THE DEAN'S ADVISORY BOARD

The Dean's Advisory Board Member Bios

Margaret Cavenagh
Chair

UVA BSArch 1988; Washington University MArch
Principal (interior architecture), Studio Gang

Chicago, IL

Member since 2019

Margaret Cavenagh leads the firm’s interior architecture practice, working closely with Jeanne Gang on all interior, renovation, and architectural projects. Margaret has experience designing a wide range of project types and scales including multi-family, mixed-use projects; work space design; and custom residential design. Guided by expert observations of how people use space, Margaret consistently delivers award-winning interior designs while attaining some of the highest sustainability ratings, including LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge certification. She has lent her design expertise to projects such as the Conservation Center,  Maisonette,  Columbia College Media Production Center,  Shoreland,  Harbor Point Residence,  Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership,  City Hyde Park, and Writers Theatre. Margaret holds a Master of Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia (UVA). She is currently a lecturer at the UVA School of Architecture in the ProPrac class.

Morgan C.B. Miles
Vice-Chair

UVA BSArch 2006; University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business MBA
Vice President of Acquisitions and Development, Frontier Development & Hospitality Group

Washington, D.C.

Member since 2020

Morgan C.B. Miles joined Frontier Development & Hospitality Group (Frontier) in 2022 as the Vice President of Acquisitions and Development. In addition to leading all the acquisition efforts across the company, Morgan oversees the Hill East project, a $600MM public-private partnership in Washington, D.C. with approximately 1.2MM SF of mixed-use development. Before Frontier, Morgan has worked on and was responsible for over $1B of transactions across the U.S. east coast throughout her 16+ years in the real estate industry. She has a proven track record working on multi-billion-dollar, complex mixed-use waterfront developments including The Wharf in Washington, D.C. and Water Street Tampa in Tampa, FL – achieving project budget and schedule goals while upholding quality standards. Morgan has development expertise working on hotels, condominiums, multi-family residential apartments, office, industrial, retail, and senior living. Select featured projects include: the nine-time, award-winning $194 MM hotel development of North America's first Canopy by Hilton and D.C.’s first Hyatt House, as well as the initial development of the $190MM Amaris, the ultra-luxury condominium building, designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects with interiors by Thomas Juul-Hansen.
Morgan has served on UVA School of Architecture Dean’s Advisory Board as a member since 2020 and more recently as the Vice Chair in 2022. She was also chosen as a member of the Real Estate Executive Council (REEC), a distinguished, highly selective national organization composed of senior executive minority leaders in the commercial real estate industry. A LEED Accredited Professional, Morgan holds a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. in Real Estate and Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Ross Altheimer, PLA, ASLA, FAAR

UVA MArch + MLA 2004; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee BS Architectural Studies
Principal & Co-Founder TEN x TEN Landscape Architecture and Urbanism

Minneapolis, MN

Member since 2023

Ross Altheimer is co-founder and principal of TEN x TEN Landscape Architecture and Urbanism based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ross works to build just communities and institutions by leveraging landscape’s dynamic capacity for change. His design process explores the art and temporality of place and culture. He facilitates strategy, visioning, planning, and design implementation for cultural, community, and campus projects nationally. Ross teaches across disciplines at the University of Minnesota’s College of Design where he was a Cleveland Fellow. He has a BS in Architecture from the University of Wisconsin and a Masters of Architecture and Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia where he was a Nix Fellow. His work has garnered awards and recognition from the AIA, ASLA, GSA Design Awards and Graham Foundation among others. He is the recipient of the Rome Prize Fellowship in Landscape Architecture awarded by the American Academy in Rome.

