2025 AIA|LA Board of Directors Nominations Process and Call for Ex Officio Associate Director Nominations

Phase 2: Additional Nominations Due September 13, 2024

The AIA|LA Nominating Committee, led by 2024 Chapter Vice President/2025 President Elect Chava Danielson, AIA, is pleased to announce the names of the following members, who have been nominated as candidates for the 2025 AIA|LA Board:

For Vice President/President Elect (one position):
Toni Lewis, AIA – Lewis|Schoeplein Architects

For Treasurer (one position):
John Arnold, AIA – KFA Architecture

For Directors (three positions):
Sarvine Ashkan, AIA – Leo A Daly
Lauren Coles, AIA – CO Architects
Craig Hamilton, FAIA – CannonDesign
Brian Lane, FAIA – Koning Eizenberg
Martin Ramirez, AIA, NOMA – Gannett Fleming

For AIA California Representative (one position):
Ismar Enriquez, AIA – Practice
Tom Marble, AIA – Tom Marble Architecture
Stephen Phillips, FAIA, PhD – Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS)

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: 2025 VP, 2026 President, 2027 Past President)

(1) Treasurer
(position available serving a 2-year term: Jan 2025-Dec 2026)

(3) Directors
(positions available serving a 3-year term: Jan 2025-Dec 2027)

(1) AIA California Representative
(position available serving a 2-year term: Jan 2025-Dec 2026)

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 13, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

Nominations should be addressed in the letter body to:
Chava Danielson, 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 25, 2024.

Please make plans to join us this fall for the 2025 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 13, 2024 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 September, 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:

Catherine Hernandez, Assoc. AIA

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE ELECTION (for all positions)
Voting will open on September 25, 2024 and close on November 12, 2024 at 12:00 noon PT. Results will be announced to the membership on November 14, 2024 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 2025:

• President: Chava Danielson, AIA
• Secretary: Jennifer Schab, AIA
• Past President: Annette Wu, AIA
• Director: David Frey, FAIA
• Director:  Jennifer Wong, AIA
• Director:  James Woolum, FAIA
• Director:  Carlos Augusto Garcia, AIA
• Associate Director: Cynthia Sigler, AIA
• Academia Liaison Ex Officio: Doris Sung, AIA
• Public Director: Dr. Giovanna Brasfield
• AIA CA Representative: Julia Molloy Gallagher, AIA