EXPERIENCE AND RECOGNITION

 

Education- Bachelors of Architecture - Fay Jones School of Architecture - University of Arkansas

Professional Affiliations The American Institute of Architects National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

Certification- Licensed in Tennessee

Community Service + Public Interest Design 2017- Co-Director, Passageways 2.0 2017 Co-Designer, Grow Hope Farm Stand a nEED Project 2017- present Board Member, Glass House Collective 2016-present Project Architect, Los Rosales School + Church, Lima Peru 2016 Co-Director, Passageways 1.0 2016 Co- Director, Learn by Design 2007-2008 Board Member, Gert Town Revival Initiative, New Orleans, LA 2008 Project Manager + Designer, Gloria’s Kitchen 2006 Co-Founder + Program Coordinator, CITYbuild Consortium of Schools 2007 Team Coordinator, West Africa Mission 2, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia 2004-2006 President / Co-Founder, Re_Vision, University of Arkansas 2006 Project Manager + Designer, Seven Hills Homeless Shelter Reception 2005 Team Coordinator, West Africa Mission 1, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia 2005 Team Member, Medical Mission, Lima, Peru 2005 Team Member, Building Mission, Monterrey, Mexico 2002 Team Member, Panama Mission Chitre, Panama

Professional Service 2019 President, AIA Chattanooga 2018 President Elect, AIA Chattanooga 2017 Vice President, AIA Chattanooga 2016 Chairman, AIA TN State Convention 2016 AIA Representative + Licensing Advisor, NCARB Internship Advisory Committee 2013-2014 Community and Communications Director, AIA National Associates Committee Ex. Committee 2012-2013 Associate Representative, AIA International Region Task Force 2011-2013 Gulf States Regional Associate Director, AIA National Associates Committee 2011-2013 Committee Member, AIA Diversity Council’s TEACH Initiative

Conferences and Exhibitions 2017 Presenter, “Leading Communities Through Outreach”, AIA Leadership Institute, Bentonville AR 2017 Presenter, “Idea to Impact” , AIA Chattanooga Extended Studio 2016 Chairman / Master of Ceremony, AIA Tennessee State Convention 2014 Co-Char, AIA Gulf States Emerging Professionals Symposium, New Orleans TN 2013 Delegate / Presenter, AIA National Grassroots Convention, Washington DC 2012 Co-Chair / Presenter, AIA Gulf States Emerging Professionals Symposium, Memphis TN 2012 Delegate / Presenter, AIA National Grassroots Convention, Washington DC 2010 Presenter, Critical Issues Conference, AGC, New Orleans, LA 2008 Conference Staff, Structures for Inclusion 8, Design Corps, Harvard GSD 2008 Presenter / Panel Moderator, Gulf South Summit ’08, Belmont University, Nashville, TN 2008 Exhibition Coordinator / Presenter, “Groundwork”, The Designery, Boston MA 2007 Project Coordinator, Design Build Challenge ’07, Project Locus 2006 Summit Coordinator / Presenter, Arkansas Summit; A Consortium of Schools

Awards and Honors 2016 People’s Choice Award, B.R.I.C Awards, Association of General Contractors, Techtown 2016 Judge’s Project of the Year, B.R.I.C Awards, Techtown 2009 Ameri Corp VISTA Service Award 2008 Design for the Underserved Award, Design Corps 2008 ACSA Collaborative Practice Award, CITYbuild Consortium of Schools 2007 Alpha Rho Chi Medal, Fay Jones School of Architecture 2007 Charter Awards, Congress for New Urbanism, UACDC Habitat Trails 2007 NCARB Prize, UACDC Habitat Trails 2006 The AIA Citation Award, Arkansas, UACDC Habitat Trails 2006 Finalist: Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, NSF, UACDC Habitat Trails 2006 AIA Education Honor Award, AIA, UACDC Habitat Trails 2006 EDRA / Places Awards for Place Design, Planning, and Research, UACDC Habitat Trails 2002 Professional Advisory Board Scholar, Fay Jones School of Architecture 2001 Presidential Award Scholar, Freed-Hardeman University

Selected Publications 2017 FarmStand, Nooga.com 2017 Passageways 2.0, Nooga.com 2017 Passageways 2.0, Times Free Press 2016 Contra Mundum, Architect Magazine, Passageways 2016 Passageways, Architect Magazine 2016 Passageways, Curbed 2016 Passageways, Chattanooga Magazine 2016 Passageways, Nashville Interiors 2016 Passageways, Nooga.com, (multiple features) 2016 Passageways, Times Free Press (multiple features) 2013 The Millennials, Architect Magazine