Delegates to the American Institute of Architects National Convention in Miami elected Jeffery Potter, FAIA, (AIA Dallas) to serve as the 2011 AIA first vice president / president-elect and 2012 Institute president.
Dennis A. Andrejko, FAIA, and John A. Padilla, AIA, each to serve as vice president from 2011 through 2012; and Helene Combs Dreiling, FAIA, as the Institute's treasurer beginning in 2011.
Potter, FAIA, principal of POTTER, a four-person architecture firm with offices in Dallas, and Longview, Texas, has held many leadership positions with the AIA Board of Directors and has been a state component leader.
He says his top agenda as AIA President will focus on what he called the "two spheres of influence" the AIA must advance advocacy for its members, and its transition towards professional design leadership.
This first sphere consists of refining how components relate to AIA National and nurturing the AIA's "grassroots culture," he said.
The second sphere of influence, Potter said, must continue to reposition the AIA, as a professional organization of design leaders that can effectively engage the public.