Who We Are

AIA Alaska is a Chapter of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) representing and serving AIA members in the State of Alaska. AIA Alaska represents and serves over 200 individual member architects, associates, and allied design professionals who are working in fields allied to architecture. Organizationally, we are a local membership organization incorporated as a 501(c) 6 non-profit corporation and guided by the laws of the State of Alaska.

What We Stand For

AIA is Architects—the community of architects, joining together to accomplish things individual architects cannot do alone.

Why We Exist

Our community exists to help each other put our talents to work to create better places for people to live, work and play through:

• Community - building a healthy and welcoming profession

• Knowledge - sharing experience and wisdom

• Advocacy - extending the influence of our profession’s values.

Our Mutual Goals Include:

• Organizing and uniting in fellowship with members of the architectural profession within our state.

• Promoting the aesthetic, scientific and practical efficiency of the architectural profession.

• Advancing the science and art of planning and building by advancing the standard of architectural education, training and practice.

• Coordinating the profession of architecture with the building industry to insure the advancement of the living standard of people through their improved environment.

• Working to insure the architectural profession is of ever-increasing value to society.

• Protecting the rights and interests of our members and advocating on their behalf.

Board of Directors

	President: Richard Rearick, AIA Architecture Manager UMIAQ
	President-elect: Janet M. Matheson AIA LEED AP Design Alaska Inc.
	Past President: Catherine Call, AIA Blue Sky Studio
	Secretary/Treasurer: Danielle J. Foertsch, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP Architect   KUMIN ASSOCIATES
	Director: Sarah Lewis, AIA
	Director:  Tracy A. Vanairsdale, AIA / LEE––D AP PRINCIPAL BETTISWORTH NORTH ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS
	Associate Director: Sara Pfau ECI/Hyer Architecture & Interiors
	Central Section Chair: Ramona Schimscheimer, AIA Architect | Engineering & Construction ASRC Energy Services, Inc.
	Northern Section Chair: Jared T VanderWeele, CDT, LEED AP+BD&C Intern Architect Architecture Department USKH
	Southeast Section co-Chair: Gerald Gotschall, AIA Principal Architect NørthWind Architects, LLC
	Southeast Section co-Chair: James Bibb, AIA Principal Architect NørthWind Architects, LLC
	Executive Director: Angie Monteleone Association Management Services