2024 AIA|LA Board of Directors Nominations Process and Call for Ex Officio Associate Director Nominations

Phase 2: Additional Nominations Due September 8, 2023

The AIA|LA Nominating Committee, led by 2023 Chapter Vice President/2024 President Elect Annette Wu, AIA, is pleased to announce the names of the following members, who have been nominated as candidates for the 2024 AIA|LA Board:

For Vice President/President Elect:
Chava Danielson, AIA – DSH // architecture

For Secretary:
Christiana Kyrillou, AIA – Woods Bagot

For Directors:
Martin Ramirez, AIA, NOMA – Gannett Fleming
James Woolum, FAIA – ZGF
Richard Zapata, AIA, LEED AP – DLR Group
Carlos Augusto Garcia, AIA – Brooks + Scarpa

For AIA California Representative:
Gabriel Cervantes, AIA – SmithGroup
Julia Molloy Gallagher, AIA, NOMA, LEED AP – Julia Molloy Gallagher Architecture (JMGA)

SELF-NOMINATION PROCESS:

If you are an Architect Member-in-Good-Standing of the AIA|LA Chapter, you are invited to submit your name to be added to the above list of candidates for any of the following open offices:

(1) Vice President / President-Elect    
(position available serving a 3-year term: 2024 VP, 2025 President, 2026 Past President)

(1) Secretary
(position available serving a 2-year term: Jan 2024-Dec 2025)

(2) Directors
(positions available serving a 3-year term: Jan 2024-Dec 2026)

(1) AIA California Representative
(position available serving a 2-year term: Jan 2024-Dec 2025)

HOW TO SELF-NOMINATE:
Your nomination for the above listed positions must be in writing (Word doc or PDF) and must be seconded via letters of endorsement (Word doc or PDF) by three (3) AIA|LA Chapter Architect Members-in-Good-Standing.

Please include:

* Your platform of 100 words or fewer (Word doc only; please observe exact word count)
* Biography of 100 words or fewer (Word doc only; please observe exact word count)
* Digital color photograph of yourself, JPG format, at least 300 dpi, at the finished size of 1.5″ wide by 2″ tall

Properly executed self-nominations must be received no later than September 8, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

Nominations should be addressed in the letter body to:
Annette Wu, AIA (Chair, Nominations Committee)
Carlo Caccavale, Hon. AIA|LA (Executive Director)
and sent via email c/o Steve Tanner, Hon. AIALA

All nominees, whether nominated by the Committee or self-nominated, who have submitted the required materials, will be listed on the official Ballot on September 27, 2023.

Please make plans to join us this fall for the 2024 Candidates’ Town Hall, exact date TBD, where you can meet the nominees and learn about their platforms.

CALL FOR EX OFFICIO ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS
ATTN: AIA Los Angeles Associate Members

The AIA Los Angeles extends an invitation to our Associate members to submit your name for consideration for the open position of Ex Officio Associate Director on the AIALA 2024 Board of Directors. This Board member serves a 2-year term: one year as Ex Officio Associate Director, which is a non-voting position, followed by one year as Associate Director, with the opportunity to vote on all matters, except decisions related to membership dues. The Associate Director and Ex Officio Associate Director also serve as the Chair and Vice-Chair for the AIA|LA Emerging Professionals Committee.

Candidates must be current Associate Members-in-good-standing of the AIA Los Angeles Chapter, and may not be licensed in any State or U.S. Territory.

If you are interested in the opportunity to serve as Ex Officio Associate Director on the Board of Directors for a two-year term from 2023-24, please submit the following materials via email to Steve Tanner, Hon. AIA|LA no later than Friday, September 9, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time:

* Your platform of 100 words or fewer (Word doc only; please observe exact word count)
* Biography of 100 words or fewer (Word doc only; please observe exact word count)
* Digital color photograph of yourself, JPG format, at least 300 dpi, at the finished size of 1.5″ wide by 2″ tall

Your name will be placed on the ballot along with all other candidates who properly execute a self-nomination. In October, a link to the online ballot will be emailed to AIA|LA Members. Only Associate Members will have the chance to vote for the Associate Director position on the Board.

The following members have been nominated for Ex Officio Associate Director:
NAMES

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE ELECTION (for all positions)
Voting will open on September 27, 2023 and close on November 14, 2023 at 12:00 noon PT. Results will be announced to the membership on November 16, 2023 and officers and directors will be formally installed in December at AIA|LA’s annual Holiday Party / New Board Installation.

As a Board member, you will be expected to:
* Read and comprehend the bylaws
* Observe all rules applicable to meetings of the Board
* Attend meetings of the Board and major AIA Los Angeles events

Please contact Executive Director Carlo Caccavale, Hon. AIA|LA at the Chapter Office if you have any questions about the rules and responsibilities of serving on the AIA Los Angeles Board, at carlo@aialosangeles.org or (213) 639-0768.

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The following are our current Board Members who will continue their terms in 2024:

• President: Annette Wu, AIA
  Past President: Leslie Sydnor, AIA
  Treasurer: Toni Lewis, AIA
  Director: Nathan Bishop, AIA
  Director: James (Jed) Donaldson, AIA
  Director: Ismar Enriquez, AIA
  Director: David Frey, FAIA
  Director: Jennifer Noel  Wong, AIA
  AIA California Representative: John Arnold, AIA
  Public Director: Tara Barauskas
  Associate Director: Morgan Sumner, Assoc. AIA