Incoming Regional Representatives

John Syvertsen, FAIA Illinois

John Syvertsen is a visionary leader committed to improving the built environment, often with an emphasis on community outreach, social impact, and environmental sustainability. In his forty year career, John has devoted himself tirelessly to design excellence, focusing much of his time working with colleges and universities and religious organizations across the United States. For ten years John was President of OWP/P Architects. He led the merger with Cannon Design where he was a member of the Executive Leadership Team. He left Cannon in 2015 to spend full time in support of several not for profit organizations.

Civic engagement is a hallmark of John's philosophy. He has served as Chair of the American Institute of Architects National Committee on Design, as President of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Study in the Arts, President of the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Chicago Architecture Foundation. He was also Chair of the Board of Regents of the American Architectural Foundation and Chair of the Board of Directors of Archeworks, an alternative, socially focused design educator. In 2006, John was the inaugural recipient of the AIA Illinois Gold Medal in recognition of a career of service. In 2019 John was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

James Walbridge, FAIA Central States

James is trained as an architect, contractor-builder, and craftsman with 35+ years in the A/E/C arena. His career spans creative/design pursuits, business development, management, operations, logistics, collaboration building, and community outreach. James’ architectural project experience ranges from corporate, civic, hospitality, housing, education, and performing arts as a designer, project manager, or principal in charge.

In 1995, James founded Tekton Architecture in San Francisco, an award-winning Architect-led Design-build firm. He then migrated to the Midwest in 2017 where he worked as the Director of Civic Architecture for HDR. In 2020, he joined Shive-Hattery and is currently a Business Development & Operations Architectural Team Leader for the firm. Over the past 28 years, James has held leadership positions on a local, state, and national level in the American Institute of Architects, and was elevated to Fellow in 2021.

James is a nationally-recognized and sought-after speaker, a premier voice in the AIA and the profession providing industryleading leadership, business development, communication and practice establishment training. A tireless passion for coaching, mentoring and teaching, he has helped thousands of architects, from emerging professionals and established practitioners, become more effective and influential project leaders, business owners, and industry peers.

Fellows Remembered

2023

Doug Kelbaugh, FAIA

Damian Farrell, FAIA

Rodney O'Hiser, FAIA

2022

James (Jim) Thomas Kienle, FAIA

Philip Cristy Henderson, FAIA

Thomas M. Payette, FAIA

Dale L. Gibbs, FAIA

Colin Louis Melville Smith, FAIA

Hyman Myers, FAIA

John Henry Schruben, FAIA

James Stuart Polshek, FAIA

Howard Charles Parker, FAIA

Arthur Cotton Moore, FAIA

John K. Rauch, FAIA

Joachim C. Grube, FAIA

Ray Kingston, FAIA

Carl Frederick Luckenbach, FAIA

George (Jud) Daniels, FAIA

Earl Simcox Swensson, FAIA

Harold G. Sadler, FAIA

Ted Garduque, FAIA

Thomas Corwin Van Hou- sen III. FAIA

David Hansen, FAIA

Gregory Palermo, FAIA

Norman Lamar Koonce, FAIA

Marty Zelnik, FAIA

Richard Quinn, FAIA

William H. Truex Jr., FAIA

Harold Adams, FAIA

Thomas H. Teasdale, FAIA

Bruce Jensen, FAIA

Thang Do, FAIA

Lloyd Walker Jary, Jr, FAIA

Edward A. Feiner, FAIA

Duane Eugene Landry, FAIA

Robert W. Peters, FAIA

Correction: We apologize for serious omissions in the "Fellows Remembered" article about Bill Vosbeck, FAIA, on page 24 in the Quarterly 2022 Q4 edition. The article noted Bill had 3 sons, but failed to note that he also had two daughters and a daughter-in-law, who survive along with his wife.

Hilario F. Candela, FAIA