In addition to lobbying for national issues on energy efficiency and school safety, we shared the booklet “Right Now in Massachusetts” that showcases model projects in each congressional district that advance important ideas to improve the built environment.

The remaining two days of AIA Grassroots was dedicated to helping members become stronger leaders. The program featured presentations from Mayors & Architects working together, a keynote by Presidential Historian/Author Doris Kearns Goodwin, and sessions on critical leadership issues within AIA including a presentation by BSA member and Director-at-Large AIA Board member Emily Grandstaff-Rice FAIA, with BSA President-Elect Natasha Espada AIA on “Introducing…. The New Guides for Equitable Practice.”

AIA Massachusetts was represented at AIA Grassroots by:

Ludmilla Pavlova AIA
Western MA AIA President
Helen Fantini AIA
Western MA AIA Past-President
Lorin Starr
Western MA AIA Executive Director

Darrell Swanson AIA
Central MA Vice President/President-Elect

Natasha Espada AIA
BSA/AIA President-Elect
Andrea Love AIA
BSA/AIA Vice President for Advocacy
Emily Grandstaff-Rice FAIA
AIA Director-at-Large
Stephanie Herring Assoc. AIA
AIA Vice Chair of the National Associates Committee
Danielle McDonough AIA
AIA Strategic Council Representative
Ted Touloukian AIA
BSA Foundation Chair
Peter Kuttner FAIA
AIA College of Fellows Vice Chancellor
Eric White
BSA Executive Director

John Nunnari
AIA Massachusetts Executive Director