning portfolio in San Francisco includes the renovation of City Hall; the Emergency Command Center; and major residential, office, and hospitality projects. Manus earned his MArch degree from the University of Pennsylvania after having received a bachelor’s degree in environmental design and psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He worked at the Kling Partnership in Philadelphia and KMD in San Francisco before forming his current firm. Manus, a senior AIA Board director from California, is active in advocacy and community design issues nationally and locally. He serves on the AIA150 Blueprint for America Committee and chairs the Blueprint Mosaic subgroup. Manus is well recognized inside and outside the profession for his extensive community/urban design leadership in San Francisco.