APELSCIDLA Appointments; and an update on the Alternate Path

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APELSCIDLA Executive Director Kate Nosbisch, Hon. AIA Virginia, with APELSCIDLA Board Members Tim Colley, AIA (Vice Chair), Helene Combs Dreiling, FAIA, and Harry Falconer, FAIA.

With recent appointee Harry Falconer, FAIA, joining Helene Combs Dreiling, FAIA, and Tim Colley, AIA, members of AIA Virginia now occupy all three of the architecture seats on the APELSCIDLA Board. We are also happy to announce that Tim Colley, AIA, has been installed as Vice-Chair of the Board, and is anticipated to be promoted to Chair next year. Thank you, Tim, Helene, and Harry, for your dedicated service to the regulation of our profession.

We are further pleased to report that the recommendations of the APELSCIDLA work group appointed to develop a set of regulations related to the proposed alternate path to the architecture education requirements were approved by the full APELSCIDLA Board at its August meeting. Those regulations now advance to be incorporated into the forthcoming regulatory updates. The new path is expected to be fully established and available to aspirants in May 2026. We continue to receive appreciation, and eagerness, from those who will benefit from this change; and we look forward to their progress towards licensure and their beneficial impact on our profession.

Gubernatorial Appointments to APELSCIDLA, and the AARB

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AIA Virginia is incredibly proud of how its members live into the mission of being a citizen architect. For those wanting to serve, there are gubernatorial appointments available for terms commencing 1 July 2025.  While the positions extend across many domains (and you are certainly encouraged to consider the entire list), here we will highlight two: our composite regulatory board, the Virginia Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects (APELSCIDLA), and the Art and Architectural Review Board (the AARB); an advisory board to review the acquisition and the design of buildings and structures by the Commonwealth and advise the Governor of the artistic and architectural property thereof.

Aspirants need to complete the online application [available here https://www.commonwealth.virginia.gov/va-government/boards-and-commissions/ as soon as possible, but no later than 30 April 2025, and indicate for which of the positions they are applying.

You are likewise encouraged to make your interest and application known to EVP Paul R Battaglia, AIA, so that he can voice AIA Virginia’s support for your application; in fact, this is required for some of the appointments.