Janet Bloomberg
UVA BSArch 1987; Columbia University MArch
Partner, KUBE Architecture

Washington, DC

Member since 2020

Janet Bloomberg is a partner and founder of KUBE architecture in Washington DC, a modern architecture studio that challenges the norms of daily life and attempts to reinterpret ways of working and living in the built environment.Janet is a native of the Washington area, and attended the University of Virginia for her Bachelor of Science degree and Columbia University for her Master of Architecture. While a student at Columbia, she was awarded the SOM Traveling Fellowship, with which she traveled to India and Nepal for research on ritual space. Janet’s work has received numerous local, regional, and national design awards, and her projects have been extensively published in national and international publications. She has taught architectural design at a number of universities around the country, including the University of Virginia and Catholic University. Janet served as President of the Washington Architectural Foundation Board for two years, where she started several new programs for DC youth in architecture. In 2016 Janet received AIA|DC’s prestigious John Wiebenson “Wieb” Award, the highest local architectural honor recognizing service to the profession and to the community. In 2020 Janet became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. 

Hallie Boyce
UVA MLA 1992; Bucknell University BA in Art History
Partner, OLIN

Philadelphia, PA

Member since 2022

Hallie Boyce is a Partner at OLIN since 2009. Her focus is the design and planning of award-winning landscapes that weave together nature and culture in the urban environment—including parks, waterfronts, plazas, and campuses. She is currently leading the design of the 11th Street Bridge Park, a community-based destination park in Washington D.C., a redesign of the grounds of the Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill, and a master plan for the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Realized projects include the new U.S. Embassy in London, the National Veterans Memorial and Museum and Spirit of Women Park in Columbus, Ohio, and California Memorial Stadium and Plaza in Berkeley, California. Hallie holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Art in Art History from Bucknell University. For three years, she led a studio at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design, which explored the potential of designed landscapes as catalysts to sustainably transform the culture and ecology of rural towns along the Czech-Austrian border. She has also been a guest critic at the University of Virginia, Morgan State University, and Temple University.

Mark Buenvista, AIA, CCM

UVA BSArch 2006, MArch 2009; Temple University MBA 2021
Director of Design, Development & Construction, Fairfax County Department of Housing & Community Development

Springfield, VA

Member since 2023

Mark Buenvista is a planner and registered architect with the Fairfax County, Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, currently overseeing the department’s $1.7 billion program to develop and finance affordable housing and community facilities serving households with low- and moderate-incomes. Mark’s public sector service in multiple jurisdictions over the last decade has focused on land use, public-private partnerships, transit-oriented development, and placemaking initiatives at the intersection of design, finance, and politics. Prior to joining local government, Mark practiced in Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland designing and constructing projects ranging from custom residential to mixed-use and institutional buildings. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Master of Architecture from the University of Virginia as well as a Master of Business Administration from the Fox School of Business at Temple University.

Tom S. Chung, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C
UVA BSArch 1994; Harvard GSD MA 1999
Principal, Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects

Boston, MA

Member since 2022

Tom S. Chung, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, is a Principal at Leers Weinzapfel Associates, recipient of the 2007 National AIA Architecture Firm Award. Tom is a national leader in the practice and education of mass timber design and has led the design for the John W. Olver Design Building at UMass Amherst and Adohi Hall at University of Arkansas, recipients of the 2022 AIA Education Design Award and 2021 AIA Housing Design Award, respectively. Tom has been invited to speak on this emerging subject at conferences and seminars world-wide including Canada, Costa Rica, South Korea, and throughout the United States, and has shared this knowledge and experience with his peers through numerous AIA continuing education workshops. Tom has taught at various architecture schools and is currently a Professor of Practice at Auburn University. His graduate design studio “Mass Timber and New England” received the 2022 Timber Education Prize from ACSA. Tom serves on the Board of WoodWorks and is a Trustee of Boston By Foot, an educational non-profit that promotes Boston’s history and architecture. In the office, Tom is a mentor to the next generation of architects and an advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion in our profession. Born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in the US, Tom received his degrees in Architecture from University of Virginia and the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.

