Tim Culvahouse, FAIA is an architect specializing in the public communication of design ideas, presently Principal of Culvahouse Consulting Group. Since 2000, he has served as editor of arcCA (Architecture California), the quarterly journal of the AIA California Council. Tim is the editor of The Tennessee Valley Authority: Design & Persuasion, published in 2007 by Princeton Architectural Press. His articles have also appeared in a wide range of journals, including ANY, Art Papers, Harvard Design Magazine, Modulus, Perspecta, Residential Architect, and World Architecture. Tim was formerly Head of the Department of Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design and Associate Dean for Design & Architectural Studies at California College of the Arts, where he remains an adjunct professor. In the spring of 2004, Tim was the Favrot Distinguished Chair in Design at Tulane School of Architecture, and, in the spring of 2006, was the Masters Studio Visiting Critic at Carleton University in Ottawa. Tim earned his Bachelor of Architecture from the Tulane School of Architecture and a Master of Environmental Design from Yale University.
Lawrence Fried serves as a corporate vice president in the Strategic Markets group for The First American Corporation. In this position, Larry is responsible for the execution and implementation of strategic markets initiatives to promote homeownership among the nation's minority and low- to moderate-income families. Prior to joining First American, Larry was chief operating officer for RightNow Business Systems in Walnut Creek, Calif. His background also includes management positions with several technology companies, including Peracon, E-Loan, iOwn, and Cambridge Technology Partners. Larry has served on several nonprofit boards, including the Louis August Jonas Foundation and the Asian Real Estate Association of America. Larry earned his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, his Master of Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, and he also holds a California Real Estate Broker's license.
Grady Gammage, Esq. is Principal of Gammage & Burnham, Attorneys at Law, where his areas of practice include land use planning, state trust lands, and zoning. He is also an adjunct professor at the Arizona State University College of Architecture & Environmental Design and the College of Law, where he teaches classes on land use regulation and historic preservation planning. Grady has spent the last twenty years representing real estate development projects such as master-planned communities, high-rise buildings, regional shopping centers, and subdivisions. Grady earned his Bachelor of Arts from Occidental College and Juris Doctorate from Stanford University. He is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, the U.S. Court of Claims, and the Maricopa County Bar Association.
Aaron Hurst is president of the Taproot Foundation, a nonprofit organization that he founded in 2001, 40 years after his grandfather, Joseph E. Slater, wrote the original blueprint for the Peace Corps. Inspired by the Peace Corps, Aaron created the Taproot Foundation to engage this country's millions of business professionals in service building the infrastructure of the nonprofit sector. Aaron leads the development of the organization across the nation, as well as sets the strategy and vision behind the Foundation's work. Aaron has been widely recognized as a leading social entrepreneur for his work in civic engagement and nonprofit management. Prior to founding the Taproot Foundation, Aaron was a director of product management at iSyndicate, a digital syndication company, and iOwn, an online real estate service. His nonprofit experience includes work at the DePaul Center for Urban Education and the Chicago Foundation for Education. Aaron is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
Reed Kroloff is Director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art & Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and an independent architectural consultant and commentator. Reed was dean of the Tulane University School of Architecture in New Orleans, La., from fall 2004 through spring 2007. In 1995, he joined the late Architecture magazine, which, under his direction as editor-in-chief, received more awards for editorial and design excellence than any magazine of its type. Prior to joining Architecture, Reed was a tenured professor and assistant dean at Arizona State University. Reed has practiced architecture in Texas and Arizona and consulted with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Ministry of Culture of the Federal Government of Mexico, the Whitney Museum, the University of Connecticut, and Motown Center. He is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. Reed earned his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and Master of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin. He has also practiced architecture in Texas and Arizona and has received numerous awards as both a teacher and a writer. Reed earned his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and Master of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin.
Ted Landsmark, PhD, Esq. is President & CEO of the Boston Architectural College. Founded in 1889, the BAC is the largest architecture school in New England. He is presently serving as the 2006-2007 President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Ted has served as a trustee, board member, and advisor for a variety of groups, foundations, museums, and publications both within Boston and nationally. He has also been involved with the national architecture organizations, including his present position as Past President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Previously, Ted was the Director of Boston’s Office of Community Partnerships; Dean of Graduate & Continuing Education at the Massachusetts College of Art; and Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A passionate student of 18th- and 19th-century African-American art, he has spoken extensively on the subject. Ted earned his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Environmental Design, and Juris Doctorate from Yale University as well as his PhD from Boston University.
