Board of Directors

President

Peter Exley, FAIA

Advocate for architecture for children, Peter Exley FAIA has created an internationally recognized practice, which elevates the standards of design for public space and learning environments through the construction of new paradigms in pedagogy, play and participatory experience. Hailing from Yorkshire, he arrived in Chicago for a year in 1985. He has been here ever since, and founded ArchitectureIsFun on April Fools' Day 1994. He is an adjunct associate professor of Architecture and Interior Architecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the co-host of PechaKucha Night Chicago.

First Vice President/President-Elect

Scott A. Rappe, AIA, LEED AP

Scott Rappe is principal of Kuklinski + Rappe Architects, a small firm founded ten years ago to serve the needs of families, small businesses and their communities. Scott is the past co-chair of AIA Chicago's Working with an Architect Committee. He currently serves on the boards of Preservation Chicago and the East Village Association, where he chairs the group's Planning, Preservation & Development Committee. Scott worked on the establishment of the East Village Landmark District, and has successfully advocated for zoning reforms in Chicago and southwestern Michigan, to encourage historic preservation.

Vice President

Thomas Jacobs, AIA

Thomas Jacobs has been contributing to our built environment throughout his 16 year career in ways that define leadership for our next generation of Architects. He has been an integral part in the creation of some of the best buildings in Chicago and beyond. As Principal and Project Architect with Krueck + Sexton, Tom's success is rooted in his ability to contribute to teams and partnerships through clear communication, critical thinking, and creativity. As a leader in the truest sense of the word, Tom rigorously challenges assumptions in pursuit of prudent approaches, and charismatically brings out the best of a process, of a building, and most importantly, of all people involved.

Vice President

Anthony LoBello, AIA

Anthony LoBello is a senior associate in the Chicago office of Gensler. He helps lead the North Central Region in Higher Education efforts—ensuring that their research, talent and resources are appropriately applied to their projects on behalf of our clients. Tony worked with some of the city's most important colleges and universities including University of Chicago, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Erikson Institute, SIU-C, Chicago State University and DePaul University. He takes particular interest in ensuring that projects are designed to meet the needs of the users, while addressing the challenges of education today and forecasting for the future. Tony is involved in furthering the profession of architecture through his work with the AIA, Society for College and University Planning and the United States Green Building Council. In the community, Tony is an active member of the Chicago Loop Alliance.

Vice President

Michael Wilkinson, AIA

Michael Wilkinson is an associate principal at the Chicago office of Solomon Cordwell Buenz, concentrating on medium and high density residential and mixed-use markets. Prior to joining SCB he was design principal of Wilkinson Blender Architecture for 13 years and directed small-scale sustainable design solutions, primarily urban. His work has appeared in numerous national publications. He serves as the current chairman of the AIA Chicago Design Awards Committee. He has held adjunct teaching positions at UIC and IIT, and has lectured on his work at both schools, among others. Community involvement has included serving as a director on the Roscoe Village Neighborhood Association, where he chaired the Zoning and Land Use Committee for four years. In 2010 he served on the 47th Ward Zoning Transition Committee, leading a group charged with developing zoning principals for the ward and interfacing with an incoming alderman. Wilkinson is a past President of the Chicago Architecture Club, during which time he spearheaded a design activism effort focused on abandoned post-industrial infrastructure reuse in Chicago. The ensuing publication was instrumental in demonstrating the viability of a project currently being realized by Chicago parks district and transportation authorities after receiving state and federal funding.

Secretary

Matt Dumich, AIA

Matthew Dumich is a project manager with Valerio Dewalt Train Associates. In addition to the AIA Chicago board, he also serves on the AIA National Young Architects Forum (YAF) Advisory Committee and led the 2012 AIA National Membership Marketing Task Force focusing on engaging young, emerging professional members. He is a founder of the AIA Chicago BRIDGE mentoring and leadership program, which received a Presidential Citation award from AIA Chicago in 2009, and the AIA Illinois Council for Emerging Professionals. Dumich was recognized for his leadership and service with the 2011 Building Design + Construction magazine's 40 Under 40 award.

