AIA Virginia Councils and Committees
Committees with hyperlinked titles include service description
Board Executive Committee
Bill Hopkins, AIA, President
Paula Loomis, FAIA, President-Elect
Karen Conkey, AIA, Secretary
Amber Hall, AIA, Treasurer
Meagan Jancy, AIA, Past-President
Paul Battaglia, AIA, EVP
Board Directors
Phil Baxter, Assoc. AIA (Associate Director)
Kendall A. Nicholson, Ed.D., Assoc. AIA (At-Large Director)
Michael Lawson, AIA
Sidney Griffin, AIA
Jonathan Hiser, AIA
Sonia Jarboe, AIA
Gina Robinson, AIA
Derek McCalla, AIA
Katie MacDonald, AIA (Ex-officio University of Virginia)
Michael Ermann, AIA (Ex-officio Virginia Tech)
Daya Irene Taylor, Ph.D., AIA, NOMA (Ex-officio Hampton University)
Outreach Advisory Council
Chris Warren, AIA (Chair)
Jori Erdman, AIA
Meagan Jancy, AIA
Warees Smith, AIA
Jane Rathbone, FAIA
Claude Breithaupt, AIA
Delaney Ogden (staff liaison)
Advocacy Advisory Council
Maggie Dunlap, Associate AIA (Chair)
Paula Loomis, FAIA
Sandra Leibowitz, AIA
Carrie Parker, AIA
Jeremy Maloney, AIA
Tim Colley, AIA
Paul Battaglia, AIA (staff liaison)
Member Services Advisory Council
Karen Conkey, AIA (Chair)
Christine Snetter, AIA
Nicholas Wade, AIA
Ashley LeFew Fallwell, AIA
Kendall A. Nicholson, Ed.D., Assoc. AIA
Jennifer Bailey, AIA
Cathy Guske, Hon. AIA VA (staff liaison)
Education Advisory Council
Amber Hall, AIA
Shawn Mulligan, AIA
Nea Poole, AIA
Dr. Daya Irene Taylor, AIA, NOMA
Delaney Ogden (staff liaison)
Audit Committee
Amber Hall, AIA (Chair)
Meagan Jancy, AIA
Bill Hopkins, AIA
TJ Meehan, AIA
Alexander Helms, AIA
Keesha Ezell, Hon. AIA VA (staff liaison)
Secretary’s Advisory Council
Karen Conkey, AIA (Chair)
Jeanne LeFever, AIA
Braden Field, AIA
Warees Smith, AIA
Paul Battaglia, AIA (staff liaison)
Finance Committee
Amber Hall, AIA (Chair)
Bill Hopkins, AIA
Meagan Jancy, AIA
TJ Meehan, AIA
Alexander Helms, AIA
Design Committee
Jessie Gemmer, AIA (Chair)
Michael Spory, AIA
Edwin Agudelo, AIA
Camilo Bearman, AIA
Ed Ford, AIA
Anca Lipan, AIA
Mark Orling, AIA
Andrea Quilici, AIA
Jim Pociluyko, AIA
Jeannette Andamasaris
Nick Brinen, AIA
Forrest Frazier, AIA
Katie Honbarrier, AIA
Thom White, AIA
Jacob Johnson, AIA
Delaney Ogden (staff liaison)
Justice Equity Diversity Inclusion (J.E.D.I.) Committee
2026
Quinton Mason, Assoc. AIA (Chair)
Robert Easter, FAIA
Corrie Cohen, Assoc. AIA
Jonathan Hiser, AIA
Dr. Daya Irene Taylor, AIA
Karim El-Araby, Associate AIA
Miriam Hossaini, Associate AIA
Cathy Guske, Hon. AIA VA (staff liaison)
Emerging Leaders in Architecture Executive Committee
2026
Chris Brown, AIA (Chair)
Lisette Stone, AIA (Vice Chair)
Ashley Montgomery, Assoc. AIA (Past Chair)
Delaney Ogden (staff liaison)
Fellows
Brian Frickie, FAIA
Cathy Guske, Hon. AIA VA (staff liaison)
Honors Committee
Lori Garrett, FAIA (Chair)
Bruce Wardell, FAIA
Shannon Dowling, AIA
Eric Keplinger, AIA
Erin Webb, AIA
David Prevette, AIA
Nina Comiskey, AIA
Mel Price, FAIA
Andrew McKinley, AIA
Rebecca Brady, AIA
Katie Honbarrier, AIA
Susan Pryor, AIA
Jessie Gemmer, AIA
Paul Battaglia, AIA (staff liaison)
Joint Legislative Committee
Ed Gillikin, AIA
Stephen Weisensale, AIA
Lauren Sughrue, Associate AIA
Rebecca Aarons-Snydor, Associate AIA
Paul Battaglia, AIA (staff liaison)
Virginia Women in Design
Richmond Women in Design
Northern Virginia Women in Architecture
Blue Ridge Women in Design
Historic Resources Committee
Katie Irwin, AIA (Chair)
Lisa Tucker, AIA (Co-Chair)
John Burns, FAIA
Bill Robson, AIA
Bryan Clark Green, Hon. AIA VA
Greg Rutledge, FAIA
Mark Wenger, AIA
Gibson Worsham, AIA
Susan Reed, AIA
Lauren Bailey, AIA
Bill Conkey, AIA
Jessica Niles DeHoff, AIA
Rob Crawshaw, AIA
Alexandra Corman, Assoc. AIA
Aidan Brown, Assoc. AIA
Anna Orlando, Assoc. AIA
Delaney Ogden (staff liaison)
Disaster Assistance Committee
Paula Loomis, FAIA (Chair)
Laura E. Albert, AIA
Tim Colley, AIA
Georgie Marquez, AIA
Ken Thacker, AIA
Jeffrey Weiseman, AIA
Paul Battaglia, AIA (staff liaison)
Political Action Board of Trustees
Eliza Engle, AIA (Chair)
Bill Brown, AIA
Karen Conkey, AIA
Eric Keplinger, AIA
Caitlin Morgan, Assoc AIA
Mitch Rowland, AIA
Chris Venable, AIA
Paul Battaglia, AIA (staff liaison)
VA COTE Steering Committee
Cat Smith, AIA (Chair)
William Abrahamson, AIA
Andrew McKinley, AIA
Rebecca Aarons-Sydnor, Assoc. AIA
Sarah Grier Barber, AIA
Bryna Dunn, Assoc. AIA
Joseph McCoy, AIA
Lauren Sughrue, Assoc. AIA
Celeste Novak, FAIA
Jim Park, AIA
Breta Bishop, Assoc. AIA
Preethi Chitharanjan, AIA
Delaney Ogden (staff liaison)