MDC Committee Members:
Britney Sulzen, AIA, Co-Chair
Carl Kohut, AIA
Rachel Delventhal, AIA
Kendra Shirley, AIA
Roger Stewart, AIA
Katelynn Larsen, Associate AIA
E&R Committee Members:
Clint Taylor, AIA, Chair
Brandon Daigle, AIA
Suzanne Norton, AIA
Britt Morgan, AIA
Jessica Barnhouse, AIA
Ansley Mouw, Associate AIA
The Education & Resource Committee’s primary goals are to promote architecture to the public and provide educational resources for AIA Wyoming members, while the Membership Development Committee’s primary goal is to enhance the membership experience. By embracing the mission, the committee holds activities for members, associate members, non-members and industry partners for the two chapter conferences and provides other membership events as well throughout the year. These activities allow people to engage in conversation, network and provide opportunities for young professionals to meet seasoned architects and potential mentors. With a small group of volunteers, our committee continues to hold these events and brainstorm new ways to grow our membership and add new committee and chapter members to enhance and grow the AIA Wyoming membership experience. As a joint committee, our members do a fantastic job of meeting these blended goals in several events.
The committee has worked to generate several plans and ideas to enhance membership participation and engagement with others both in architecture and industry partners. One plan is the development of our SWELL (Second Wednesday Educational Lunch & Learn) program. We are looking to have firms in the state host a SWELL event in their office where industry partners can join in person and virtually for group education and networking. If you or other firms you know are interested in hosting one of our events this next year, please reach out to any of our committee members.
Jessica Barnhouse has put together two interactive Design Share events in Jackson. These events feature presentations by local architects to share their approach to design as highlighted in a single project. Participants discussed how architects improve their communities in shaping the built environment.
Katelynn Larsen, Kendra Shirley, Rachel Delventhal, Roger Stewart and Carl Kohut put on an icebreaker/networking mixer to start the AIA Annual Fall Conference in Jackson in September. These members also orchestrated a bike tour of projects in Jackson, ending at one of the conference’s guided tours.
Similarly, Rachel Delventhal hosted an icebreaker/networking mixer to start the AIA Annual Spring Conference in Laramie in April. Katelynn Larsen, with the support of Britney Sulzen, also hosted a Spaghetti/Marshmallow Tower Competition in conjunction with the conference.
Brandon Daigle and Carl Kohut are our committees’ liaisons to the AIA Wyoming Board of Directors; Britney Sulzen represents AIA Wyoming on the National Associates Committee (NAC); Kendra Shirley represents AIA Wyoming on the National Young Architects Forum (YAF); Suzanne Norton is AIA Wyoming’s Continuing Education Services (CES) coordinator; and Clint Taylor is one of AIA Wyoming’s two Architectural Experience Program (AXP) licensing advisors. Having these committee members report what other chapters in the region and across the country are doing helps us provide the best services to our members.