Treasurer

Dawn Schuette, AIA

Dawn Schuette, AIA, LEED AP, is a partner at Threshold Acoustics. A graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology, Schuette serves as Treasurer of the AIA Chicago Chapter Board and is a past Chair of the National AIA Advisory Group for the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture (IFRAA). She taught as an Adjunct Professor in the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology and is a member of IIT's Alumni Board of Directors. She authored an invited chapter for Wiley & Sons' Building Type Basics for Performing Arts Facilities and is a contributing writer to the Journal of American Organbuilding and other publications. She has presented her work at national conventions for the American Institute of Organbuilders, the American Institute of Architects, and the Acoustical Society of America, most recently at a 2012 international meeting in Nantes, France.

Past President

Rand Ekman, AIA, LEED AP

Rand Ekman is director of Sustainable Design at Cannon Design, where he oversees the sustainable design of the firm's projects and practice. Rand also leads the firm's Consulting Group, which provides sustainable consulting services to organizations and institutions. Their work has been recognized with several awards. A frequent speaker on the subject of sustainability, Rand is a member of the USGBC's Regionalism and Market Sector Committees and the Chicago Architecture Foundation's Sustainable Programs Committee. Rand also served as the 2008 chair of AIA Chicago's Professional Development Conference.

Director

Catherine Baker, AIA

Catherine Baker is a partner at Landon Bone Baker Architects. The focus of work at the 25 year old Chicago firm is affordable housing and community-based design. At LBBA, Catherine manages various projects including; master planning of neighborhoods, new and renovated single-family housing, multi-family housing, interior office build-outs and a daycare center. Catherine is active in Chicago's architectural educational community—focused mainly on CPS high school students. She also runs the office's airLab program—which employs high school students to initiate change in their neighborhood through environmental assessment studies and community asset mapping. Catherine also serves on the Board of Directors at the Chicago Asthma Consortium and the Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning Alumni Society.

Director

Michael Damore, AIA

Michael Damore joined Epstein in 1991, bringing with him over 18 years of architectural design and firm leadership experience. Michael is currently Executive Managing Director, President of Architecture and Interior Design. During his tenure with Epstein he has expanded the firm's services, project types and geographic reach, gaining recognition for quality. Under Michael's leadership Epstein's design capabilities are now equally balanced between commercial and manufacturing and include large, urban projects such as Chicago's Midway Airport Passenger Terminal and McCormick Place Convention Center. Prior to joining Epstein, Michael spent nearly two decades at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designing high-rise, mixed use and other building types that span from Texas to Chicago and London to Japan. Specific structures include Texas Commerce Tower, the Memphis Museum of Art and Hotel Shilla in Korea.

Director

Katherine Darnstadt, AIA

A shining example of the next generation?s citizen-architect, Darnstadt has combined multiple facets of her career and is a mentor to aspiring women in architecture and design.

Darnstadt uses her practice, Latent Design, to make social, economic, and environmental impacts beyond the building. She wholeheartedly believes design is about engaging communities and solving design-driven needs while leveraging partners and assets to clients with resource and budget constraints. Darnstadt engages in a community-based, participatory design process that seeks to have a positive impact on communities with no preconceptions about the outcome. A vital aspect of her career is the way she has seamlessly integrated her volunteer work into her professional practice with a model that strikes a balance between for-profit and pro-bono work.

Director

David Eckmann, AIA

Dave Eckmann is managing director of the Chicago office of Magnusson Klemencic Associates. He is educated and licensed as an architect and structural engineer. Eckmann's professional affiliations include the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Chicago Committee on High-Rise Building (Past Chair), Structural Engineers Foundation (Past Director), University of Illinois School of Architecture Tang Committee, and the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois. He was a 2000-2001 recipient of the Francis J. Plym Traveling Fellowship in Architecture and a past Professor for the Fourth Year Design Studio at Judson College School of Architecture.

