AAO would like to thank those individuals and organizations who joined us a Founding Members throughout 2009 and 2010. Their support and guidance continues to strengthen and solidify AAO, and we are pleased that all the Founding Members have agreed to serve as the Inaugural Board of Directors. 

Inaugural Board of Directors
Rick Bell, Executive Director, AIA New York Chapter
Ronald Bogle, President & CEO, American Architectural Foundation; Treasurer
Greg Brown, Program Director, Dallas Center for Architecture
John Claypool, Executive Director, Center for Architecture (Philadelphia)
Valecia Crisafulli, Acting Vice President, Programs, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Nate Eudaly, Executive Director, Dallas Architecture Forum
Diane Filippi, Director, SPUR Urban Center, San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association
Rosalie Genevro, Executive Director, Architectural League of New York
Klaus Mayer, President, Alaska Design Forum
Joan Mercuri, President & CEO, Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust
Srinivas Murthy G, President & CEO, Hyderabad Architecture Foundation
Margie O’Driscoll, Executive Director, AIA San Francisco
Lynn Osmond, President & CEO, Chicago Architecture Foundation; Chair
Lisa Richmond, Executive Director, AIA Seattle
Chase Rynd, President & Executive Director, National Building Museum
Linda Sylvan, Executive Director, Rice Design Alliance
Victoria Thornton, Founding Director, Open House London
Suzanna Wight, Managing Director, Organizational Strategy & Alliance, American Institute of Architects; Secretary

Michael Wood, Executive Director

The AAO would also like to thank the following people who have helped build our foundation and continue to support our mission.

Dominique Alba, General Director, L’Arsenal Paris
Kathleen Bell, Senior Director, SmithBucklin
Barry Bergdoll, Chief Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, MoMA
Ole Bouman, Director, Netherlands Architecture Institute
John Braymer, CEO, Virginia Center for Architecture
Sydney Dobson, Executive Director, Seattle Architecture Foundation
Helene Combs Dreiling, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Relationships, American Institute of Architects
Stella DeVulder, Founding Director, Australian Architecture Association
Sunny Fischer, Executive Director, Driehaus Foundation
Richard Fitzgerald, former Executive Director, Boston Society of Architects
Sally Ann Fly, Executive Director, AIA Austin Architecture Center
Sarah Herda, Director, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Tracy Myers, Curator of Architecture, Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art
Sarah Ichioka, Director, London Architecture Foundation
Susan Roberts, President, Executive Support, Inc.
Deitmar Steiner, Director, Architekturzentrum Wien
John Syvertsen, President, OWP/P, former Board Chair, Chicago Architecture Foundation
Warren Techentin, architect, Board Member, LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design
Mark Thorsby, Vice President of Consulting Services, SmithBucklin
Joy Villalino, former Executive Director, OpenHouse New York
Thomas Welter, Director, Federal Chamber of German Architects
Mirko Zardini, Director, Canadian Center for Architecture