Beata Boodell Corcoran
UVA MArch 1995, MLA 1997; Princeton University BA 1985
Senior Associate, Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Ltd. (MVLA)

Alexandria, VA

Member since 2022

Beata Boodell Corcoran is driven by a need to enhance human experience, engagement, and inclusion. She draws inspiration from her urban roots in Chicago and uses her training in architecture and landscape architecture to shape all aspects of her award-winning work at MVLA. In her 35 years in the design fields, Beata has worked in positions of design leadership and project management on projects including the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial in DC, The Wharf’s 7th Street Park and Pier in DC, the Sundance Square in TX and Washington University’s East End in St. Louis. She refined her interest in both design disciplines as the director of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design for the National Endowment for the Arts, a program emphasizing that physical design is a fundamental tool to positively affect social well-being and economic vitality. During her tenure, she worked with mayors from more than 100 U.S. cities. She has shared her expertise on a variety of invited juries and advisory boards. Beata has a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University, and Masters in both Landscape Architecture and Architecture from the University of Virginia.

Chris Cornelius
UVA MArch 2000, University of Wisconsin BS Architectural Studies 1996
Professor and Chair Architecture, University of New Mexico School of Architecture + Planning

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Member since 2023

Chris Cornelius is Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture at the University of New Mexico. He is the founding principal of studio: indigenous and creates architecture and artifacts that dismantle stereotypes surrounding Indigenous design and offer a distinct vision of contemporary Indigenous culture. Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Master of Architecture from the University of Virginia. Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, studio: indigenous is working at intensely varied scales. Their distinct and highly personal approach leverages the cultural underpinnings, devices, and thinking of Indigenous culture to manifest original architecture, art, and objects. Cornelius’ awards include the inaugural Miller Prize from Exhibit Columbus, a 2018 and 2022 Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Award, and an Artist residency from the National Museum of the American Indian. Chris has been exhibited widely including the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. He was the Spring 2021, Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professor at Yale University.

Maurice D. Cox 
Public member
Cooper Union BArch; University of Detroit Mercy Honorary Doctorate
Commissioner; Chicago Department of Planning and Development

Chicago, IL

Member since 2020

Maurice D. Cox was appointed Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) by Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot in October 2019. Celebrated for his experience merging architecture, design and politics through multiple public, private and elected positions, Cox is responsible for leading DPD's economic development, planning and zoning functions while fostering community-improvement initiatives throughout the city. His primary focus is under-invested neighborhoods on the South and West sides. Cox was formerly director of planning and development for the City of Detroit, design director of the National Endowment of the Arts, and served as mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia. He is also a former professor at Syracuse University, the University of Virginia and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design; a former associate dean for community engagement at Tulane University; and former director of the Tulane City Center in New Orleans. A native of Brooklyn, he has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Cooper Union in New York City and an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Detroit Mercy. He hopes to continue his 30-year tradition of walking and biking to work from his home on the Near North Side of Chicago.

Betsy del Monte, FAIA, LEED BD+C
UVA BSArch 1978; Rice University MArch
Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group; Faculty, Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX

Member since 2019 (2010-2018)

Betsy del Monte, FAIA, LEED BD+C is a consultant with the Cameron MacAllister Group, working with firms and project teams to enable sustainability and resilient design. She is an architect with 30 years of experience in high-performance architecture and environmentally responsive design. Betsy is an adjunct professor at SMU’s School of Engineering where she helped create and teaches a Masters in Sustainability and Development, exploring many aspects of sustainability and resilience. She was formerly a Principal Architect and Director of Sustainability for The Beck Group. Betsy has been named a Fellow by the AIA and as a Senior Fellow in the Design Futures Council. She currently serves on the national AIA Strategic Council, and the national AIA Sustainable Leaders Group. She also sits on the boards of bcWorkshop, CityLab High School and The Trinity Commons Foundation. Betsy received a Master of Architecture degree from Rice University and a Bachelor of Science degree in architecture from the University of Virginia. Her experience includes work at architecture firms in Atlanta and Houston, and in New York with Philip Johnson and John Burgee.

