Board of Directors

President: Brad McDonald, AIA

Brad McDonald has been a member of the AIA SFV Board of Directors since 2009. In 2011, he served as Vice President with the main charge of Chapter programs.Brad has more than 22 years of architectural experience in commercial,single and multi-family residential and themed-design projects. Read More… 

 

Vice President/President Elect: Max Williams, AIA

 

 

 

 

Secretary: Blair Seibert, AIA

Blair has been a member of the SFV AIA Board of Directors since 2009, serving as Treasurer and Secretary. Blair Seibert has more than 25 years of architectural experience in commercial, multi-family residential and institutional projects.  Included are 20 projects that have been approved by the U.S. Green Building Council as LEED certified.. Read More… 

 

Treasurer: Michael Silva, AIA

Michael has been a member of the AIA-San Fernando Valley Chapter for the past five years, four of those years as the Chair of the Academic & Education Committee, coordinating the Chapter scholarship programs for Woodbury University.. Read More… 

 

 

Immediate Past President: Arturo Yanez, AIA

Arturo has been a member of the AIA Board of Directors since 2007, serving as Treasurer from 2008-2009 and Vice President/President-Elect in 2010. He also served as Golf Committee Co-Chair for 2007-2009. Currently, he is the Editor of the monthly Chapter newsletter, Elevations.. Read More… 

 

AIA/CC Delegate: Richard L. Gemigniani, AIA

 

 

 

AIA-SFV Directors:

 

Tom Cestarte, AIA

Tom has been a member of the AIA Board of Directors since 2009, serving on various committees and is the current chair for the AIA Home Tour” and “Taste of Encino” events for 2012. Read More…

 

 

Christos Chrysiliou, AIA

Christos has over 25 years of combined experience in planning, design, architecture and construction of educational, hospitality, retail and residential projects. Read More… 

 

 

George De La Nuez, AIA 

 

 

 

 

Vladimir Elmanovich, AIA

 

 

 

 

Daniel Heifetz, AIA

 

 

 

 

Larry Kaltman, AIA

 

 

 

 

Kenneth David Lee, AIA

 

 

 

 

 Miguel Maio, AIA

Miguel joined the AIA SFV Board of Directors in 2011 and is Chair of the Membership Committee. He is a Principal at the Santa Monica office of DLR Group and is a registered architect in California.. Read More…

 

 

Keong Ng, AIA

 

 

 

 

Murray Siegel, AIA

 

 

 

 

Mark Smith, AIA

 

 

 

 

Associate Director: George Avetisyan, Assoc. AIA

 

 

 

 

Allied Director: David J. Murray

David is senior vice president of Earth Systems Southern California; which provides geotechnical, geologic, geophysical, environmental, forensic and materials testing services for all sizes and types of private and public, medical, educational and military construction projects.
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Honorary Director: Peter Puzo

While serving on the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity/SFV as Director of Real Estate, Pete was invited to join the AIA/SFV as an Honorary Director in 2008. Peter was instrumental in assisting the Chapter with their office relocation in 2010 and has acted as Co-Chairman of the AIA/SFV Golf Committee for the past four years. He recently spearheaded the Chapters most successful involvement in the Taste of Encino-2011.Read More…

 

Executive Director: Leslie A. Nathan, AIA

 

 

 

 

Emeritus Representative: Marvin Berman, AIA