Committees
AIA Seattle members can express and expand their personal and professional interests through committee involvement.
Committees provide an opportunity for members to expand their personal and professional interests and join in rigorous discussion and advancement of our practice within specific knowledge areas.
AIA Seattle’s member committees present programs and host events on a wide variety of design, advocacy, and practice issues. It is an important benefit for the full membership, and why we dedicate chapter resources to each member-led committee.
Professional Practice
AIA Seattle provides diverse programming for members and the broader community through education, awards, and research. The Professional Practice Steering Committee connects and integrates these programs to advance architecture, supporting alignment with AIA Seattle’s Mission, Vision, Values, and industry needs. Professional Practice leaders support the following member committees:
- Adaptation & Resilience
- Architecture for Health Committee
- Architecture is Labor Forum
- Code
- Committee on Architecture for Education
- Committee on the Environment
- Mass Timber
- Urban Design Forum
Membership
AIA Seattle is a member-based organization relying on active participation for financial success and community engagement across its 10-country service area. The Member Engagement Steering Committee helps align member needs with the organization’s Mission, Vision, and Values, as well as the industry’s evolving demands. Member Engagement leaders support the following member committees:
- Asian American Designers Union
- Committee on Homelessness
- Diversity Roundtable
- Laddership
- Seattle International Architecture Forum
- Small Practice and Residential Committee
- Women in Design
- Young Architects Forum
Steering Committees
- AIA Northwest Washington
- Development
- Executive Committee
- Finance
- Justice and Equity for Diversity & Inclusion Council
- Member Advancement Committee
- Member Development Committee
- Member Engagement Committee
- Professional Practice
- Public Policy Board
- Seattle Design Festival
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