Director

Robert Forest, AIA, OAA, RIBA, LEED AP

Robert Forest, AIA, is a founding partner at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, where he leads the management of all of the firm's projects. A recognized authority on the economics of sustainable design, Bob has lectured and published widely on "best practices" for the management of high-performance architecture. He is a member of the AIA Chicago Large Firm Round Table Committee, the US Green Building Council, and the China Committee of the Chicago Sister Cities program. Prior to co-founding AS+GG in 2006, Bob was an Associate Partner in the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and had previously worked at design firms in Toronto, Hong Kong and Osaka, Japan. Most recently, Bob joined Adrian Smith, Gordon Gill and Roger Frechette as founding principals of PositivEnergy Practice, an energy, engineering and consulting firm.

Director

Dina Griffin, AIA, NOMA

Dina Griffin, President, Interactive Design, Inc., is an architect with 15 years of experience in varied aspects of architecture. Recently completed projects include the St. Leo Housing for Disabled Veterans and the Art Institute of Chicago's New Museum Wing with Renzo Piano Building Workshop, where she administered, managed and maintained the project web site for the design team located in four countries. She has expanded her computer interests to a graphics design venture which she runs in her spare time. Prior to joining Interactive Design, she worked as an architect in the Interiors Group at OWP/P Architects in Chicago. Other project experience includes the O'Hare International Terminal at O'Hare Airport and two cooling plants in the heart of downtown Chicago for Unicom Thermal Technologies. Ms. Griffin served as President of the Illinois Chapter of the NOMA from 1998–2000 and as NOMA Mid-West Regional Vice President in 2001.

Director

Tristan d'Estree Sterk, AIA

Sterk is the founder of ORAMBRA, The Office for Robotic Architectural Media & The Bureau for Responsive Architecture, a small technology office that develops new construction systems and components for buildings.

Focusing upon rethinking construction alongside the emergence of responsive technologies, the office is recognized for developing structural shape change technologies that alter the way that buildings use energy. In October 2011,Sterk was awarded an AIA Chicago award of design excellence for unbuilt work with special recognition going to the project: Prairie House—House for a Fashion Pattern Maker and Fiber Artist. In 2005 his work was also awarded first in the Chicago Architectural Club's "Emerging Visions" award for young practitioners in the Chicago metropolitan area. In December 2011, Sterk was awarded the AIA Chicago, Dubin Family, Young Architect Award for Chicago.

Associate Director

Erin Lavin Cabonargi, Assoc. AIA

Erin Lavin Cabonargi serves as the executive director for the Public Building Commission of Chicago (PBC), where she is responsible for the development of new and renovated public facilities and infrastructure on behalf of the City of Chicago, Cook County and various sister agencies. She oversees the PBC's development portfolio which currently exceeds $2 billion in project development authority. Under her leadership, the PBC has implemented a strong Economic Sustainability Program and an equally robust Environmental Sustainability Program. Cabonargi received her Bachelor of Environmental Design from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and received a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Associate Director

Michelle Lynn Rademacher, Assoc. AIA

Rademacher comes to AIA to advocate for the voice of emerging professionals. A graduate of the University of Colorado at Denver and the Ecole d'Architecture de Versailles, Rademacher will use her position as Associate Director to "best position ourselves for leadership as the future of the profession." Rademacher works closely with the AIA Chicago Bridge Program and believes mentorship is a vital component to the future of the profession.

Professional Affiliate Director

Gregg Garmisa

Gregg Garmisa is a principal at WMA Consulting Engineers and oversees its business development, legal and HR-related matters. He is also the founder and president of Chicago Design Matters Foundation, which promotes the Chicago architectural community in emerging world capitals, and he is a former trustee of the Chicago Architectural Foundation. As a proud alumnus of Stanford University and the Georgetown University Law Center, Garmisa is an active volunteer for both schools.

Professional Affiliate Director

Gary Leopardo, LEED AP

Gary Leopardo is vice president of construction management at Leopardo. He is dedicated to fostering the growth of Leopardo's construction management, estimating and pre-construction programs. With 27 years of experience, including site supervision, project management and estimating, Gary's expertise is in design-build construction, fast-track scheduling, conceptual estimating and value design. A few notable clients are The University of Chicago, Juno Lighting, and The Fordham Company. Gary holds a degree in Civil Engineering from The University of Illinois. Gary worked as a Transportation Engineer for the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Cook County Highway Department. He is affiliated with The American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Institute of Architecture.

