This year, the Board meeting in October revamped the Strategic Plan. Prior strategic planning sessions were completed in 2014 and 2017 and included themes of regulatory effectiveness, public and professional outreach, and board and staff development. Although the 2021 strategic planning efforts are ongoing, one theme has clearly emerged — a desire to partner with AIA Wyoming and ASLA Colorado/Wyoming to consider future practice act changes. Additionally, the Board endeavors to provide more outreach and establish stronger relationships with emerging professionals.

Other board endeavors include monitoring pending legislation and legislative committee agendas for bills that may affect the duties of the Board or its administrative staff. Staff is presently monitoring potential revisions to the Fair Chance Licensing requirements by the Joint Judiciary Committee initially discussed at their Sept. 13-14, 2021 meeting. Staff anticipates further discussions by this committee and potentially a bill introduced for the 2022 Legislative Session. Interested individuals can learn more by going to the Wyoming Legislature’s website at wyoleg.gov.
Current Board Members include Tim Belton (Architect), Allison Fleury (Landscape Architect), Jerry Voigt (Architect), Katie Wilson (Architect), and Vicky Zero (Public Member). Two member terms expire in May 2022, and interested applicants are encouraged to seek an appointment through the Governor’s Office.

Why should you serve? Read what the members have to say:

Our Professional Licenses (Architecture & Landscape Architecture) hold great value — WBALA works to maintain standards of competency and minimum qualifications to ensure that value is upheld. Our families, friends, neighbors, and the general public are better protected and better served by qualified professionals. I am the newest member on this Board and look forward to serving the profession of architecture through a new regulatory standpoint!
— Katie Wilson, AIA, NCARB, WELL AP, LEED AP (BD+C)

My time serving on the Wyoming Board of Architects and Landscape Architects has allowed me to serve my profession and the public in a much broader degree than had I only just acted as a licensed architect. I say this in the fact that serving on the Board gave me an opportunity to not only serve my fellow architect colleagues to address the integrity of the profession by maintaining licensing requirements and ethics, but also to serve the public to fulfill and foster a concerted effort to maintain the health, safety, and welfare of the public which the public should expect the Board to work diligently to provide for the public. My ability to volunteer to serve provides me a personal satisfaction that I can help make a difference in the profession beyond and instead of expecting a monetary goal.
— Jerry R. Voigt, NCARB

I have served on the WYBALA since 2009 as the sole landscape architect. I have found board service very rewarding as it allows me to look at the profession of landscape architecture through the lens of regulation. I feel that our work is continuing to improve the path to licensure for the upcoming professionals in our state.
— Allison Fleury, RLA, CLARB, ASLA, LEED Green Associate

Board staff wishes to add that licensees also have the opportunity to serve other state boards and commissions. Many state boards are desperately seeking public members to serve. Please go to www.governor.wyo.gov/state-government/boards-commissions to learn more.