2019 Directory

17 architects are. Nannette Whaley stated “Archi- tects are the people that a community look to for ideas. When an architect comes with an idea, people pay attention.” Thursday afternoon, I attended the Leader- ship Exploration and Development Session Generating Non-Dues Revenue: Attracting Partners. John Crosby, CAE – Managing Director of AIA National’s Corporate Part- nerships, presented ways that components can create sources of income other than relying on membership dues. I came out of the session with the realization that AIA Wyoming is doing a fantastic job of this and that we are in much better shape fiscally than other, larger components. Following the breakout sessions were the regional meetings. Our Western Mountain Region business meeting consisted of about 30 people. Stuart Coppedge, FAIA – AIA Colorado and Del Ruff, AIA – Senior Director of Work- force and Education at AIA National, presented to WMR leadership AIA’s K-12 initiatives. On Friday, the conference started early with a 7 a.m. deep dive workshop Archi- tecture-Based Learning for K-12 Students. Stuart Coppedge, FAIA, and Linsey Graff, Associate AIA, represented the AIA K-12 Working Group while Kelsey Conovai, Stan Hill, and Jim Duffey represented Wake For- est School of Medicine Center of Excellence for Research, Teaching and Learning. The team shared AIA’s K-12 Initiatives latest programs. Rather than relying on architects to create programs to present to students, AIA enlisted an organization that researches how to teach teachers. The insights gained by looking outside of our profession were fantastic. The working group presented the draft of lesson plans that architects can pres- ent to teachers showing how an architect’s presentation can meet the teacher’s goals of educating the students (and increasing those test scores). Then we broke into teams and created real-world problems and challenges to engage students. AIA is housing a ton of programs on the Connectory (https:// theconnectory.org/program/aia-k-12-initia- tives), an online clearinghouse of resources for architects to take into the classroom. Then Becky Magdaleno, CAE – CACE Presi- dent, moderated AIA: Leading the Profession Forward with panelists William Bates, FAIA – AIA President and Robert Ivy, FAIA – AIA EVP/Chief Executive Officer. The presentation touched on several topics that are important to the institute and offered a candid explana- tion of what AIA was doing on these items. Prioritization of issues, continuity throughout leadership transitions, sustainability, and com- ponent accreditation were a few of the topics. The lunch program and General Session, My AIA Stories, closed the conference. The Road to Advocacy: Citizen Architect 2.0 presented by Timothy Hawk, FAIA – Chair, Government Advocacy Committee, was followed by Vol- unteerism by WMR’s own Stuart Coppedge, FAIA – AIA Colorado. Then, Mentoring by David Lewis, FAIA – AIA Pittsburgh wrapped up the short presentations highlighting indi- vidual architects and their AIA story. b