Members
CHAIR: Joseph L. Echols
Consultant
Memphis, Tennessee
Email: jle.consultant@gmail.com
VICE CHAIR: JD Balzli, AIA, CDT, LEED AP BD+C
Sr. Engineering Specialist, The Aerospace Corporation
Pasadena, California
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Lindsay Allen Lee, AIA, NCARB
Associate Principal, Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Washington, D.C.
Email: lindsay.allen@som.com
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Stephen Allen, AIA
President, Williams Blackstock Architects
Birmingham, Alabama
Email: stephenallen@wba-architects.com
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John M. Allin III (Jack), AIA, NCARB
Principal, WBA Architecture
Jackson, Mississippi
Email: jallin@wbaarchitecture.com
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Brian Barrett, AIA
Principal, Barrett Kent Studio
Birmingham, Alabama
Email: brian@barrettarchstudio.com
Russ Blount, AIA, LEED AP
Partner, Dale Partners Architects, PA
Jackson, Mississippi
Email: russblount@dalepartners.com
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Kimberly A. Brown, AIA, LEED AP
CEO, Kimberly Brown Architecture, PLLC
New York, New York
Email: info@kba-nyc.com
2009 Alumni Fellow
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Katie Browning, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Principal / Architect, CDFL Architects + Engineers, PA
Jackson, Mississippi
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David C. Burt, AIA, LEED AP, CDT
Vice President / Principal, LS3P Associates LTD
Charleston, South Carolina
Email: dburt@ls3p.com
2011 Alumni of the Year
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David M. Corban, AIA, LEED AP
Owner / Principal Architect, David Corban Architects
Naples, Florida
Email: dmc@davidcorban.com
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Greg L. Durrell, AIA, NOMA, CSI
President, Durrell Design Group
Jackson, Mississippi
Email: gdurrell@durrelldesigngroup.com
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Jerry L. Friley, III
Design Management Practice Lead, Arcadis U.S., Inc.
Jacksonville, Florida
Email: jerry.friley@arcadis.com
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Shannon F. Gathings, AIA, NOMA
Associate Architect, Duvall Decker Architects
Jackson, Mississippi
Email: sfg@duvalldecker.com
Melanie Hartwig-Davis, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C
Founder / CEO, HD Squared Architects, LLC
Annapolis, Maryland
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Carolyn Hinger, AIA
Sr. Project Manager, Cast Consultancy
London, United Kingdom
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Robert Ivy, FAIA
Architect / Design Advocate / Educator, Ivy Architect
Columbus, Mississippi
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W. Briar Jones, AIA
Principal, Thomas Shelton Jones & Associates, PLLC
Starkville, Mississippi
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Shelley Hillman Kish, AIA, RA
Architect, Watters Architecture
Gulfport, Mississippi
Email: shelley@wattersarch.com
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Pamela Leonard Patrick, AIA
Architect / Facilities Supervisor, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Washington, D.C.
Email: patrickp@cafc.uscourts.gov
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Mark McClure, AIA
Principal, McClure Architecture
Memphis, Tennessee
Email: mark@mcclurearch.com
Richard McNeel, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
Chairman, JBHM Architects, PA
Jackson, Mississippi
Email: rmcneel@jbhm.com
1990 Alumni Fellow
2020 Alumni of the Year
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Jesse O’Quinn, MBA
Director, DFA-Capitol Complex Improvement District
Jackson, Mississippi
Email: oquinn.jro@gmail.com
Gianna Pigford, AIA, NOMA, CDT, LEED AP BD+C
Principal, Stantec
Dallas, Texas
Email: gianna.pigford@stantec.com
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Ted Porter, AIA
Principal, Ted Porter Architecture
New York, New York
2024 Alumni of the Year
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Eva M. Read-Warden, AIA, NCARB
Principal / Owner, Arkitex Studio, Inc.
Bryan, Texas
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Brian Siegel, AIA, NCARB
Architect, Brian Siegel Architects - BSA
Chatham, New Jersey
Email: brian@briansiegelarchitects.com
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Linda E. Smith, RA
Principal, ArchitectureSouth, PA
Tupelo, Mississippi
Email: lsmith@architecturesouth.com
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Belinda Stewart, AIA, APTRP
President / Principal, Belinda Stewart Architects, PA
Eupora, Mississippi
Email: belinda@belindastewartarchitects.com
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Featured Supporter
1995 Alumni of the Year
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Mark Talley, AIA, NCARB
Principal / Co-Founder, Tall Architects
Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Email: mark@tallarch.com
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Stan Wagnon, AIA
Principal, Burris Wagnon Architects, PA
Jackson, Mississippi
2007 Alumni Fellow
Jennifer Wegmann, AIA
Architect & Program Manager, National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
Email: jenniferwegmann@hotmail.com
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Kayce Williford, AIA
Senior Associate, archimania
Memphis, Tennessee
Email: kwilliford@archimania.com
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Bruce Wood, AIA
President, JH&H Architects
Flowood, Mississippi
Email: bwood@jhharchitects.com
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Recent Graduate Members:
Diondria Bingham, AIA, NCARB
Project Architect, Davis Architects
Birmingham, Alabama
Email: diondria.bingham@yahoo.com
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Tony Coleman, AIA, NCARB
Architect & Project Manager, SS&L Architects
Dothan, Alabama
Email: tcoleman@sslarch.com
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Ex-Officio Members:
Jennifer Baughn
Chief Architectural Historian, Mississippi Department of Archives & History
John Cothron
Executive Director, Mississippi State Board of Architecture
Lolly Rash
Executive Director, Mississippi Heritage Trust
Honorary/Emeritus Members:
Larry Albert
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
1996 Alumni of the Year
Alumni Spotlight
Chuck Barlow
Madison, Mississippi
1997 Alumni Fellow
2006 Alumni of the Year
Michael Berk
Starkville Mississippi
Nathan Boggan
Jackson, Mississippi
Fred Carl, Jr.
Greenwood, Mississippi
2015 Alumni of the Year
Jim Eley
Jackson, Mississippi
Tom Howorth
Oxford, Mississippi
1993 Alumni of the Year
Bob Luke
Meridian, Mississippi
Alumni Spotlight
2010 Alumni Fellow
Bill Polk
Decatur, Georgia
2013 Alumni of the Year
Tim Rosenbury
Springfield, Missouri
1999 Alumni Fellow
Irene Dumas Tyson
Columbia, South Carolina
1993 Alumni Fellow
Timothy Geddie
Jackson, Mississippi
Gina Walcott
Fairhope, Alabama
Todd Walker
Memphis, Tennessee
2008 Alumni Fellow