AIA Brooklyn Congratulations to our 2021 and 2022 Board of Directors!

Let’s celebrate AIA Brooklyn’s new leaders! In the following pages, we wanted to introduce you to our directors and showcase their interests, vision, and path within architecture. Welcome, Directors!

• Born in the Bronx, raised in

Upstate, New York. • Family: Married to Oana, who was raised in Romania, raising our 6-year-old daughter, Maxine. • Education: Studied at Princeton

University, liberal arts major before he pursued architecture at

Syracuse University. • Resided around the world including,

Thouars, France; Athens, Greece;

Jackson, Mississippi; Baltimore;

Florence, Italy; and London. • Interests include biking, soccer, fall color palette, ruins, and his daughter,

Maxine talking in her sleep. • Dislikes include broccoli, idea of time, and furniture.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from CarnegieMellon University in 1985, Sarah has worked in New York City and the tri-state area, focusing primarily on high-end residential projects, including single-family homes, townhouses, and apartments. In 2001, Sarah started working independently and began her small architecture practice in 2010.

Besides working with private clients on their home and apartment renovations, Sarah also provided consultation services for other architects, engineers, contractors, and building management teams at multiple dwelling apartment buildings in Manhattan.

Architecture and volunteering have been an integral part of Pamela’s life from a very early age. Her distinguished grandfather (AIA Brooklyn President 1949-1951) and father (AIA Brooklyn President 1965-1966) paved her way for a life in the design community. Pamela’s creativity was nurtured by working at Martyn & Don Weston Architects during summer vacations. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies from Vassar College followed by a Bachelor of Architecture from the New York Institute of Technology.

Pamela has been on the boards of many social organizations and has stage-managed in local community theatres. She has always enjoyed working behind the scenes.

As an integral part of AIA Brooklyn for many years, the chapter and its members came to feel like a part of Pamela’s family. She has fond memories of balloon making at the NYS Conventions in the Catskills with Harry Soled, Will Lupo, and her parents. She is grateful for the privilege of sharing chapter meetings and learning from Irving Marks, Nat Anzelmo, Tony Giacobbe, Gil Gigliello, and Pat Raspanti.

One of Pamela’s greatest mentors is her grandmother Betty, who tirelessly volunteered her time with charitable organizations. One of the groups that she helped establish is Convalescent Homes, a predecessor to today’s nursing homes. Her other great mentor is her father, who has remained active in AIA Brooklyn and the architectural profession since the 1950s.

Pamela is one of the founding members of the National Associates Committee, which has led to the placement of an emerging professional on many local, state, and National AIA Boards. She enjoys her many roles at the chapter and hopes she can impart her knowledge and wisdom to present and future architects.

The value that each member brings to the chapter is priceless because of our diverse backgrounds and experiences. I hope to assist in promoting more engagement with the AIA members to be advocates by soliciting input on local-level legislation impacting the profession and wider issues affecting the profession like equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Design is derived from climate, technology, culture, and site, and as architects, we need to truly be engaged by respecting and considering nature when applying our profession and moving forward to improve the quality of the environment by deepening our understanding and correcting our ways of mishandling the earth’s milieu is an important topic to share.

Finally, to continue the trajectory of the chapter to build meaningful relationships with a diversity of architects, students, and industry professionals that might not have otherwise met on their services for other architects, engineers, contractors, and building management teams at multiple dwelling apartments buildings in Manhattan.