Gina Haney
UVA MArH 1997, Stanford University MLA 2023
Founder, Community Consortium

Mountain View, CA

Member since 2022

Gina Haney specializes in the intersection of community engagement, economic development, and cultural heritage. Her experience spans 20+ years across Africa, Asia, North and South America. Gina attended Mary Washington University for her undergraduate degree in Historic Preservation and the University of Virginia for her Master of Architectural History. Gina is currently pursuing graduate studies at Stanford University. She has written extensively about the architecture of enslaved spaces in North America and strategically shaped global initiatives enhancing connections between communities and the cultural assets which are found within and around them. Gina has worked for the World Monuments Fund, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Conservation International, and World Wildlife Fund. In 2008, she founded Community Consortium and began (with the government of Iraq) a stakeholder-driven management plan and World Heritage nomination for the site of Babylon. At present, she leads the community outreach and engagement team of the Mosul Cultural Museum Rehabilitation Project, Iraq. Gina collaborates with the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders and has co-taught architectural studios on Cape Coast, Ghana at the School of Architecture.

David Hill
UVA MArch 2005, UVA MLA 2005, Georgia Institute of Technology BSArch 2000
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Chair in Landscape Architecture, Auburn University
Founding Principal, HILLWORKS: landscape + architecture
Auburn, AL
Member since 2024

David is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Chair in Landscape Architecture at Auburn University as well as the founding principal of HILLWORKS: landscape + architecture. Born and raised in a plant nursery in South Georgia, David developed a deep affinity for plants and an early admiration for the rich, working landscape of the south. After 20 years of experience, this fascination with cultural and productive landscapes continues to impact how David unpacks site histories and explores design opportunities. At Auburn, David leads research seminars and investigative design studios that unpack the complexity of the landscape across the rich spectrum of urban and rural conditions.  Borrowing from the rich lineage of experimentation and long-term management in gardening, he strives to curate immersive experiences with plant assemblages that inspire imagination and awe. 

David is not only able to advance disciplinary research through academic investigation, but also through the trenches of actual project development at HILLWORKS. HILLWORKS is grounded in the ecological and cultural complexities of the southeast. They revel in the spirit of craft, thrift, and resourcefulness that permeates the region. HILLWORKS projects have been presented nationally and internationally at conferences, symposia, and universities and published in rags like Dwell, Landscape Architecture Magazine, ReModeling, and Society South. HILLWORKS recently received the 2024 Emerging Voices Award from the Architecture League of New York.

Prior to joining the faculty at Auburn, David helped unearth post-industrial landscapes as an Associate, and later a Principal, at D.I.R.T. studio. 

Kevin M. Holland, FAIA, NOMAC, LEED AP
UVA BSArch 1988; University of Michigan MArch
Managing Principal; k.michael architects

Los Angeles, CA

Member since 2020

Kevin M. Holland, FAIA, NOMAC, LEED AP has practiced architecture for over 25 years and is the Managing Principal of K. Michael Architects in Los Angeles. Over the course of his career he has worked as Project Manager and/or Project Architect on numerous Higher Education and Healthcare projects, most notably the Hampton (VA) University Student Center; the University of Akron (OH) Student Recreation Facility; the Indiana University Memorial Stadium North Endzone Expansion; the Purdue (IN) University France Cordova Student Recreation Facility, and; the Intermountain Healthcare Alta View Hospital Campus Expansion in Sandy, UT. Kevin obtained his Bachelor pf Science (Arch.) degree from The University of Virginia and his Master of Architecture degree from the University of Michigan and holds, or has held, registrations in the states of Delaware, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. From 2015 thru 2016, Kevin served as the 30th National President of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA.) He now serves as the Secretary of the Board of Directors for the AIA Los Angeles Chapter, as well as, serving on the Board of Trustees of the NOMA Foundation and the Dean’s Advisory Board for the Tuskegee University School of Architecture. At different points in his life, Kevin has referred to Wilmington (DE), Columbus (OH), Indianapolis, and Cincinnati as “home.” And now…Los Angeles, where he and Phonisia have resided since 2016. 