David Meckel, FAIA is Director of Research & Planning at California College of the Arts as well as principal of his own design consulting firm. His professional work focuses on campus planning, environmental design, and the design of public spaces. Prior to serving as founding dean of CCA's architecture program, David co-founded, with Richard Saul Wurman, the Interior Architecture Program at Otis/Parsons in Los Angeles. David began his career in the office of Charles & Ray Eames, where he designed exhibitions and print graphics. He later spent six years with the Jerde Partnership in Los Angeles, working on all aspects of multiple major urban design projects. While at the Jerde Partnership, he organized and managed the environmental design work for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. From 1987-1997, David collaborated with graphic designer Michael Manwaring through their multidisciplinary design firm, Ei, to create public-realm projects in Rotterdam, Los Angeles, and Taipei.
John Peterson is Principal of Peterson Architects as well as the founder and chair of Public Architecture, both of which are based in San Francisco’s South of Market Area. Established in 1993, Peterson Architects is a traditional architecture firm that has dedicated an extraordinary amount of time to pro bono work, serving arts institutions, city agencies, community development corporations, nonprofit organizations, and social service agencies. This unorthodox pro bono work inspired the creation of Public Architecture. John serves as a member of the San Francisco Mayor’s Office Green Vision Council and Open Space Task Force, Urban Solutions board of directors, South of Market Business Association board of directors, and was a technical consultant to the Mayor’s Partnership for Affordable Nonprofit Space. John earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design. During the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Rev. Stephen Privett, SJ is President of the University of San Francisco, a Jesuit Catholic university with regional campuses throughout California, offering an array of undergraduate- and graduate-level programs. He serves as a trustee of Seattle University, Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, and Brophy College Preparatory. Steve is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Club of California, Board of Directors of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, and the Fromm Institute. At Santa Clara University, where he previously served as provost, Steve helped establish the Eastside Project, a program that has received national recognition as a model program for community-based learning. Steve is a graduate of The Catholic University of America, the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, and Gonzaga University.
Vanessa Scaglione is a Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers. In this role, Vanessa is the Chief Administrative Officer for the Global Corporate Real Estate group and is responsible for managing the Firm’s occupancy budget process, real estate business planning and strategic initiatives, business continuity, building expense management, and real estate policies. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Vanessa was Director of Real Estate at Colgate-Palmolive Company, responsible for all acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing activity. She has previously been Real Estate Vice President at Lucent Technologies where she oversaw all activities related to the firm’s global portfolio including real estate transactions, facilities management, and design and construction. Her background also includes several years of experience as an attorney in all aspects of real estate practice. Vanessa is currently a member of the board of WX – Women Real Estate Executives in New York. Vanessa earned her Bachelor of Science in architecture from the University of Virginia and Juris Doctorate from Fordham University.
Peter Walker, FASLA is a landscape architect with over forty years of experience in practice and teaching. He has served as consultant and advisor to numerous public agencies and institutions, including the Sydney 2000 Olympic Coordination Authority, the Redevelopment Agency of San Francisco, the Port Authority of San Diego, Stanford University, the University of California, the University of Washington, and the American Academy in Rome. He played an essential role in the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, as both the chairman of the Landscape Architecture Department and the acting director of the Urban Design Program. He also headed the department of Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, from fall 1997 through summer 1999. Pete is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the recipient of the prestigious ASLA Medal in 2004, and a Fellow of the Institute for Urban Design.
Allison Williams, FAIA is Design Principal for Perkins & Will’s San Francisco office, where she sets the design strategy for the San Francisco office's major projects including corporate headquarters facilities, cultural institutions and urban, high-rise and civic mixed-use developments. Previously, she served as principal and director of design of the firm AI. Allison has led the design of such nationally significant projects as The San Francisco Civic Center Complex, The San Francisco International Airport Terminal, and currently The African American Cultural Center of Pittsburgh, and The International Museum of Women in San Francisco. Allison was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and holds current appointments to the Harvard Design Magazine advisory board, University of California, Berkeley's Capital Planning Design Review Committee, and on the boards of directors for The Museum of the African Diaspora and The Exploratorium. Allison earned her Bachelors in The Practice of Art and Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Public Architecture's board is comprised of a diverse group of leaders from the fields of architecture, education, finance, journalism, landscape architecture, law, nonprofit management, publishing, and real estate. The board held its most recent meeting October 17, 2007 via conference call.
