A Call for Service – and a Zoom Session on Gubernatorial Appointments with Secretary Gee
Many of our members currently serve in positions that require appointment by the Governor. Gratitude and appreciation to those who have served and to those who are serving now: Angelo Phillos, AIA (Fair Housing Board), Lynden Garland, AIA and Anca Lipan, AIA (Art and Architecture Review Board), Jonah Margarella, AIA (State Building Code Technical Review Board), Paula Loomis, FAIA (Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel), and Helene Dreiling, FAIA and Tim Colley, AIA (APELSCIDLA).
In the near future, opportunities will be available to serve on the Art and Architecture Review Board and the APELSCIDLA Board. Terms are anticipated to commence on 1 July 2024.
If you would like to know more about the opportunities, the eligibility requirements, and the application process, know that Secretary of the Commonwealth Kelly Gee will be joining us on Wednesday 27 March, from 2:30 to 3 PM.
AIA Virginia will be providing the Governor’s Office with a slate of candidates for consideration for appointment to several Commonwealth of Virginia Boards and Commissions. Our organization advocates for the Architect’s voice on these bodies to help shape policies and strengthen our communities. See the submission requirements.
Submissions are due to AIA Virginia Executive Vice President, Corey Clayborne, FAIA by 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 14, 2020. Please note which Board or Commission you’d like to serve on in your submitted documentation.
We will be submitting a slate of nominees for each of the following Boards and Commissions:
Purpose: The Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects (APELSCIDLA Board) examines, licenses, and regulates approximately 35,000 individuals and related business entities in Virginia. Learn more. Meeting Frequency: Estimated at 4 times per year*
Purpose: The Fair Housing Board administers and enforces national and state fair housing laws. The laws prohibit housing discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, familial status (families with children under age 18), or “elderliness” (age 55 or older). The Board investigates housing discrimination through the Virginia Fair Housing Office, and oversees an education-based certification program for housing providers. Learn more. Meeting Frequency: Estimated at 6 times per year*
Purpose: The Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel is established as an advisory board in the executive branch of state government. The Panel shall have as its primary focus emergency management and homeland security within the Commonwealth to ensure that prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery programs, initiatives, and activities, both at the state and local levels, are fully integrated, suitable, and effective in addressing risks from man-made and natural disasters. Learn more. Meeting Frequency: At least biennially*
Purpose: The nine-member Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation is responsible for: monitoring the policies and activities of the Department; evaluating the need for regulation, if any, of unregulated professions or occupations; advising the Governor and Department Director on matters relating to professional regulation; recommending regulatory frameworks to the General Assembly, when professional regulation is necessary to protect the public interest; and providing citizen access to the Department and promoting education of the public about professional regulation. Learn more. Meeting Frequency: Estimated at 4 times per year*
*This is an estimate of meeting frequency. The Board may have a need to meet more frequently depending on the amount of business that needs to be addressed
Two seats on the Virginia Board of Housing and Community Development will be up for reappointment. The Board of Housing and Community Development consists of 14 citizen members, including 11 members appointed by the Governor from each of Virginia’s Congressional Districts, a representative from the Virginia Fire Services Board appointed by the chairman of that board, the Executive Director of the Virginia Housing Development Authority, and the Director of Regulatory Compliance of the Virginia Building Officials Association. Candidates that wish to be considered should live in either the 6th or 11th Congressional District
Please see the link below for a map of each District:
For those that are interested, please send a letter of interest on letterhead to AIA Virginia Executive Vice President, Corey Clayborne at cclayborne@aiava.org by June 30, 2018, in PDF format.