Elizabeth Fain LaBombard 

UVA BUEP 2002; Harvard Graduate School of Design MLA 2005
Executive, Master Planning Studio, Walt Disney Imagineering

Los Angeles, CA

Member since 2019

Elizabeth Fain LaBombard is an executive at Walt Disney Imagineering and leads the land and urban planning of new business initiatives and expansion projects in the Disney Parks & Resorts global portfolio. For eight years, Elizabeth was with James Corner Field Operations in New York City and worked on and led a range of award-winning projects, in both the public and private sectors, including the construction of Section II of the High Line, a wetland restoration and public park with Columbia University, the campus masterplan for the University of Puerto Rico and the pool decks and streetscapes of the Aria Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Elizabeth was awarded the 2013-2014 Prince Charitable Trusts Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture at the American Academy in Rome. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Urban and Environmental Planning in 2002 from the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia and a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture in 2005 from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.

Stephanie Landrum
UVA BCP 1998; UVA MBA 2010
President & CEO of the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership (AEDP)

Alexandria, VA

Member since 2023

Stephanie Landrum is President & CEO of the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership (AEDP). Appointed by the Board of Directors in April 2015, Stephanie has held leadership roles in the organization since 2005. AEDP is responsible for leading the City of Alexandria’s efforts to grow the tax base, diversify the economy and attract and retain businesses and organizations. The public-private corporation is focused on defining and marketing Alexandria as an innovative, creative, diverse, knowledge-based community with a high quality of life, located in the heart of the booming Northern Virginia economy. Stephanie also acts as administrator for the City of Alexandria’s Industrial Development Authority, which has historically functioned as a bond financing entity that assists qualified businesses and organizations with making investments within the City of Alexandria, and in 2021 expanded its role to own and lease real estate to facilitate significant economic development initiatives. Stephanie serves in various capacities on Boards, Commissions and Committees related to economic development, marketing and business throughout the Washington, DC region. In recent years she was inducted into both the Washington Business Journal’s annual Women Who Mean Business and 40 Under 40 awards programs and was named the 2019 Business Leader of the Year by the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce. Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.

Tim Love, FAIA
UVA BSArch 1984; Harvard Graduate School of Design MArch
Principal, UTILE

Boston, MA

Member since 2020

Tim Love, FAIA, is the founding principal of Utile, a 65-person Boston-based architecture and planning firm. Love’s primary focus is the relationship between individual works of architecture and the larger city. His work is not driven by aesthetics, but by collaborative deep-dive research focused on the technical, cultural, regulatory, and environmental issues of urban design problems. Love and his teams find opportunities for design by uncovering latent issues and fully leveraging and synthesizing them. Love works on diverse projects of varying scales, including citywide plans for cities, regeneration strategies for aging industrial areas, and master plans for new urban districts. Love and his collaborators are also known for their award- winning public realm initiatives, including the Boston Complete Streets Design Guidelines and the Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Love served as strategic advisor on the Imagine Boston 2030 citywide plan and the comprehensive master plan for Boston City Hall and Plaza. In addition, he led the team for Envision Cambridge a citywide plan for Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Eastern Market district plan in Detroit. Love is a tenured Associate Professor at the Northeastern University School of Architecture where he teaches urban design theory, housing studios, and graduate level research studios. He is also a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA).

