2022 DESIGN AWARDS JURY

JURY CHAIR | Benjamin Kasdan, AIA, is a Principal and Design Leader at KTGY in Tysons, VA near Washington, DC. He is a frequent speaker and published writer about the value of design, mentorship, advocacy, sustainable architecture, resilience, student housing, multifamily housing, and mixed-use communities. He has held leadership positions with the American Institute of Architecture Students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, AIA Orange County, AIA California, and AIA National including serving as the 2019 President of AIA California.

Jennifer Marsh, AIA | Prior to founding her own firm, Jennifer Marsh worked at Davis Brody Bond as project architect on several award winning K-8 schools. In 2004, she established Mowery Marsh Architects, a residential practice where architecture, interiors, and Passive House construction are seamlessly integrated, as was exemplified in their recent net zero York Street Passive House that received an AIANJ Honor award for Architectural Interiors.

Kenneth S. MacKay, AIA, has more than thirty years’ experience teaching architectural design studios. A practicing architect who has won several design awards for completed structures, he is also a two term Past President of AIA Buffalo/WNY and past board member of AIA New York State. For the past 10 years he has served as the Comprehensive Design Studio Coordinator (now Synthesis & Integrated Design Studios). For the past twenty years he has taught the required professional practice course at the University at Buffalo and in 2019 was designated an NCARB Scholar in Professional Practice. A former Intern Development Program Coordinator, he has been awarded the Mentor of the Year Award from AIA Buffalo/WNY. As the current Study Abroad Program Director for the School of Architecture and Planning, he has coordinated a three-fold increase in students involved in international programs.

Dawn Carpenter, CPM®, is the broker-owner of Dawning Real Estate Inc. AMO®, in Staten Island, NY, a full service Real Estate Management Company since 1999. Dawn is the 2023 Secretary/Treasurer for IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) and was the Greater New York Chapter president in 2006. She was named their CPM of the Year in 2008. She is a past president of the Staten Island Board of REALTORS® (SIBOR) and was recognized as SIBOR’s REALTOR® of the Year in 2008. Carpenter was the 2017 President of the New York Association of Realtors®; the first CPM to serve in that capacity and was named the association’s REALTOR® of the Year in 2011. Dawn also served as the National Association of REALTORS® 2021 Chair of the Real Property Operations Committee.

Pamela Lucas Rew, FAIA, is a Partner Emeritus at KSS Architects. Over her 40-year career in architecture, Rew has been an idealistic leader, steadfast in building a creative, collaborative practice with design excellence at its core. Throughout her career, Rew has worked on a broad range of building typologies, cultivating specific expertise in cultural and higher education projects. Her work is characterized by simple, woven, articulated places that align each institution’s ideals with its context. Rew’s designs and relationships have led to projects at institutions across the country; her work, and that of the firm, have been recognized through numerous awards including the American Institute of Architects. Rew was elected to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows in 2015.

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Cuny Laguardia

Community College

LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK

SUBMITTED BY: MITCHELL GIURGOLA