AIA Virginia Councils and Committees

Committees with hyperlinked titles include service description

Board Executive Committee
Meagan Jancy, AIA, President
Bill Hopkins, AIA, President-Elect
Karen Conkey, AIA, Secretary
Amber Hall, AIA, Treasurer
Kelly Callahan, AIA, Past-President
Paul Battaglia, AIA, EVP

Board Directors
Phoebe A. Crisman, AIA (Ex-officio University of Virginia)
Michael Ermann, AIA (Ex-officio Virginia Tech)
Daya Irene Taylor, Ph.D., AIA, NOMA (Ex-officio Hampton University)
Ashleigh Walker, Assoc. AIA (Associate Director)
Kendall A. Nicholson, Ed.D., Assoc. AIA (At-Large Director)
Nicholas A. Wade, AIA (AIA Blue Ridge)
Shawn Mulligan, AIA (AIA Central Virginia)
Jonathan Hiser, AIA (AIA Coastal Virginia)
Sonia Jarboe, AIA (AIA Northern Virginia)
TJ Meehan, AIA (AIA Northern Virginia)
Derek McCalla, AIA (AIA Richmond)

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
Cathy Guske, Hon. AIA VA (staff liaison)

Education Advisory Council
Phoebe Crisman, AIA
Amber Hall, AIA
Shawn Mulligan, AIA
Nea Poole, AIA
Dr. Daya Irene Taylor, AIA, NOMA
Maggie Thacker, Assoc AIA
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
2025
Brian Gore, AIA (Co-Chair)
Hayley Owens, AIA (Co-Chair)
Robert Easter, FAIA
Amina Oulmi, Assoc. AIA
Quinton Mason, Assoc. AIA
Corrie Cohen, Assoc. AIA
Jonathan Hiser, AIA
Dr. Daya Irene Taylor, AIA
Cathy Guske, Hon. AIA VA (staff liaison)

Emerging Leaders in Architecture Executive Committee
2025
Ashley Montgomery, Assoc. AIA, Chair
Chris Brown, AIA, Vice Chair
Haley DeNardo, AIA, Past Chair
Nate Lahy, PLA, ASLA (Emeritus Advisor)
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 liason)

Virginia Women in Design 
Richmond Women in Design
Northern Virginia Women in Architecture

Historic Resources Committee
Katie Irwin, AIA (Chair)
Lisa Tucker, AIA (Co-Chair)
John Burns, FAIA
Bill Robson, AIA
Bryan Clark Green, Hon. AIA VA
Hugh C. Miller, FAIA
Greg Rutledge, FAIA
Mark Wenger, AIA
Gibson Worsham, AIA
Susan Reed, AIA
Lauren Bailey, AIA
Bill Conkey, 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)
William Brown, AIA 
Tim Colley, AIA
Karen M. Conkey, AIA 
Eric Keplinger, AIA 
S. Jeanne LeFever, AIA 
Elisabeth Sloan, AIA 
Chris Venable, AIA 
Louis J. Wolf, AIA 
Paul Battaglia, AIA (staff liaison)

VA COTE Steering Committee
William Abrahamson, AIA (Chair)
Andrew McKinley, AIA (Co-Chair)
D. Matthew Alexander, AIA
Joseph McCoy, AIA
Sarah Grier Barber, AIA
Michelle Amt, AIA
Rebecca Aarons-Sydnor, Assoc. AIA
Lauren Sughrue, Assoc. AIA
Celeste Novak, FAIA
Jin Park, AIA
Breta Bishop, Assoc. AIA
Bryna Dunn, Assoc. AIA
Elizabeth Hnatiw, AIA
Delaney Ogden (staff liaison)