Ryan Moody
UVA MArch 2007, UVA MLA 2007, University of Illinois BS in Architectural Studies 2001
Principal, Moody Graham
Washington, DC

Member since 2024

Ryan Moody is a registered landscape architect and the founding principal of Moody Graham in Washington, DC. Ryan holds master's degrees in architecture and landscape architecture from the University of Virginia School of Architecture and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Ryan started Moody Landscape Architecture in 2009 to help strengthen connections between people, plants, and architecture. In 2016, Moody Landscape Architecture merged with Graham Landscape Architecture to become Moody Graham. Bold in design and thoughtful in approach, Moody Graham uses the power of nature and the craft of architecture to compose vibrant landscapes that promote healthy living, working, and being. Ryan's educational background and professional experience combine to provide a comprehensive understanding of buildings and landscapes and their complementary relationship. Ryan has lectured widely on the professional practice of landscape architecture, focusing on the health benefits of nature at the intersection of landscape and architecture.

Notable recently completed and ongoing work include the Ward 5 Short Term Family Housing project with the Department of General Services (DGS), Ward 8 Senior Wellness Center (DGS), Rock Creek Golf Course (National Links Trust and National Park Service), Holly Beach Farm Stewardship Plan (Chesapeake Bay Foundation), Stack 8 affordable housing project (Flywheel Development and Department of Housing and Community Development), and the SW-Buzzard Point Flood Resilience Strategy (Ramboll Engineering and District Office of Energy and Environment).

Liz Ogbu
Public member
Wellesley College BA in Art and Architecture 1998; Harvard Graduate School of Design MArch 2004
Designer, Founder and Principal, Studio O

San Francisco, CA

Member since 2020

Liz Ogbu is founder and principal of Studio O, a multidisciplinary consulting practice. A designer and urbanist with expertise in social and spatial justice, she has designed shelters for immigrant day laborers in the United States and a water and health social enterprise for low-income Kenyans, working with communities in need to leverage the power of design to catalyze sustained social impact. Ogbu has held academic appointments at University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University d.school, and University of Virginia and was the Droga Architect in Residence in Australia, investigating urban marginalized populations and community development practices. She’s been a TEDWomen speaker, IDEO.org Global Fellow, and Aspen Ideas scholar. Liz earned her Bachelor of Arts in architecture from Wellesley College and Master of Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.

Robin Elmslie Osler, AIA
UVA BSArch 1987; Yale University MArch
Principal and Creative Director, CallisonRTKL

New York City, NY

Member since 2019

Robin Elmslie Osler, AIA, is the Principal and Creative Director at CallisonRTKL. She was most recently at FXCollaborative, after closing her architectural firm EOA/Elmslie Osler Architect, which she started in 1996. Osler comes from a family of Midwestern architects who were instrumental in establishing the foundations of modernist architecture in America. Her grandfather Emil Lorch was the founding Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Michigan. Her great uncle, architect George Elmslie, was a significant figure of the Prairie School, an influential American architecture movement at the turn of the century. Her father, David Osler, had a vibrant and influential practice for over 50 years in the Midwest. After studying art at Kenyon College and metals at Tyler School of Art, Osler had a successful career in the fashion industry in Europe as a model. She worked with photographer, Helmut Newton among others on campaigns for designers such as Thierry Mugler and Gianni Versace. She returned from Europe to obtain her Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia in 1987 and her Masters of Architecture from Yale University with advanced standing in 1990. Osler has held faculty positions at Syracuse University, Parsons School of Design, Yale University, Pratt Institute and City College of the City of New York. EOA/Elmslie Osler Architect is certified as a Women -Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) in New York State and New York City.

Azadeh Rashidi
UVA BSArch 1995, UVA MArch 2000
Founding Partner, SCHULHOF RASHIDI Architects
New York City, NY

Member since 2024

Azadeh Rashidi is a founding partner of Schulhof Rashidi Architects, a practice established in 2022 that specializes in cultural and academic projects across the United States with the mission to engage in regionally rooted work that enhances community. Current commissions include the Dubuque Museum of Art and an addition to the William King Museum of Art. Azadeh's design approach centers on inclusivity. She believes that human relations are at the center of design and that architecture's intrinsic value is in the ways that it positively augments these relations, while respecting, preserving and restoring our natural environment.
 
