Leadership
The Architecture and Design Foundation is led by a diverse Board of Directors made up of leaders in the architecture, engineering, construction fields, as well as community leaders and individuals from a wide range of professions.
2023 Board of Directors
David
Schmidt, P.E
President
SCHMIDT & STACY Consulting Engineers, Inc.
President
Clemente
Jaquez, AIA
Founding Principal
MODUSarchitecture
President-Elect
Mattia
Flabiano, AIA
Senior Principal
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Past President
John
Alvarado
VP Treasurer
Jessica
Stewart Lendvay, AIA
Owner
Jessica Stewart Lendvay Architects
Secretary
Al
Hernandez, AIA
Principal
Stantec
Ben
Crawford, AIA
Design Principal
HOK - Dallas
David
Preziosi, FAICP
Executive Director
Texas Historical Foundation
Diane
Collier, AIA
Principal and Owner of
Diane Collier Group
Ellen
Mitchell Kozack, AIA
Director of Sustainability and Applied Research at
LPA
John
Strasius, AIA
Associate Principal
Perkins&Will
Jonathan
Brower, P.E.
Associate
LA Fuess & Partners
Kate
Aoki, AIA
Head of Exhibition Design
Dallas Museum of Art
Kaitlyn
Howell Ledford
Corporate Events and Community Relations Manager
Hilltop Holdings
Lisa
Casey, PLA, LEED AP BD+C
Studio Outside
Michael
Grace, MRCP, AICP
Chief Operating Officer
City of Ferris, TX
Nancy
Villa
Commercial Loan Assistant
Origin Bank
Douglas
Klahr, Ph.D.
Professor, Architectural History
College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs, University of Texas at Arlington
Secretary
Joel
Efrussy, AIA
Senior Associate
Corgan
Norman
Alston, FAIA
Owner
Norman Alston Architects
Peter
Darby, AIA, LEED AP
Founder and Principal
Urban Darby Architecture
Seemee
Ali, Ph.D.
President
The Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture
Ex Officio
Zaida Basora, FAIA
Executive Director, AIA Dallas and Architecture and Design Foundation
214.742.3242
zbasora@dallasadex.org
Katie Hitt, Assoc. AIA
Managing Director
214.880.1506
khitt@dallasadex.org