Incoming Regional Representatives

David Powell, FAIA Gulf States

David M. Powell, FAIA, has been designing nationally recognized, award-winning architecture since 1991. As a former musician, Dave’s work shares vocabularies across art forms—drawing from the creative community and storytelling culture formed by the legendary songwriters of his home city of Nashville, Tennessee. As a Principal of HASTINGS, Dave’s diverse body of work has garnered many accolades, including over fifty AIA design awards, and has been recognized by ARCHITECT Magazine, Architectural Record, The Chicago Athenaeum, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Urban Land Institute.

In 2016, Dave was elevated to the American Institute of Architect’s prestigious College of Fellows for his design excellence, leadership, and positive contributions to architecture and society. He is currently serving as the inaugural Advisory Board Chair for the new College of Architecture and Design at Belmont University, and on the Founding Board for the Museum of Contemporary Arts Nashville (MoCAN). Additionally, he has served on a variety of boards and committees for non-profit organizations such as the Urban Land Institute, Urban Housing Solutions, Thistle Farms, Restore Ministries, and Nashville Repertory Theatre, and as President of the Board of Directors for AIA Middle Tennessee and the Nashville Civic Design Center.

Tom Savory, FAIA

South Atlantic

Tom Savory, FAIA, is a principal with McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, with 8 offices throughout the Carolinas and Georgia. Prior to merging with MPS, from 2000 to 2021, Tom was a founding principal of Watson Tate Savory. Since 2000, Tom has led his team to receive more than 65 AIA design awards, including the 2016 winning competition entry for the AIA South Carolina Center for Design, currently under construction.

Tom has chaired numerous AIA Design Awards juries, including AIA New Hampshire, AIA Indiana, and AIA Detroit. He is a lecturer at Clemson University, where he frequently teaches architecture studio at the graduate and undergraduate level, and regularly serves on academic juries.

In 1997, he co-founded the Columbia Design League with his wife, Adrienne Montare, FAIA, on which they co-presented at the 2017 AIA National Convention. Prior to returning to South Carolina in 1996, Tom lived in New York City for 12 years, where he was an Associate with Richard Meier & Partners.

In 2018 Tom was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows, in Object One: Design and currently serves as chair of the AIA SC Fellows Committee.