Prior to launching her own practice, Azadeh was part of the management team at the New York based Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners (TWBTA). During her 15 years at TWBTA, Azadeh was the leader on several high profile, award winning projects, including the addition and renovation of Dartmouth College's Hood Museum of Art and the renovation of David Geffen Hall, home of the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center. While at TWBTA, Azadeh spearheaded a mentorship program whose goal was to address the inequities of minority and immigrant opportunities in the Architecture profession.
 
Upon graduating from UVA in 2000, Azadeh joined the office of WG Clark in Charlottesville, VA where she worked for seven years and served as the project architect for the award-winning addition to the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia. She has also served as a lecturer at the school and most recently, was a visiting professor at the Yale School of Architecture.

Nakita Reed
UVA BSArch 2006; University of Pennsylvania MS in Historic Preservation and MArch
Associate, Quinn Evans

Baltimore, MD

Member July 2022

Nakita Reed is known for making high-impact contributions to design projects, optimizing sustainability, life cycle value, and long-term building performance. Her career has focused on the preservation and revitalization of historic buildings, restoring them to new purpose and economic vitality while also incorporating cutting-edge design strategies for sustainability. Nakita’s portfolio includes a wide range of architectural accomplishments, from the restoration of abandoned, historic buildings to major new construction and expansion projects. Her clients have included local and federal agencies and private-sector organizations throughout the Mid-Atlantic. Nakita’s commitment to preservation and sustainable design is reflected in her many professional and community volunteer activities. She serves on a number of non-profit boards and was a gubernatorial appointee and chair of the Maryland Green Building Council.

Shawn Rickenbacker
UVA MArch 1994; Syracuse University BArch; New York University Certificate in Advanced Digital Interaction Design
Director, J. Max Bond Center for Urban Futures at CCNY

New York City, NY

Member since 2020

Born and raised in New York City, Shawn Rickenbacker is a trained architect, urbanist and systems technologist whose work has focused on the convergence of physical space and digital systems within the built environment, how we can learn from it and its relationship to the human experience. He is the co-founder of the privately held research and design consultancy, Urban Data + Design. Rickenbacker, most recently served as the Gensler Visiting Professor at Cornell University School of Architecture and prior to that appointment the Favrot Visiting Chair in Architecture and a Senior Research Fellow at the Taylor Institute for Social Innovation at Tulane University. He has served on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Design and held academic appointments at The Ohio State University, Architectural Association, Syracuse University, and the University of Virginia. Rickenbacker received his Master of Architecture from The University of Virginia, with a Certificate in American Urbanism. He earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Syracuse University and a Certificate in Advanced Digital Interaction Design, from New York University, Center of Advanced Digital Applications.  

Sam Roberts, II

UVA BSArch 1998; UVA MArch 2001; UNC Chapel Hill MBA 2014
GM, Sky Club Design and Facilities at Delta Air Lines

Atlanta, GA

Member since 2020

Catalyst. Strategist. Translator. Sam Roberts has spent the past 20 years bridging the gap between design, strategy and operations across a wide variety of industries and disciplines. After a decade practicing architecture in New York City, Sam shifted his focus to helping corporations like Audi of America and Equinox align building-related decisions to strategic business objectives through design-driven innovation, change management, and collaboration. In 2019, Sam refined this approach further, founding SR2 Consulting, which brings his creative problem-solving capabilities to startups and small, growth-oriented companies, working with founders and CEOs on innovation, long-term strategy and capital program development.

Eugene Ryang, PLA
UVA MA in Cultural Anthropology 1995, UVA MLA 2000, Columbia University BA in History
Co-Founding Principal and Design Director, Waterstreet Studio
Richmond, VA
Member since 2024

Eugene is Co-Founding Principal & Design Director at Waterstreet Studio in Richmond, VA. Founded in 2008, Waterstreet Studio is a multi-disciplinary environmental design firm of landscape architects focused on planning and design of residential properties; commercial and institutional campuses; rural conservation tracts; civic spaces and urban streetscapes.