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Tim Culvahouse, FAIA is an architect specializing in the public communication of design ideas, presently Principal of Culvahouse Consulting Group. Since 2000, he has served as editor of arcCA (Architecture California), the quarterly journal of the AIA California Council. Tim is the editor of The Tennessee Valley Authority: Design & Persuasion, published in 2007 by Princeton Architectural Press. His articles have also appeared in a wide range of journals, including ANY, Art Papers, Harvard Design Magazine, Modulus, Perspecta, Residential Architect, and World Architecture. Tim was formerly Head of the Department of Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design and Associate Dean for Design & Architectural Studies at California College of the Arts, where he remains an adjunct professor. In the spring of 2004, Tim was the Favrot Distinguished Chair in Design at Tulane School of Architecture, and, in the spring of 2006, was the Masters Studio Visiting Critic at Carleton University in Ottawa. Tim earned his Bachelor of Architecture from the Tulane School of Architecture and a Master of Environmental Design from Yale University. 
Lawrence Fried serves as a corporate vice president in the Strategic Markets group for The First American Corporation. In this position, Larry is responsible for the execution and implementation of strategic markets initiatives to promote homeownership among the nation's minority and low- to moderate-income families. Prior to joining First American, Larry was chief operating officer for RightNow Business Systems in Walnut Creek, Calif. His background also includes management positions with several technology companies, including Peracon, E-Loan, iOwn, and Cambridge Technology Partners. Larry has served on several nonprofit boards, including the Louis August Jonas Foundation and the Asian Real Estate Association of America. Larry earned his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, his Master of Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, and he also holds a California Real Estate Broker's license.
Grady Gammage, Esq. is Principal of Gammage & Burnham, Attorneys at Law, where his areas of practice include land use planning, state trust lands, and zoning. He is also an adjunct professor at the Arizona State University College of Architecture & Environmental Design and the College of Law, where he teaches classes on land use regulation and historic preservation planning. Grady has spent the last twenty years representing real estate development projects such as master-planned communities, high-rise buildings, regional shopping centers, and subdivisions. Grady earned his Bachelor of Arts from Occidental College and Juris Doctorate from Stanford University. He is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, the U.S. Court of Claims, and the Maricopa County Bar Association. 
Aaron Hurst is president of the Taproot Foundation, a nonprofit organization that he founded in 2001, 40 years after his grandfather, Joseph E. Slater, wrote the original blueprint for the Peace Corps. Inspired by the Peace Corps, Aaron created the Taproot Foundation to engage this country's millions of business professionals in service building the infrastructure of the nonprofit sector. Aaron leads the development of the organization across the nation, as well as sets the strategy and vision behind the Foundation's work. Aaron has been widely recognized as a leading social entrepreneur for his work in civic engagement and nonprofit management. Prior to founding the Taproot Foundation, Aaron was a director of product management at iSyndicate, a digital syndication company, and iOwn, an online real estate service. His nonprofit experience includes work at the DePaul Center for Urban Education and the Chicago Foundation for Education. Aaron is a graduate of the University of Michigan. 
Reed Kroloff is Director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art & Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and an independent architectural consultant and commentator. Reed was dean of the Tulane University School of Architecture in New Orleans, La., from fall 2004 through spring 2007. In 1995, he joined the late Architecture magazine, which, under his direction as editor-in-chief, received more awards for editorial and design excellence than any magazine of its type. Prior to joining Architecture, Reed was a tenured professor and assistant dean at Arizona State University. Reed has practiced architecture in Texas and Arizona and consulted with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Ministry of Culture of the Federal Government of Mexico, the Whitney Museum, the University of Connecticut, and Motown Center. He is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. Reed earned his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and Master of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin. He has also practiced architecture in Texas and Arizona and has received numerous awards as both a teacher and a writer. Reed earned his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and Master of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin. 
Ted Landsmark, PhD, Esq. is President & CEO of the Boston Architectural College. Founded in 1889, the BAC is the largest architecture school in New England. He is presently serving as the 2006-2007 President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Ted has served as a trustee, board member, and advisor for a variety of groups, foundations, museums, and publications both within Boston and nationally. He has also been involved with the national architecture organizations, including his present position as Past President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Previously, Ted was the Director of Boston’s Office of Community Partnerships; Dean of Graduate & Continuing Education at the Massachusetts College of Art; and Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A passionate student of 18th- and 19th-century African-American art, he has spoken extensively on the subject. Ted earned his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Environmental Design, and Juris Doctorate from Yale University as well as his PhD from Boston University. 
