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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Leadership Summit in Washington, DC, brought together AIA leaders, chapter executives and chapter staff across regions. Seen here are, left to right. NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Frank Mruk who is also the president of AIA's Rhode Island chapter; Charles McKinney, chief of design for the New York City Parks Department; Ruben Ramales, AIA Queens executive director; Heather Philip-O’Neal, AIA 2022-23 treasurer candidate, and Susan Chin, Design Connects principal and past AIA vice president.
Political commentator James Carville was the keynote speaker. #AIALeadss23 urges the reintroduction in the House and introduction in the Senate of the Resilient AMERICA Act to increase allocations for FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure & Communities to help mitigate the effects of future natural disasters.
The Build With Strength program is a leader in supporting resilient design. For more information, contact Frank Mruk at fmruk@nrmca.org.
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