Pub. 2 2019 Directory

25 WMR and National Update BY NATE HUDSON, WMR REGIONAL DIRECTOR AIA Western Mountain Region: Western Mountain Region Executive Committee Nate Hudson, AIA— Senior Director [Nevada] Dino Sakellar, FAIA— Junior Director [Arizona] Bruce Fallon, AIA— Secretary [Utah] Mark Ryan, AIA—Treasurer [Nevada] Amber Haro, Associate AIA—Regional Associate Director [Arizona] Heather Wilson —CACE Representative [Utah] Western Mountain Region Executive Liaisons Steve Loos, FAIA —WMR Fellows Senior Regional Representative Glenn Fellows, FAIA—WMR Fellows Junior Regional Representative Nick Caravella, AIA—WMR Young Architect Regional Director Michael Potter, AIA—WMR Small Firms Exchange Representative Western Mountain Region State Representatives AIA Arizona State President: Mark Ryan, AIA AIA Colorado State President: Zachary Taylor, AIA AIA Nevada State President: Jennifer Turchin, AIA AIA New Mexico State President: Richard Haas, AIA AIA Utah State President: Keith Diaz-Morre, Ph.dm, AIA AIAWyoming State President: Clint Taylor, AIA As with many positions in the institute, regional appointment or election is both a great honor, showing service and dedication to our profession but also a tremendously rewarding experience. It has been a true pleasure working with our exiting leadership Secretary Bruce Fallon, WMR Young Architect Regional Director Nick Caravella, and Senior Fellows Representative Steve Loos. Their leadership, determination, and passionate voices will be missed. We thank them for their time in service to our region and the institute at large. AIA Western Mountain Region Conference: 2019 JacksonWyoming 2020 Albuquerque NewMexico AIA WMR Conference — Looking Forward August 2019 The AIAWestern Mountain Regional Executive Committee is strategically aligned with, and supportive of, furthering the mission and goals of the Region and the Institute. In order to facilitate communication between the institute’s strategic council, this region, and its members, we advance the objectives of both the institute and the region, unifying their efforts, and providing advocacy on the issues pertinent to its members and the profession. Through these recent years, it’s been made apparent that the current framework of the WMR Conference and the expectations it puts on our host chapters need to be reviewed and perhaps restructured to meet changing member values, organizational structures, and leadership expectations. Over the past two years, the WMR executive committee has worked on surveying members of the WMR council, WMR members at large, and also look at best practices from other multistate regions regarding face-to-face meeting opportunities and corresponding regional member value. The executive committee has concluded that current values held by members of our region as it related to the existing WMR Conference are found in the following areas: 1. The building of networks and connections between states with a common purpose. 2. The Regional business meeting, elections/appointees to the national Strategic Council. 3. Opportunities for discussion of critical issues facing the profession. 4. Opportunities for discussion for future regional organizational planning.  — continued on page 26