Board of Visitors

The School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation Board of Visitors is a group of dedicated volunteers that works together to promote and support the mission, vision, and values of the school. BOV members serve as advisors, providing counsel to the Dean regarding the mission, goals, and strategic planning of the school. As ambassadors, working to strengthen and enhance the reputational value of the school; and as advocates, working to promote the interests of the school locally, nationally, and internationally.

Members of the Board of Visitors are listed below. If you are interested in being part of our Board of Visitors, contact Leia Droll Livingston at ledroll@umd.edu.

 

OFFICERS: 

Tom Gallas
Thomas Gallas, CPA, LEED AP BD+C 
(Chair)
CEO, Torti Gallas and Partners, Inc.

 

 

 

Brenda Sanchez


Brenda Sanchez, FAIA, (B.ARCH ’78), Vice Chair
Senior Architect/Design Manager, Smithsonian Institution

 

 

 

Dr. Rodney Harrell (Ph.D. ’08), Immediate Past Chair
     Vice President, Family Home and Community and Housing Enterprise Lead
     AARP

 

MEMBERS: 
  Hon. Stephen T. AyersFAIA, NAC, CCM, LEED AP, (B.S. Architecture ’85)
11th Architect of the Capitol President, The Ayers Group, LLC
Cecily Bedewll Cecily Bedwell, AICP, LEED AP BD+C
Principal, Design Collective
Glen Birx Glenn Birx, FAIA, LEED AP, (B.ARCH ’80)
Chief Operating Officer, Ayers Saint Gross 
 

William Bonstra, FAIA, LEED, AP (B.ARCH '83
Founder and Managing Partner, Bonstra/Haresign Architects

  Jordan Goldstein, FAIA, FIIDA, LEED AP, (B.S. Architecture ’94)
Co-Managing Principal, Gensler
  Melanie Hennigan AIA, LEED, (B.S. Architecture ’83)
CEO & President, Grimm + Parker Architects
Elizabeth Hughes Elizabeth Hughes
Director & State Historic Preservation Officer, Maryland Historical Trust
  Anica Landreneau, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
Director of Sustainable Design, HOK
  Ron McDonald
Managing Principal, RMC Development, LLC
Daina Penkiunas Daina Penkiunas, Ph.D.
State Historic Preservation Officer, Wisconsin Historical Society
  Abe Rosenthal (B.ARCH ’74), Vice President of Development & Design, The Cordish Companies
Beth Savage Beth L. Savage
Federal Preservation Officer
  Roger Schwabacher, AIA, LEED AP, (M.ARCH ’99)
Principal, HOK
  Craig Spangler, AIA, NCARB, (B.ARCH ’82)
Senior Principal, Ballinger
Thomas Dante Dante, Thomas, Managing Director - Affordable Housing, JLL Capital Markets
  Steve Wiesenthal, FAIA, (B.ARCH ’82)
Principal, Studio Gang Architects
  Lakisha Woods, CAE, ('97)
EVP/Chief Executive Officer, The American Institute of Architects

 

EMERITUS MEMBERS: 

Dennis Jankiewicz, AIA, (B.ARCH ’73), Chairman / CEO Emeritus, Design Collective

Steve Parker, FAIA, LEED, AP (B.ARCH ’72), Partner Emeritus, Grimm + Parker Architects

Marshall Purnell, FAIA, Professor of the Practice of Architecture, North Carolina State University

Rich Vogel, Emeritus, Construction Consultant