Student Director

Kristen Moreau, AIAS

A graduate student at the School of the Art Institute Chicago, Moreau aims to use her position as AIA Chicago Student Director to encourage ties between student members and practitioners. Moreau states, "We are all learners. The AIA, for me, is architecture's chief platform for the unexpected exchange of ideas. As the AIA Chicago Student Director, I'm looking forward to fostering more pathways between our practitioners and our students, for compelling dialogue and for real action. Refreshing collaborations between AIA members and Chicago architecture students set into motion the potential futures for the architecture of the city we love."

AIA Illinois Delegate

David Bradley, AIA, LEED AP

David L. Bradley, AIA, is the Managing Director of North American Operations for Officium Design Engineering, LLC. David is a licensed architect with more than 15 years of experience in residential and commercial design. After completing his architectural training with a prominent Chicago design firm, he founded Bradley Architects in 1999. His firm focused on high-end residential and commercial design projects around Chicago. In early fall of 2008, Mr. Bradley accepted his current position with Officium Design Engineering in Stuttgart, Germany, residing there until June of 2009 when he returned to Chicago to launch and manage the North American branch of the firm. Mr. Bradley has an undergraduate degree in International Politics with a minor in German from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He received his Master of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

AIA Illinois Delegate

Eric Davis, AIA, LEED AP

Eric Davis leads the architecture practice in the Midwest for CDM (Camp, Dresser and McKee). He has more than 20 years of experience in the planning and design of public buildings. He is a past co-chair of AIA Chicago's Regional & Urban Planning Knowledge Community. In 1996 he received the Young Architect Award from AIA Chicago. This past year he was a leader of AIA Illinois's "Prairie Grassroots" efforts in Springfield. Eric is also an elected Trustee of Oak Park Township.

AIA Illinois Delegate

Janeen Harrell, AIA

Janeen Harrell is a native of Durham, North Carolina and earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Hampton University in 2001. She practiced for three years with The Freelon Group Architects before studying at Cornell University where she earned the degree of Master of Arts in Interior Design with a specialization is Sustainable and Regenerative design in 2006. Her thesis work explored the affordability of sustainable housing through comparison of materials and potential contribution to a carbon trading market. After graduating, she stayed at Cornell to teach the Sophomore Interior Design Studio before moving to Chicago, where she has worked with Nicholas Clark Architects and Harley Ellis Devereaux.

AIA Illinois Delegate

Rik Master, AIA, LEED AP

Richard C. (Rik) Master is a research architect and currently Sr. Manager, Building Science for the United States Gypsum Company. His responsibilities include architectural technical support, environmental research and documentation. Rik spend 17 years at the USG Research Center as a systems developer. In addition to developing many building systems, he developed and wrote USG ACTION an integrated technical information retrieval software package for the construction professional. Rik is active in several AIA Professional Interest Areas and former Chair of AIA's Specifications and Building Technology PIA, AIA Educational Advisory Committee, Chair & Founder of the Building Envelope Council of Chicago, the 2008 President of AIA Chicago, and currently a member of the USGBC's EQ Technical Advisory Group (TAG). Rik has served on the advisory council to the AIA Initiative for Architectural Research. Prior to joining USG, Rik was a principle in an architectural firm specializing in Energy Efficient Design and still lives in a 'Passive Design' home he designed and built in 1979 which remains 70% off-the-grid.

AIA Illinois Delegate

Juan Moreno, AIA

Juan Gabriel Moreno is an award winning architect and President / Founder of JGMA. Mr. Moreno is a native of Bogota, Colombia. He has worked on projects in Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and North America. His firm's work includes the highly acclaimed UNO Soccer Academy and Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy High School. In addition, his firm is also working on the following projects; El Valor's International Inclusion Center for People with Disabilities in Chicago, a Mixed-Use Master Plan in Michigan City, Indiana, a prototype for an Exploration Institute for Children and Youth with Disabilities in Ecuador and Panama, and a Hotel / Conferencing Center in Chennai, India. In addition, his firm was recently awarded Northeastern Illinois University's new El Centro project.

