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.

What Are We About

Our Mission

CFAD exists to make architecture and design accessible to all.

Our Vision

We imagine a future Columbus that values architecture and design, genuinely representing the breadth and diversity of our community.

The People Who Make it Happen

Executive Committee

Angela Short

PLA, ASLA

Chair

Project Manager,
GPD Group

Rachel Foster

Assoc. AIA

Vice Chair

Project Designer,
MKC Architects

Michael Schwartz

Assoc. AIA

Secretary

Marketing Specialist,
NBBJ

Michael Vala

AIA, NCARB

Treasurer

Associate,
BSHM Architects

Sarah Mills Bacha

SPJ

Managing Director

Columbus CFAD,
President
SMB Communications Ltd.

Elizabeth Krile

CAE

Executive Director

AIA Columbus

Trustees

Murtadha Al-Shaikhli

LEED GA, CCCA, CDT

Senior Designer,
CESO, Inc.

Andre Banerjee

ASLA

Urban Designer,
OHM Advisors

Michelle Burmeister

NCIDQ, IIDA, LEED GA

Interior Designer,
Meyers+Associates

Brent Foley

AIA, NCARB

Principal,
TRIAD Architects

Tim Hawk

FAIA

President,
WSA

Maxwell Hentosh

Assoc. AIA

Project Designer,
MKC Architects

Jeffery T. Kring

AIA, LEED AP

Director of Architecture,
BHDP Architecture

Jennifer Rittler

AIA, NOMA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP

Associate Principal, Project Architect,
Moody Nolan

Santiago Rodríguez

Assoc. AIA, NOMA

Architectural Associate,
AECOM

Lawrence Servis

Architectural Designer,
BHDP

Lydia Stutzman

CSCA

Graphic Designer,
AndHealth
Art Director,
Lydiary Design

Advisory Board

Laiqa Gitosuputro

Fourth-Year Architecture Student,
The Knowlton School

Autumn Glover

Vice President of Provider and Community Partnerships,
AndHealth

Kenneth L. Hunt II

Project Manager,
Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families Workforce Development,
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Doug McCollough

CEO,
Color Coded Labs

Joel Nelson

Program Manager for Learner Success and Innovation,
Office of Digital Learning,
The Ohio State University

Yohannan Terrell

Co-Owner,
Warhol and WALL ST.
Founder/Director,
Columbus Fashion Alliance

Join Us

We Can’t Do it Alone

We invite all design professionals, individuals and organizations within our thriving creative culture and beyond, who embrace the importance of the built environment and design, to partner with us. Whatever your interests, we’ll find a place for you to become an active stakeholder in promoting remarkable design in our community.

How We Started

CFAD was founded in 2010 by AIA Columbus to follow the lead of cities such as New York City and Philadelphia in establishing centers to bring together architecture and design professions and communities. Through creative programming and outreach, CFAD unites architecture and design professionals with those in the larger community interested in the built environment and design. Moving forward, CFAD is committing to engaging even more members of our community in diverse ways and making programming accessible for all.