Behind the Vision: AIA Seattle Leadership
Welcome back to Behind the Vision, a 2025 communication series to provide our AIA Seattle community with information about activities that steward our mission, vision, and values forward. This edition: AIA Seattle Leadership.
Leadership Advances our Vision
AIA Seattle’s 2500+ member community spans ten counties. Member leaders advance our vision for equitable, resilient, thriving communities. A valuable benefit of your membership is access to engage with our community, and lead at the local, state, and national level.
Current opportunities for leadership:
- The National Associates Committee (NAC) and Young Architects Forum (YAF) are seeking leaders to advance the mission and values of AIA through service. Application deadline is June 16th.
- AIA WA Council is seeking a WA representative for the AIA National Strategic Council to advance the profession by informing the Board of Directors and other Institute bodies of important professional issues and opportunities. Application deadline is August 1st.
- AIA Seattle is seeking steering committee members to provide member perspectives, strategic guidance, and support for the continued success of our initiatives and chapter. Learn more about our steering committees and consider nominating yourself or a peer by June 27.
In the weeks ahead, voting will open for the 2025-26 AIA Seattle Board of Directors, who inform the strategic direction and health of our chapter. Thank you to all our members who nominated themselves or their peers for Board service, and to our Member Advancement Committee who met with many candidates to support a slate of strong member leaders.
AIA Annual Meeting: Your Voice in Boston
AIA’s annual meeting, in conjunction with the AIA ’25 Conference, will be held June 4th in Boston. Thank you for the dozens of members who shared input on candidates for the national AIA Board of Directors. AIA Seattle’s delegate, President-Elect Melissa Falcetti AIA, will be carrying forward the voice of our 2500+ ten-county membership. For members joining the AIA annual meeting, we look forward to connecting with you in Boston.
AIA Seattle Annual Meeting
Join our annual chapter meeting on Monday June 23rd at 4pm. Register now for this virtual format event which will include updates on AIA Seattle’s 2025-2030 strategic plan, and new location. The virtual gathering is open to all current members of AIA Seattle, including Architects, Associates, Students, Emeritus, Allied Professionals, staff of Firm Network members, and Corporate Allied Partners.
Update – AIA Seattle Real Estate Search
The AIA Seattle Board of Directors continues the multi-year process of identifying a space for AIA Seattle. The two taskforces who have supported this work include member practitioners with multidisciplinary expertise, at a variety of career stages, dedicated to finding a space to support the mission, vision, and values of AIA Seattle. AIA Seattle is in active negotiations for multiple potential spaces identified based on member and board developed criteria shared in past communications.
Center for Architecture & Design partners informed AIA Seattle in 2023 they could not renew the lease at 1010 Western Ave after 10 years of occupancy. AIA Seattle remains in collaboration and partnership with Seattle Architecture Foundation, who have launched a new waterfront tour, and AIA WA Council, who recently completed robust advocacy work in Olympia during the 2025 legislative session.
