The Board of Directors shall consist of the following:
- 21 Directors maximum, 7 Directors minimum (including Officers & Past Presidents)
- 5 Officers (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Emerging Professionals Chair)
- 2 Past Presidents
- Up to 3 Allied or Affiliate Members
Directors and Officers of the Board serve year long terms and many serve multiple terms. Officers of the Board (Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President, President) typically begin their service first as Secretary and each term(year) transition to Treasurer, VP and finally President.
Any AIA Santa Barbara member in good standing can nominate themselves for a Director or Officer position. Nominations are submitted to the Board and then placed on the ballot. The new Board is voted in by membership during the Annual meeting held in December. Both Directors and Officers begin their term with the first meeting of the year in January.
If you are interested in serving as a Board Director, Officer or helping on a committee, please contact Tara Rizzi, our Executive Director to discuss what interests you and where you can help the Chapter.
Executive Committee
President: Amy Tripp, AIA
Vice President: Matt Gries, AIA
Treasurer: Robert Ooley, FAIA
Secretary: Erica Obertelli, AIA
Emerging Professionals Director: Chris Richards, AIA
Directors
Director: Past President Jolie Wah, AIA
Director: Past President Alayna Fraser, AIA
Director: Clay Aurell, AIA
Director: Ellen Bildsten, AIA, LEED, AP
Director: Bob Kupiec, AIA
Director: Jennifer Lewis, AIA
Director: John P. Margolis, AIA
Director: Detlev Peikert, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Director: Paul Rupp, AIA
Director: Dan Weber, AIA
Allied Director: Paul Belmont
Allied Director: Natasha Elliot
Allied Director: Cash Upton
AIASB Representative to AIA California Board of Directors
Ellen Bildsten, AIA LEED AP
Past Presidents
2023 Jolie Wah, AIA
2022 Alayna Fraser, AIA
2021 Tai Yeh, AIA
2020 Matt Beausoleil, AIA
2019 Robert Ooley, (FAIA 2015)
2018 Keith Rivera, AIA
2017 Daniel Johnston, AIA
2016 Clay Aurell, AIA
2015 Barry Winick, AIA
2014 Chris Manson-Hing AIA
2013 Jose Luis Esparza AIA
2012 Susanne Kortz Tejada AIA
2011 Ellen P. Bildsten AIA
2010 Peter Walker Hunt AIA
2009 Jorge Machin AIA
2008 Rosa E. Alvarado AIA
2007 Gregory C. Rech AIA
2006 Joe Andrulaitis AIA
2005 Paul Zink AIA
2004 Kristin Story AIA
2003 Kristin Story AIA
2002 Paul Poirier AIA
2001 Mark Weinke AIA
2000 Jim Satzinger AIA
1999 Stephanie D. Poole AIA
1998 Robin Donaldson AIA
1997 Marc A. Phillips AIA
1996 Richard McKenzie AIA
1995 J. Michael Holliday (FAIA 2012)
1994 James E. Moore IV AIA
1993 Detlev Peikert AIA
1992 John D. Kelley AIA
1991 Joe Wilcox AIA
1990 John Watson AIA
1989 Ed Lenvik AIA
1988 John Pitman FAIA
1987 John Pitman AIA (FAIA 1988)
1986 Brian Cearnal AIA
1985 Henry Lenny AIA
1984 Fred Sweeney AIA
1983 Bruce Bartlett AIA
1982 James Morris AIA
1981 Irwin Sorkin AIA
1980 Steve Metsch AIA
1979 Bill Mahan FAIA
1978 Peter Edwards AIA
1977 Brian Hall AIA
1976 Jerry Zimmer AIA
1975 Ed Lenvik AIA
1974 Leo Pedersen AIA
1973 John Pitman AIA (FAIA 1988)
1972*Jim Purcell AIA
1971*Don Bensen AIA
1970*Bob Cleveland AIA
1969*Ken Kruger AIA (FAIA 1989)
1968*Glen Mosher AIA
1967 R. B. Nelson AIA
1965 Frank Greer AIA
1964 Ken Kruger AIA (FAIA 1989)
1963 Fred Noel AIA
1962 Reg Crowell AIA (Oxnard)
1961 Bob Henderson AIA
1960 Fred Hummel AIA (Ventura)
1959 Robert Ingle Hoyt (FAIA 1981)
1958* Roy Wilde AIA
1956 Roy C. Wilson
1953 Lutah Maria Riggs (FAIA 1960)
1945 Roy C. Wilson AIA
1944 DORMANCY – WW II
1943 DORMANCY – WW II
1942 Roy C. Wilson AIA
1941 Lutah Maria Riggs (FAIA 1960)
1940 John Frederic Murphy (FAIA 1957)
1939 Ralph Armitage AIA
1938 Ralph Armitage AIA
1937 Henry W. Howell AIA
1936 William A. Edwards AIA
1935 E. Keith Lockard AIA
1934 Louis N. Crawford AIA
1933 Winsor Soule AIA
1932 Harold E. Burket AIA
1931 John Frederic Murphy AIA
1930 Russell Ray AIA
1929 Russell Ray AIA
* Indicates an educated guess
Honorary Members
2019 Karen Feeney Hon. AIASB
2017 Tara Rizzi Hon. AIASB