MDC Committee Members: Britney Sulzen, AIA, Co-chair Carl Kohut, AIA Rachel Delventhal, AIA Kendra Shirley, AIA Roger Stewart, AIA Katelynn Larsen, Associate AIA E&R Committee Members: Clint Taylor, AIA, Co-chair Brandon Daigle, AIA Ansley Mouw, Associate AIA Britt Morgan, AIA Jessica Barnhouse, AIA Suzanne Norton, Associate AIA Membership Development and Education & Resources Committees Engagement and Participation Activities BY ROGER STEWART, AIA AND CLINT TAYLOR, AIA The Education & Resource Committee’s primary goals are to promote architecture to the public and provide educational resources for AIA Wyoming members, while the Membership Development Committee’s primary goal is to enhance the membership experience. By embracing its mission, the committee organizes activities for members, associate members, non-members and industry partners at the two chapter conferences and provides other membership events throughout the year. These activities allow people to engage in conversation, network and provide opportunities for young professionals to meet seasoned architects and potential mentors. With a small group of volunteers, our committee continues to host these events and brainstorm new ways to expand our membership, recruit new committee and chapter members to enhance and grow the AIA Wyoming membership experience. As a joint committee, our members do a fantastic job of meeting these blended goals in several events. The SWELL (Second Wednesday Educational Lunch & Learn) program is in its second year. In 2025, we hosted two events: Acoustical Elements in Casper and Structural Implications in the New Building Code in Cheyenne. We are seeking firms in the state to host a SWELL event in their offices, where industry partners can join in person and virtually for group education and networking. If you are interested in hosting one of our events next year, please contact any of our committee members. Only one interactive Design Share event took place in Jackson this past year, featuring presentations by local architects who highlighted a single project to showcase their design approach. If you have a project you would like to share at a Design Share event, please get in touch with any of the committee members. The committee continued its tradition of hosting icebreakers and networking mixers at the Spring Conference in Cheyenne and the Fall Conference in Sheridan. In Cheyenne, we hosted Bingo for Architects at the Welcome to Wyoming Visitors’ Center, followed by food and videos after a tour of Railspur. In Sheridan, we hosted a tour and social mixer at the Warehouse Gastropub, followed by a picnic at the EMIT Building the next day. Katelynn Larson is starting up an ARE Study Group with an associated Discord server. Members will have access to PrepARE study materials that the Board secured through AIA East Bay. If you are looking to take your AREs or know an AIA Wyoming member who is, please reach out to Katelynn for complimentary study materials. Roger Stewart and Carl Kohut are our committees’ liaisons to the AIA Wyoming Board of Directors; Britney Sulzen represents AIA Wyoming on the National Associates Committee (NAC); Kenra Shirley represents AIA Wyoming on the national Young Architects Forum (YAF); Roger Stewart and Jessica Howard are AIA 12 WYOMING ARCHITECTURE .25
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