Whether working with private landowners, institutions, municipalities or development professionals, Eugene’s primary objective is to connect people to place, creating purposeful and engaging landscapes that are both economically viable and environmentally responsible.

Katie Swenson
UVA MArch 2000; University of California Berkeley BA in Comparative Literature
Senior Principal, MASS Design Group

Boston, MA

Member since 2019

Katherine W. Swenson is a nationally recognized design leader, researcher, writer and educator. She is a Senior Principal of MASS Design Group, an international non-profit architecture firm whose mission is to research, build, and advocate for architecture that promotes justice and human dignity. Before joining MASS in early 2020, Swenson was vice president of Design & Sustainability at Enterprise Community Partners, a national nonprofit organization that invests more than $8 billion annually in community development. Katie’s work explores how critical design practice can and should promote economic and social equity, environmental sustainability, and healthy communities. Katie is a member of the second class of Enterprise Rose Fellowship, Swenson was tapped to grow and lead the program in 2007, after completing her fellowship with the Piedmont Housing Alliance in Charlottesville, Virginia. She co-authored the book Growing Urban Habitats and is a contributing author to Activist Architecture: Philosophy and Practice of Community Design and Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism. Swenson founded the Charlottesville Community Design Center. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Architecture from The University of Virginia. 

Jacqueline Taylor, PhD
UVA MArH 2000 (with Historic Preservation certifcate), UVA PhD in Art and Architectural History 2014, University of Warwick BA (Hons) in German Studies
Senior Historian, AECOM
Washington, DC
Member since 2024

Jacky has worked in public and private practice, and academe. As an architectural and cultural landscape historian she translates the layered narrative of history into contemporary opportunities for national and local resource protection, storytelling, and sensitive new design intervention. She specializes in African American cultural history and has actively engaged in community-based heritage projects that deal with preservation planning, design, and consensus building. Currently, Jacky is a Senior Historian with AECOM, based in the Arlington, VA office. Previously, she was Lead Historian/Cultural Landscape Specialist at the City of Detroit Planning and Development Department. Working under the Department's mission to further social equity, inclusion, and economic and environmental health she helped raise the profile of Black heritage sites and developed innovative solutions to building vacancy, while contributing to neighborhood planning efforts. Jacky's scholarly research focuses on the intersection of international modernism with issues of race and gender. Her recent book, Amaza Lee Meredith Imagines Herself Modern: Architecture and the Black American Middle Class was published in 2023 by the MIT Press.

Marc Tsurumaki
UVA BSArch 1987; Princeton University, MArch
Principal, LTL Architects

New York City, NY

Member since 2020

Marc Tsurumaki is principal and founding partner of LTL Architects, a New York-based design intensive architecture firm founded in 1997. LTL Architects engages a diverse range of work, turning the constraints of each project into the design trajectory by exploring opportunistic overlaps between space, program, form, budget, and materials. In 2019, the firm was selected as the AIA New York State Firm of the Year, and its three partners were inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame. LTL’s work has been recognized extensively including the National Design Award and inclusion in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco MoMA and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Marc Tsurumaki is a licensed architect and received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Master of Architecture from Princeton University. Marc is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and is the author with Paul and David Lewis of four books including the recently published Manual of Section. He is currently the President of the Board of Directors of Storefront for Art and Architecture. 

Ex-Officio Members:

Malo André Hutson, Dean of the UVA School of Architecture and Edward E. Elson Professor
Matthew Jull, Associate Professor of Architecture (Faculty Rep)
Margaret (Stella) Melikian (MAH, 2015), Co-Chair of the A-School Young Alumni Council (AYAC Rep)
Tyler Pitt (BUEP 2015), Co-Chair of the A-School Young Alumni Council (AYAC Rep)

Staff liaison:  

Kim Wong Haggart, Director of Engagement and Alumni Initiatives