Mission Statement

The mission of AIA New England is to promote the strengthening of the New England states as a region for the purposes of:

• Presenting regional interest to AIA national with a unified voice.
• Promoting regional leaders on a national level.
• Better serving AIA New England members.
• Advancing the value of New England architects.
• Improving the quality of the built environment in the region.
• Improving communications between AIA New England and architecture schools.

Services to New England Members:

• Advancing the value of architects within the region
• Represent regional interests to national AIA with a unified voice
• Communication between members of the New England board, the Regional Directors, and the national Board
• Strengthen the influence of New England architects regionally and nationally
• Promote regional leadership and continuity within AIA New England

Services to the Public:

• Contact for the AIA and architecture in New England.
• Link to individual chapters (web sites, executive directors, leadership)
• Clearing house for information on New England chapter leaders.
• Information source for Design Awards winners

AIA New England Officers:

President Carol DeTine AIA, is principal of Carriage House Studio Architects in Portland, ME. Email.

President-Elect E. Russell Learned AIA, is an associate at Centerbrook Architects & Planners, LLP in Centerbrook, CT. Email.

Treasurer E. Gregory Spiess AIA is principal and owner of Greg Spiess Architecture & Urban Deisgn and Barrington, RI. Email.

President Michael Hoffman AIA, is professor of Architecture at Norwich University in Vermont. Email.

Carolyn Isaak (Executive Director), is also Executive Director of AIA New Hampshire. Email.

Regional Directors to the National AIA:

Greg Ames AIA is a partner in the Southington, CT firm of Ames and Whitaker. The firm specializes in federal, state, and local government projects as well as educational facilities and commercial/industrial buildings. Greg was elected to the executive committee of AIA Connecticut (secretary, treasurer, vice president, president) and served on several of its committees. He held similar offices on the New England Regional Council board of directors, before his election to the national AIA board. He’s a member and former officer of the Connecticut Building Congress board, the Construction Specifications Insitute, and the Construction Institute’s board of advisors. Email.

Mohamad Farzan AIA, RIBA is the founder of the NewPort Architecture, LLC. a firm specializing in historic preservation, commercial, educational and residential projects. He was a principal of the former Newport Collaborative Architects (1988-2010) and is the recipient of several awards, including the Providence Business News’ Business Excellence Award, Newport Historical Society Preservation Award.

In his community, Mohamad is on the Board of Save the Bay and president of Sail Newport. Mohamad was a member of the Newport Historic District Task Force, and on the city’s World Heritage Nomination Committee. In the AIA he has served as his state component’s president (2001), and led the New England region (2004). He co-founded the AIA Rhode Island Architectural Forum (2001), a charitable organization providing architectural scholarships, and in 2007 he published the AIA Guide to Newport. At the national level, Mohamad was a member of the Component Partnerships Committee and the Board Community Committee. He has been a visiting critic at the Rhode Island School of Design and Roger Williams University, and served on juries for AIA Central Massachusetts and AIA New Hampshire. Email.

Presidents of the New England Chapters:

BSA: Audrey O'Hagan AIA Email.

Central MA: Chris Walsh AIA Email.

CT: T. Whitcomb Iglehart AIA Email.

ME: Scott Brown AIA Email.

MA: Bill Austin Email.

NH: Jim Loft AIA Email.

RI: Cyndi Gerlach AIA Email.

VT: Harry Hunt AIA Email.

Western MA: Thomas Hartman AIA Email.