Two Virginia members, Sanford Bond, FAIA, and Valerie Hassett, FAIA, were awarded membership in the College of Fellows in 2014.
Valerie Hassett, FAIA, IIDA, LEED AP, is an architect and an interior designer. Having earned an MArch from Virginia Tech and a BFA in interior design from Virginia Commonwealth University, she has both NCARB and NCIDQ certifications. Valerie is past president of the Mid-Atlantic chapter of IIDA, past president of AIA Northern Virginia, and First Vice-President of the Virginia Society AIA. She is a Project Manager with Wiencek + Associates.
With a practice spanning over 40 years, Sanford “Sandy” Bond, FAIA, has designed landmark projects across the Commonwealth of Virginia, including buildings for Maymont Nature Center, the Richmond Ballet, Dominion Virginia Power, UVa Health’s Kluge Children’s Rehabilitation Center, Richmond ARC, and numerous dwellings and vacation homes. He is a founding partner in two prominent firms in Richmond, Bond Comet Westmoreland + Hiner (now BCWH) and 3north.
The Jury of Fellows met at Institute headquarters from Jan. 25-29, 2014, and selected 139 new Fellows. The Fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have made a significant contribution to architecture and society and who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession. Election to fellowship not only recognizes the achievements of architects as individuals, but also their significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. Out of a total AIA membership of over 83,000, there are just over 3,100 distinguished with the honor of fellowship and honorary fellowship.
The 2014 Jury of Fellows included Craig Rafferty, FAIA (Chair), Rafferty Rafferty Tollefson Lindeke Architects; John Castellana, FAIA, TMP Architecture, Inc.; Brian Dougherty, FAIA, Dougherty + Dougherty Architects, LLP; Diane Georgopulos, FAIA, Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency; Susan Maxman, FAIA, SMP Architects LTD; Raymond Yeh, FAIA, University of Hawaii and Donald T. Yoshino, FAIA, Yoshino Architecture, PA.