About CFAD
What We Do
The Center for Architecture and Design is a non-profit organization that promotes the value of architecture and design to the public through programming and outreach, thereby enriching our community and design professions by building diversity and connections.



Brent Foley,
AIA, NCARB
Principal, TRIAD Architects, and Board Chair, The Center for Architecture and Design
“When we opened CFAD in 2010, our goal was to create a gateway for education, conversation and debate about the important link between quality design and the livability of our community. Since then we have become a resource for central Ohioans who want to be in-the-know about architecture and design, thus establishing CFAD as the gateway of ideas for all things design.”
The People Who Make it Happen
Executive Community

Brent Foley
AIA, NCARB
Chair
Principal,
TRIAD Architects

Angela Short
PLA, ASLA
Vice Chair
Landscape Architect,
GPD Group

Mike Vala
AIA, NCARB
Treasurer
Associate,
BSHM Architects

Paul Nini
AIGA, CSCA
Secretary
Professor,
The Ohio State University Department of Design

Sarah Mills Bacha
Managing Director
Columbus CFAD,
SMB Communications Ltd.

Elizabeth Krile
CAE
Executive Director
AIA Columbus
Trustees

Tameka Baba
Assistant Professor
of Practice Landscape Architecture,
Knowlton School, The Ohio State University

Aleks Daskalov
AIA Columbus Liaison
Vice President,
FMS Architects

Jacleine Ely
Associate AIA
Project Associate,
Trinity: NAC

Jason Kentner
RLA
Design Principal,
Implement

Chelsea King
IIDA
Vice President of Marketing and Design,
King Business Interiors

Elizabeth Leidy
AIA
Principal,
Elizabeth Leidy Architects

Christian Long
Chief Growth Officer – THINK Learning Studio,
THINK Global School

Halle Malcomb
Digital Marketing Manager,
iTutor.com

Brian McAlexander
AIA, LEED AP
Project Architect,
Sullivan Bruck Architects

Santiago Rodríguez
Assoc. AIA, NOMA
Associate Architect,
AECOM

Michael Schwartz
Associate AIA
Architectural designer,
Meyers + Associates