AIA Illinois Delegate

Mark Schwamel, AIA

Mark Schwamel is a registered architect and project manager for Gensler Architects. In addition to architecture, Schwamel is an Urban Designer and an integral part of the Planning and Urban Design group at Gensler. Currently serving as the Young Architects Forum (YAF) Regional Director for the state of Illinois, he has also served as the Associate Director for AIA Illinois on the National Associates Committee and locally has served as Associate Director on the AIA Chicago Board. Schwamel is a co-creator of the AIA Chicago BRIDGE program, which received a Presidential Citation award from AIA Chicago in 2009.

AIA Illinois Delegate

Terri A. Johnson, AIA

Johnson has over 20 years of architectural experience, specializing in residential and small commercial projects. Working with the City of Chicago Department of Buildings as an advocate for Small Projects, Johnson has helped architects, homeowners and small business owners expedite the permit process through a collaborative process.

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AIA Chicago Foundation

President

Lynne Sorkin, AIA, LEED AP

Lynne Sorkin is the Education Practice Leader with bKL Architecture LLC and has over 20 years of experience in educational, recreational, housing, interiors and healthcare design projects. She previously has previously held key leadership roles as an owner's representative for Chicago Public Schools' capital improvements programs; providing management and design oversight for renovation and new construction projects, including the Modern Schools Across Chicago projects. Lynne holds both Bachelor of Arts and Master of Architecture degrees from Washington University, has served as Lecture Series Chair and Foundation President for Chicago Women in Architecture and had long tenures with both DeStefano Partners and VOA Associates prior to joining bKL.

Vice President

Timothy Brown, AIA

Timothy Brown, AIA, is an associate professor at the IIT College of Architecture, and principal of Tim Brown Architects. A specialist in architectural design and theory, Tim holds degrees in architecture from Clemson University and University of Illinois Chicago. He is founder and director of Atelier FLIR, a multidisciplinary design firm.

Treasurer

Grant C. Uhlir, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP

Grant Uhlir is a principal with Gensler and director of architecture for the Chicago office. Grant leads the Architectural Design Studio in Chicago, focusing on corporate, mixed-use, retail academic, and civic/institutional developments. He is active in AIA Chicago, currently serving on the Board as Past President and also serves on the AIA Chicago Foundation Board of Directors. He has been involved with AIA Chicago's Board since 2002 and is also a member of the Chicago Architectural Foundation's Board of Trustees. Grant has been a visiting lecturer and guest critic at the IIT College of Architecture, the Friends of Downtown, Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Business, and as a guest speaker at numerous AIA events.

Secretary

Christopher E. Chwedyk, AIA

Christopher Chwedyk is the chief code consultant and a director of The Code Group, the architectural subsidiary of Burnham Nationwide. The past co-chair of AIA Chicago's Technical Issues Knowledge Community and AIA Chicago Treasurer, Chris has served on the Board of AIA Illinois and is currently on the National AIA Codes and Standards Committee. He is an ICC Certified Building Plans Examiner, he serves on the AEBO Board of NFPA, and is also an adjunct faculty member at Harper College in Palatine.

Past President

Laura A. Fisher, FAIA, LEED AP

Laura Fisher, Managing Director of IPM Consulting Ltd., specializes in strategic and project management of corporate real estate. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from Virginia Tech and an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago. A past President of AIA Chicago (2007), she has chaired the AIA Chicago Fellows Committee. Additionally, Laura has served on the boards of AIA Illinois, the Chicago Architecture Foundation, and the Auxiliary Board of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Trustees

Fred Brandstrader, AIA

Fred Brandstrader, AIA, is currently a senior project manager at CB Richard Ellis and has been an active member of the American Institute of Architects since 1990. He served as Steering Committee Chair for the Burnham Memorial Competition Committee since 2008 to present and received an AIA Chicago 2009 President's Citation for his service to the Committee. He served as the former Vice President of Government Affairs for the Chicago Chapter from 2005–2007 and was a past AIA Illinois Board Member and Delegate. He has also held chairman roles in our Regional and Urban Design Committee (2001–2004) and the Citizen Advisory Committee for RTA Cook-Dupage County Corridor Study (2007–2008). Fred is an active member of the Lambda Alpha-Ely Chapter since 2008. Fred currently serves as the Past President for the Grant Park Orchestral Association.

