2020 Directory

13 G rassroots 2020 is an exclusive event for leaders of the AIA. This year’s agenda emphasizes component and community leadership with workshops designed to help component officers become more effective chapter and civic leaders. The event opened doors and provided oppor- tunities for us to share knowledge, expe- riences, and challenges and network with your counterparts from around the country. Keynote speakers shared how both good design and leadership are fueling the success of communities and offering solutions to the most pressing needs facing cities. We joined hundreds of other chapter leaders in New Orleans Feb. 18-20 for Grassroots 2020, AIA’s premier leadership training event for Chapters. We were able to share inno- vative approaches with our peers; explored smart, effective leadership strategies; learned how our peers are using the new AIA Frame- work for Design Excellence to address climate change; learned how to stimulate change in our chapter, firms and communities; and we networked and connected with our influen- tial group of peers from around the country. A complete listing of speakers included the following: Allison Dvorak, AIA, Component President-elect, AIA South Dakota Amanda Harrell Seyburn, Assoc. AIA, Component President, AIA Mid-Michigan Amy Blagriff, Hon. AIA, Chief Operating Officer, AIA Colorado 2020 AIA Grassroots & Leadership Conference BY CLINT TAYLOR, AIA AND SUSAN MENGHINI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Ann Casso, Hon. AIA, Executive Director, AIA Trust Bob Harris, CAE, President and Founder, Harris Management, Inc., Tallahassee Brian J. Frickie, AIA, AIA National Strategic Planning Committee Chair Chris Downey, AIA, Component Member, AIA San Francisco Chris Welty, AIA, Immediate Past President, AIA Atlanta Corey Clayborne, AIA, MBA, Executive Vice President, AIA Virginia Cynthia Williams, AIA, Component President-elect, AIA Cincinnati Dawn Taylor, Component Executive Director, AIA Kansas City Gary Rifkin, CSP, Chief Learning Officer, CoreClarity, Dallas Greg Burke, FAIA, Component Member, AIA Treasure Coast Greg Verabian, AIA, Component President, AIA Los Angeles Heather Gayle Holdridge, Assoc. AIA, Component Member, AIA San Antonio Izzy Gesell, Alchemist, M.ED , CSP, Organizational Alchemist, Huntington, Massachusetts Jason Winters, AIA, Institute Secretary Jeff Gill, FAIA, Component Executive Director, AIA Orange County Joan Williams, Distinguished Professor and Hastings Foundation Chair Director, Center for WorkLife Law, The University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco Jonathan Taylor, AIA, Component President, AIA Rhode Island Karen Braitmayer, FAIA, 2019 AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. Award Re- cipient and Component Member, AIA Seattle Kate Shelton, Component Executive Director, AIA Charlotte Kathleen Gordon, Component Executive Director, AIA Baton Rouge Kermit Baker, Ph.D., Chief Economist, AIA National Lindsey Ellerbach, Component Executive Director, AIA Eastern Oklahoma Marc Mondor, AIA, Component President, AIA Pennsylvania Matthew Lister, Partner and Managing Director, Gehl Institute, New York Melissa Morancy, Assoc. AIA, Director, Sustainable Knowledge and Engagement, AIA National Monica L. Wofford, CSP CEO, Contagious Companies, Orlando Rusty Bienvenue, Component Executive Director, AIA Houston Santo Loporto, Sr. Director, Equitable Sara Kay, Hon. AIA, Executive Director, AIA Nebraska Sarah F. Page, AIA, Component President, AIA Chattanooga CONTINUED ON PAGE 14