2015 Directory

8 WYOMING ARCHITECTURE .15 | www.aia-wyoming.org CONGRATULATIONS! TO SUSAN MENGHINI, Executive Director, AIA Wyoming RECIPIENT OF THE 2015 AIA COMPONENT LEADERSHIP AWARD THIS NATIONAL AWARD RECOGNIZES THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF CACE (COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENT EXECU- TIVES) EXECUTIVES AND COMPONENT STAFF. THE RECIPIENT HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE AREAS OF: OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE PRACTICE OF ASSOCIATIONMANAGEMENT AS RELAT- ED SPECIFICALLY TO CACE GOALS ANDOBJECTIVES ANDOUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TOAND LEADERSHIP INASSOCIA- TIONMANAGEMENT. “...In the five years since becoming the Executive Director of AIAWyoming, Susan has managed: to unify the AIAmembers across the state, to provide member benefits on an equitable and consistent basis to all, to achieve recognition for her communications skills by receiving the Hermes Creative Award for publication excellence and the Communicator Award of Excellence for the Wyoming Architect magazine (Wyoming Publication) (and) she has led her members in responding collaboratiely to the issues that impact practice and the built environment inWyoming....” Randy Lavigne, Hon. AIA “...Susan’s resume is nothing short of remarkable, and her performance throughout is hallmarked by endless enthusiasm and boundless energy and a positive “anything can be done” attitude which is an inspriation to me and others. If there is a solution to a problem, she will find it and declare it done. She is truly an inspiration to our next generation of professionals and without question her work has transcended her local and regional boundaries....” Edward A. Vance, FAIA “...Since her arrival, AIAWyoming, a numerically small but geographically large chapter, has improved and excelled in many ways under her manage- ment and leadership, “part time” by contract but more than full time in heart and results. FromArchitect Wyoming magazine (winner of a Hermes Creative Award for publication excellence) to enhanced member value to stronger relationships withWyoming’s political leadership to her almost miraculous last-minute “repositioning” of the 2013 AIAWesternMountain Region design conference from Jackson Lake Lodge to Teton Village, all of Susan’s effort on behalf of her members have born great fruit....” Stuart L. Coppedge, AIA