Christopher E. Chwedyk, AIA

Christopher Chwedyk is the chief code consultant and a director of The Code Group, the architectural subsidiary of Burnham Nationwide. The past co-chair of AIA Chicago's Technical Issues Knowledge Community and AIA Chicago Treasurer, Chris has served on the Board of AIA Illinois and is currently on the National AIA Codes and Standards Committee. He is an ICC Certified Building Plans Examiner, he serves on the AEBO Board of NFPA, and is also an adjunct faculty member at Harper College in Palatine.

JinHwa (Gina) Paradowicz, AIA

JinHwa Paradowicz is an Associate at Perkins Eastman. With extensive experience in housing, hospitality, senior living, retail/mixed use, and public sector, she has applied a keen insight into design philosophies and current industry trends to award-wining projects across the US and Korea. Prior to joining Perkins Eastman, Ms. Paradowicz worked at Epstein as a lead designer for the McCormick West Convention Center. Ms. Paradowicz is the chair of Perkins Eastman?s Green Committee and a Events/Scholarship Chair of Chicago Women in Architecture (CWA). She holds a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from Korea University and a Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Peter Schlossman, AIA, LEED AP

Peter Schlossman is a senior associate principal at Loebl Schlossman & Hackl in Chicago. With 21 years of experience, he has planned, designed and coordinated construction of a broad range of building types including healthcare, higher education, religious, and retail. He has also practiced at firms in both Boston and Seattle, where his work included significant urban planning projects. Peter has been a member of the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute for Architects for more than ten years, serving on committees and taking on leadership roles, including chapter President in 2006. He also serves on the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance Board and the Horner Park Advisory Council.

Walter D. Street III, AIA, NOMA

Walter Street is an architect at Johnson & Lee, Ltd. Architects/Planners and has been a member of the AIA Chicago Board of Directors, serving as Treasurer in 2008. He is a regular and active participant in the National AIA Grassroots legislative conferences in Washington, DC and the Illinois Prairie Grassroots conferences in Springfield. An active member of NOMA and an ongoing mentor to IDP candidates, Walter has also served as a member of the Chicago Architecture Foundation's committee to develop an architecture curriculum for k–12 students.

Public trustees

Cady Chintis

Cady Chintis is a is a founding partner of w|c studio, an experimental design collective currently working across the disciplines of architecture, graphic design, publishing, and project development. As a recipient of the 2008 AIA Martin Roche Travel Scholarship, she spent four weeks in Germany's Ruhrgebiet documenting architectural and landscape design strategies that have driven the region's incredible post-industrial comeback. Cady presented the resulting body of research in several lectures as well as a publication, The Emscher Park Design Guide. While working at Krill Architekten in Rotterdam, she contributed much of the graphic content in a publication about dwell-landscapes.

Lisa DiChiera

Lisa is director of advocacy for Landmarks Illinois. She has previously worked for the Midwest Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Architecture Department of the Chicago Historical Society. From 1998–2002, she worked as a project manager for the Detroit office of Hines Interests, overseeing the urban planning components of General Motors' renovation of the Renaissance Center as its new corporate headquarters. She currently serves on the board of Preservation Action. Lisa received a Bachelor of Art degree in Art and Architectural History from UCLA and a Master of Science in the Historic Preservation Program from the University of Pennsylvania.

Mary K. Woolever

Mary Woolever has been Art and Architecture Archivist in the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, The Art Institute of Chicago, since 1986. She directed the completion of the print edition of The Burnham Index to Architectural Literature and worked on its subsequent inclusion in the online Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. She also served as project director for the Art Institute's participation in the Museum Archives Initiative, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. In addition to several exhibitions in The Libraries, she co-curated exhibitions on Bruce Goff, the Prairie School, Egyptomania and the World's Columbian Exposition presented in the museum's galleries. Ms. Woolever holds a B.A. in Art History from Kalamazoo College and a Master's of Museum Practice from the University of Michigan.

Ex-officio members

• Rand Ekman, AIA, President, AIA Chicago
• Zurich Esposito, Executive Vice President, AIA Chicago
• Paul M. Lurie, Esq., Emeritus Member

Please direct questions or comments about the nominations to Zurich Esposito.