Public Architects Committee

I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself to the Public Architects Knowledge Community as your editor for The Cornerstone this year.   Part of my goal as editor, is to provide informative articles on the varied practice of public architecture that are shared with us.  One event that caters to and supports the public architecture community is our Pre-Convention Public Architects Workshop.  We have different topics every year.  We invite thought provoking speakers that at times reinforce or provide alternative methods to our practice issues. This year’s workshop “The Public Architect as City Builder” promises to be an outstanding one, so I hope that you will check it out and join us in Orlando.

I also seek to support my fellow Advisory Group members – 2017 Chair Emily Marthinsen, AIA; Lee Solomon, AIA; Susan Goldberg, AIA; and our newest member Samuel Chui, AIA (Welcome, Samuel!). 

Our PA community benefits from sharing a newsworthy article – so we hope to hear from you.  You can reach me at mwwittmer@gmail.com.

Marilyn Wong-Wittmer, AIA
2017 Cornerstone Editor
Public Architects Advisory Group

Marilyn Wong-Wittmer, AIA is the current Cornerstone Editor and a public architect with 34 years of public service. In 2014, she retired from the Architect of the Capitol as a Jurisdiction Executive in the Office of Planning and Project Management, where she was a management liaison between U.S. Botanic Garden, Capitol Grounds, and U.S. Supreme Court jurisdictions, and her organization, facilitating resolution of program and project issues, short and long range planning, and implementation strategies. She managed legacy projects and programs having agency-wide impact, while providing expertise, direction, stakeholders coordination, and oversight of design and construction. Prior to her AOC experience, she was with the U.S. Postal Service, Facilities Office in Tampa, Memphis, and Arlington, VA for 21 years gaining extensive nation-wide experience managing major construction programs and projects, ranging from renovations to multi hundred million dollar distribution centers and multi facility programs. Marilyn worked in the private sector in engineering and architectural firms for three years prior to beginning federal government service.