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State Representative Alabama Ashley Askew, AIA Alaska ChungTse Lin, AIA Arizona Sarah Potzler, AIA Arkansas Lauren Miller, AIA California Magdalini Vraila, AIA Colorado Lauren Falcon, AIA Connecticut James Regnier, AIA DC Mika Naraynsingh, AIA Delaware Lauren DeSimone, AIA Florida Bryce Bounds, AIA Georgia Adam Drummond, AIA Hawaii Krithika Penedo, AIA Idaho Katie Darter Bennett, AIA Illinois Raquel Guzman Geara, AIA Indiana Rachel Lindemann, AIA International Jason Holland, AIA Iowa Ben Hansen, AIA Kansas Garric ...

Name Role Kiara Gilmore, AIA Chair Anastasia Markiw, AIA Vice Chair Sarah Woynicz, AIA Past Chair Nicole Becker, AIA Director, Communications Arlenne Gil, AIA Director, Knowledge Tanya Kataria, AIA Director, Advocacy Kumi Wickramanayaka, AIA Director, Community Kaylyn Kirby, AIA Director, Strategy Lisa Lamkin, FAIA College of Fellows Liaison Ashley Thornberry, AIA Strategic Council Liaison Hillary Cole CACE Liaison Get involved! Apps open in May 2026 for 2027 terms. The American Institute of Architects actively promotes a diverse profession, including race, ...

FAQ: What is a young architect and what is an emerging professional? Young architects are architects licensed up to ten years of initial licensure, and the name does not have any relationship to age. Emerging professionals are professionals who have completed their academic studies up to the point of licensure or up to 10 years after completion of their academic studies. Although young architects are now defined as distinct from emerging professionals, many components refer to these groups similarly. For example, a local YAF group may include emerging professionals and a local Emerging Professionals Committee may include young architects.

Echoing the content and context of Connection Q3: Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (J.E.D.I), Sharika Tasnim provides additional perspective in her piece, "Occupying Spaces". Occupying Spaces by Sharika Tasnim, Assoc.AIA Sharika is currently a student at MIT. She is also serving as Managing Director of Eco Architect and Technology Limited. The evolution of architecture and aesthetics in U.S. city-planning did not take into account the native experience and lifestyle, or draw on a connection to other non- white communities, such as the East Asian immigrant workers or Black Americans who made up the majority of the expanding ...