AIA Pennsylvania is pleased to announce its 2020 Board of Directors and governing Executive Committee members led by 2020 AIA Pennsylvania President, Marc Mondor; AIA, LEED Fellow, USGBC Faculty, WELL AP.
Mr. Mondor is a licensed architect and has been an influential voice in sustainability since the early 1990s. As Managing Principal and Cofounder of evolveEA, Marc works with greening design and construction projects in order to leverage organizational and operational sustainability for clients and communities. His consulting work has led to many notable and innovative firsts, including the first LEED certified project in Africa, the oldest LEED EB certified project (1869) and the first LEED-certified supermarket. Marc’s consulting is backed by his career as an architect with experience in commercial, office, residential, and institutional projects.
An active AIA member for almost two decades, Marc is former Chair of the AIA Pennsylvania Government Affairs Committee and spearheaded the formation of the AIA Pennsylvania Committee on the Environment (COTE) back in 2018. As a dedicated “Citizen Architect,” Mr. Mondor currently serves as an appointee to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Climate Change Advisory Committee (CCAC). Marc is a frequent public speaker who recently lent his expert testimony to Auditor General Eugene DePasquale’s special report, “The Rising Cost of Inaction.”
Setting the tone for his 2020 Presidency and beyond, Marc emphasizes, “Architects bring value to projects, making buildings and communities more efficient and more pleasant. We want to equip all of our members with tools and resources to offer triple bottom line benefits on all projects, making healthy, low-carbon environments that people love.”
Later this week at AIA Pennsylvania’s first board meeting of 2020, Mr. Mondor will officially accept the gavel from outgoing 2019 President, Chip Desmone, AIA, LEED AP.
Meet the 2020 Board & Leadership
The following board members will join Mr. Mondor as board officers and members of the 2020 Executive Committee:
PRESIDENT ELECT Jeff Pastva, AIA | AIA Philadelphia
Pastva is a Senior Project Architect at Bright Common in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia.
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Chip Desmone, AIA, LEED AP | AIA Pittsburgh
Desmone is Principal/President of Desmone Architects with offices in Pittsburgh and Morgantown.
TREASURER Michael Metzger, AIA, LEED AP | AIA Eastern Pennsylvania
Metzger is President of Alloy5 located in Bethlehem.
SECRETARY Elysia Mikkelsen AIA, LEED AP BD+C | AIA Central Pennsylvania
Mikkelsen is a Project Architect at Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates headquartered in Mechanicsburg.
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CHAIR Scott J. Compton, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP | AIA Philadelphia
Compton is Founding Principal of Compton Insights.
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE to the AIA National Strategic Council Michael Skolnick, AIA | AIA Philadelphia
Skolnick is a Partner at PZS Architects in Philadelphia.
AIA Pennsylvania welcomes back the following Board Members representing eight local AIA chapters from across the Commonwealth:
Gary O’Connor, AIA | AIA Bucks County
Principal and Founder, Gary R. O’Connor – Architect, LLC
Stewart Gouck, AIA | AIA Eastern Pennsylvania
Principal, Gouck Architects | Allentown
Richard L. Karcher, AIA | AIA Middle PA
CEO & President, Rikar Designs | Hollidaysburg
Roger M. Williams, AIA | AIA Northeastern PA
Director of Architecture/Engineering, Geisinger Health System | Danville
Al Comly, AIA | AIA Philadelphia
Project Manager, VITETTA | Harrisburg and Eddystone
Richard Beattie, AIA | AIA Pittsburgh
Founder and Principal, Richard L. Beattie, Jr. Architect | Pittsburgh
Eric Booth, AIA | AIA Pittsburgh
President, Desmone Architects | Pittsburgh
Betty Bluvshstein, Assoc. AIA | State Associate Director | AIA Philadelphia
AIA Pennsylvania extends a warm welcome to three new board members and one returning board member in 2020:
Ryan Shank, AIA | AIA Central Pennsylvania
Project Architect, Murphy & Dittenhafer Architects | York
Robert C. Kelly, AIA, IDSA | AIA Philadelphia
Principal and Founder, ideeworks | Philadelphia
Ken Doyno AIA, NCARB, LEED AP | AIA Pittsburgh
Senior Principal/President, Rothschild Doyno Collaborative | Pittsburgh
Quintin Kittle, AIA | AIA Pittsburgh
Principal, qkArchitecture | Pittsburgh
Get to Know the AIA Pennsylvania Emerging Professionals Leadership:
YOUNG ARCHITECT REGIONAL DIRECTOR (YARD) Monica Blasko, AIA | AIA Pittsburgh
Project Architect, qkArchitecture | Pittsburgh
REGIONAL ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (RAD) Megan Henry, Assoc. AIA | AIA Eastern Pennsylvania
Project Designer, MKSD Architects | Allentown
NCARB LICENSING ADVISOR Kathryn Doyle, Assoc. AIA | AIA Northeastern Pennsylvania
Project Designer, HUNT Engineers Architects and Land Surveyors | Towanda
Connect with the Pennsylvania Region Representatives to AIA National:
SMALL FIRM ROUNDTABLE REPRESENTATIVE Chris Dawson, AIA, LEED AP | AIA Central PA
Principal and Founder, Chris Dawson Architect | Harrisburg
COLLEGE OF FELLOWS REPRESENTATIVE Frank Dittenhafer II, FAIA, LEED AP | AIA Central PA
President, Murphy & Dittenhafer | York
AIA Pennsylvania thanks the following outgoing board members for their dedicated service and leadership:
Chris Dawson, AIA, LEED AP | AIA Central PA
Principal and Founder, Chris Dawson Architect | Harrisburg
Adam J. Trott, AIA, NCARB | AIA Northwestern PA
Founder and Principal, Adam J. Trott, Architect | Erie