Leadership | AIA Brooklyn

Officers

Marshall Shuster, AIA

President
president@aiabrooklyn.org

Jason Boutin, AIA

Vice President
vp@aiabrooklyn.org

Kimberly Neuhaus, AIA

Treasurer
treasurer@aiabrooklyn.org

Tom Lewis, AIA

Secretary
secretary@aiabrooklyn.org

James Koster, AIA

Executive Director
james@aiabrooklyn.org

Directors

David Cunningham, AIA

Director | CRAN Chair

Chelsea Davis, AIA

Director

Gretel Griffith, Associate AIA

Director

Dave Sidick, AIA

Director

Pamela Weston, Associate AIA

Director | Membership Chair

Mi Zhang, AIA

Director

Gemma Devesa Gasco, AIA

Director | WIA Chair

Julie Torres Moskovitz, AIA

Director

Tom Lewis, AIA

AIA NYS Director

Representatives

ACNY

Dmitriy Shenker, AIA
Giuseppe Anzalone, AIA (Alternate)

Legal Counsel

Ray Mellon, Esq.,  Hon. AIA

Committee Chairpersons

BKEP (Emerging Professionals)

Chitra Mamidela, AIA
Mi Zhang, AIA

Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN)

Cortney Walleston
David Cunningham, AIA

Historic Resources

Jeffrey Jacobson, Assoc. AIA

Membership Committee

Pamela Weston, Assoc. AIA

Urban Design Committee

Jane McGroarty, AIA

Committee on the Environment (COTE)

Michelle Todd, AIA

Women in Architecture (WIA)

Gemma Devesa Gasco, AIA
Alice Allan, AIA

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Featured Events

Mar 19, 2025 • AIA Brooklyn Membership
Important Update to the Bylaws of AIA Brooklyn
7:00 pm–8:00 pm
Zoom - see below for link
The AIA Brooklyn Board of Directors is proposing the replacement of our current bylaws (adopted June 19, 2019).
The proposed bylaws were created using a template provided by AIA National to model our practices according to AIA National standards and incorporate policies consistent with how the Board has conducted Chapter business in recent years. The current bylaws have outdated language and policies and describe ways of conducting chapter business that predate the current digital age.
The proposed bylaws can be downloaded below. We ask that questions be sent to AIA Brooklyn board president Marshall Shuster, AIA at president@aiabrooklyn.org before Monday, March 17.
The new bylaws identify the governing body of the chapter as the “Board of Directors” and describe actions in ways the Board has conducted chapter business for the last three to fifteen years, including:
choosing Directors by nomination (not also by election)
removed language that referred to now-obsolete office procedures
removed language that described rules and practices that have not been used
updated rules for Board Meetings and General Meetings to current practices
updated policies regarding reports, records and announcements to current practices
maintained any rules/language that reflect current practices
AIA National staff members and the Chapter’s legal representative, Ray Mellon, reviewed and approved the proposed new bylaws.
The proposed bylaws can be downloaded here.

March 19: Vote on the Proposed Bylaws
Only AIA Brooklyn members are eligible to cast a vote.
Members will have an opportunity to vote on the proposed bylaws at the AIA Brooklyn General Meeting on March 19, held in person at The Mercury Store in Gowanus. A Zoom link has been created for members who cannot attend in person. There will be a one-hour period when remote attendees may cast their vote.
AIA Brooklyn March General Meeting
Wednesday, March 19
6:30-8:30 PM
The Mercury Store
131 8th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Register to vote by Zoom from 7:00-8:00 PM: Click here

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Upcoming Events

March
Mar 27, 2025 • AIA Brooklyn
See How it’s Made: SITU/ Fabrication Tour
6:00 pm–8:00 pm
SITU/ Fabrication
Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building 132
63 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
SITU/ Fabrication specializes in the engineering and construction of unique and technically demanding projects. So many of SITU’s projects become “the thing” that people remember about buildings and public spaces. The team at SITU enjoys pushing the limits of what can be created to delimit what can be imagined. SITU also teamed up with this month’s presenter, SolarWorks, to design their unique solar canopy product.
Leave work early to get to the Navy Yard by 6:00pm and learn how these creative fabrications are made. It will be worth it. Light refreshments will be served. There are many ways to get to SITU.
Sand Street (next to Wegmans) and Cumberland Ave. gates are closest to Building 132 (see map below)
Access to the Navy Yard is restricted, so registrants will receive a QR code from Proxyclick that you will show at the security gate or as you board one of the free shuttles that leave nearby subway stations.
Getting there:
1. Walk 13 minutes from the York St. F Station
2. Hop on a free shuttle from Atlantic Terminal, York Street or High Street (every 10 minutes.)
3. Ferry from Pier 11 (Wall Street) or East 34th Street (every 45 minutes.)
4. Citibike – there are docks in the navy Yard
5. Your own bike – SITU has bike racks on premises.
Please sign up early, as we’ll close the registration a noon the day before so that the Proxyclick QR’s can be generated and distributed.
Live shuttle tracker here: https://bnyshuttle.rider.peaktransit.com/?all=1&zoom=15¢er=40.695917,-73.979620
Schedules/instructions/maps here: https://brooklynnavyyard.org/visit/directions-map

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Mar 27, 2025 • Brooklyn DOB
Brooklyn DOB In-person Industry Meeting
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
345 Adams Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Brooklyn DOB In-person Industry Meeting
Please RSVP and submit questions to galea.arch@gmail.com. Submit questions by Thursday, March 20th, 2025 no later than 1:00 PM. Please specify when you RSVP if you will attend in-person or call-in.
There will be a call-in number for those who cannot attend in-person. Please note that those who call-in will not be able to actively participate in the meeting, it will be listen only.

Brooklyn DOB Industry Meeting Guidelines
1. Questions are limited to ten (10) per month. Questions will be submitted on a first come first serve basis. Any questions received that exceed ten (10) will be discussed at the meeting if time allowsor will be submitted the following month.
2. All questions shall be submitted via email to galea.arch@gmail.com no later than Thursday at 1:00 PM, the week preceding the scheduled meeting.
3. Questions submitted may NOT be project or application specific. Questions should be generic with respect to clarifications on zoning, code, or technical issues.
4. Virtual or in person meetings will be limited to one (1) hour each month from 2:00-3:00 PM, unless otherwise noted in advance.
5. Attendees must be licensed professionals.
6. Minutes of the meeting cannot be used to waive objections with plan examiners.
7. One (1) CEU will be provided for all attendees.
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