David Meckel, FAIA is Director of Research & Planning at California College of the Arts as well as principal of his own design consulting firm. His professional work focuses on campus planning, environmental design, and the design of public spaces. Prior to serving as founding dean of CCA's architecture program, David co-founded, with Richard Saul Wurman, the Interior Architecture Program at Otis/Parsons in Los Angeles. David began his career in the office of Charles & Ray Eames, where he designed exhibitions and print graphics. He later spent six years with the Jerde Partnership in Los Angeles, working on all aspects of multiple major urban design projects. While at the Jerde Partnership, he organized and managed the environmental design work for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. From 1987-1997, David collaborated with graphic designer Michael Manwaring through their multidisciplinary design firm, Ei, to create public-realm projects in Rotterdam, Los Angeles, and Taipei. 
John Peterson is Principal of Peterson Architects as well as the founder and chair of Public Architecture, both of which are based in San Francisco’s South of Market Area. Established in 1993, Peterson Architects is a traditional architecture firm that has dedicated an extraordinary amount of time to pro bono work, serving arts institutions, city agencies, community development corporations, nonprofit organizations, and social service agencies. This unorthodox pro bono work inspired the creation of Public Architecture. John serves as a member of the San Francisco Mayor’s Office Green Vision Council and Open Space Task Force, Urban Solutions board of directors, South of Market Business Association board of directors, and was a technical consultant to the Mayor’s Partnership for Affordable Nonprofit Space. John earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design. During the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. 
Rev. Stephen Privett, SJ is President of the University of San Francisco, a Jesuit Catholic university with regional campuses throughout California, offering an array of undergraduate- and graduate-level programs. He serves as a trustee of Seattle University, Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, and Brophy College Preparatory. Steve is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Club of California, Board of Directors of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, and the Fromm Institute. At Santa Clara University, where he previously served as provost, Steve helped establish the Eastside Project, a program that has received national recognition as a model program for community-based learning. Steve is a graduate of The Catholic University of America, the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, and Gonzaga University. 
Vanessa Scaglione is a Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers. In this role, Vanessa is the Chief Administrative Officer for the Global Corporate Real Estate group and is responsible for managing the Firm’s occupancy budget process, real estate business planning and strategic initiatives, business continuity, building expense management, and real estate policies. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Vanessa was Director of Real Estate at Colgate-Palmolive Company, responsible for all acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing activity. She has previously been Real Estate Vice President at Lucent Technologies where she oversaw all activities related to the firm’s global portfolio including real estate transactions, facilities management, and design and construction. Her background also includes several years of experience as an attorney in all aspects of real estate practice. Vanessa is currently a member of the board of WX – Women Real Estate Executives in New York. Vanessa earned her Bachelor of Science in architecture from the University of Virginia and Juris Doctorate from Fordham University. 
Peter Walker, FASLA is a landscape architect with over forty years of experience in practice and teaching. He has served as consultant and advisor to numerous public agencies and institutions, including the Sydney 2000 Olympic Coordination Authority, the Redevelopment Agency of San Francisco, the Port Authority of San Diego, Stanford University, the University of California, the University of Washington, and the American Academy in Rome. He played an essential role in the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, as both the chairman of the Landscape Architecture Department and the acting director of the Urban Design Program. He also headed the department of Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, from fall 1997 through summer 1999. Pete is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the recipient of the prestigious ASLA Medal in 2004, and a Fellow of the Institute for Urban Design. 
Allison Williams, FAIA is Design Principal for Perkins & Will’s San Francisco office, where she sets the design strategy for the San Francisco office's major projects including corporate headquarters facilities, cultural institutions and urban, high-rise and civic mixed-use developments. Previously, she served as principal and director of design of the firm AI. Allison has led the design of such nationally significant projects as The San Francisco Civic Center Complex, The San Francisco International Airport Terminal, and currently The African American Cultural Center of Pittsburgh, and The International Museum of Women in San Francisco. Allison was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and holds current appointments to the Harvard Design Magazine advisory board, University of California, Berkeley's Capital Planning Design Review Committee, and on the boards of directors for The Museum of the African Diaspora and The Exploratorium. Allison earned her Bachelors in The Practice of Art and Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. 