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Joe Catalano, AIA
Joe CatalanoJoe Catalano, AIA attended Syracuse University and Pratt Institute, and is licensed in California and New York. He is a consultant in historic preservation, with 23 projects to date for designated or eligible historic buildings, many of them National Register buildings. Awarded projects include The Leland Stanford Mansion in Sacramento, recipient of the 2001 California Preservation Foundation Design Award in Preservation Technology and Craftsmanship, and the Phillips Mansion in Pomona, recipient of a 2003 Governor’s Historic Preservation Award. He is presently serving on the City of Pasadena’s Mayor’s Advisory Board for the Green Pasadena Leadership Summit to be held in June of 2008. He has also been chosen to chair the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) National 2009 Annual Meeting to be held in Pasadena. He has recently been elected to serve as the Pasadena & Foothill Chapter of AIA’s 2008 President of the Board of Directors.
Allison G. Kwok, Ph.D., AIA
Kip DicksonAlison G. Kwok, Ph.D., AIA, is an associate professor in the University of Oregon architecture program and a licensed architect. Prof. Kwok teaches design studios, environmental control systems, and green design elective courses. She has taught in New York, California, Hawaii, Hong Kong, and Japan. She is co-author of the recently published Green Studio Handbook (2007) and Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings (10th ed. 2006) and was a key participant in the University of California Berkeley's Vital Signs Project. Prof. Kwok was Principal Investigator for the Agents of Change curriculum project that addressed building performance through on-site case study development. She is a member of the USGBC's Formal Education Committee and has been a governing member of the Architectural Research Centers Consortium and the Society of Building Science Educators; is an active member of several technical committees for the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers; and is active in the American Solar Energy Society.
Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA
Marvin J. MalechaMarvin J. Malecha, FAIA, earned a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University. In 1992 he was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. In 2003 he was awarded the prestigious Topaz Laureate for excellence in architectural education by the AIA/ACSA. Malecha currently serves as the Dean of the College of Design at NC State University. Prior to this appointment in 1994, he served as the Dean of the College of Environmental Design at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (1982-1994). Presently, he is a member of the AIA National Board of Directors (a 80,000 member organization), and the AIA North Carolina Board. He was elected to serve as the 2009 National President of the American Institute of Architects.
Nick Wheeler
Nick WheelerNick Wheeler began his career in photography in 1969 in San Francisco, graduating with a B.A. in Architecture from Stanford University. Returning to his home state of Massachusetts ,Nick was a commercial architectural photographer from 1969 to 2000. In 1998 he began to pursue personal projects, including a book with Doris Cole,  Architecture of the Boston Public Schools and, more recently, an extensive photographic exploration of the badlands of North America.Commercial clients included many prominent architects and interior designers. He also worked as a stringer for TIME magazine in the late 1970’s. His work has been published in most major architectural magazines worldwide. He was the recipient of the prestigious American Institute of Architect’s Honor Award for career achievement in 1985. More recently his work was the subject of one man shows in Washington, DC and Boston and was favorably reviewed in The Washington Times, The Boston Globe and Art New England.
Hofu Wu, FAIA
Hofu WuHofu Wu, FAIA is a Professor of Architecture and Director of the Environmental Design Technology Unit of the College of Environmental Design at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California. His professional career includes being the founding partner (1981-present) of Wu & Associates Architects, Ann Arbor, Tempe & Diamond Bar. Among Mr. Wu’s considerable honors are being an Honorary Member of the Golden Key International Honor Society, and achieving Fellowship status from the American Institute of Architects in 2002. His considerable knowledge on sustainability has garnered research grants for various topics from many sources including A Comparative Study on the Evaluation of Green Building Projects in Taiwan and US by LEED and EEWH Systems, Architecture and Building Research Institute, from the Ministry of the Interior of Taiwan in 2005, and a Field Inspection and Survey for SCE Energy Smart Thermostat Program from Southern California Edison in 2002-2004. Recently his papers on the “Sustainable Design and Construction with Wood in the John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies”, and The 2006 Global Forum for the Built-Environment Sustainable Technology, Taipei and Kaohsiung, Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, 2006. were published.
Patrick M. Sullivan, FAIA, Fellowship Secretary
Patrick M. SullivanPatrick Sullivan has been responsible for innovative planning approaches and facility design for the past 30 years. Since 1975, his firm has been recognized as a national leader in the fields of juvenile shelters, public projects and assignments related to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Patrick Sullivan Associates has numerous repeat commissions for public and private clients, including the City of Claremont, The Claremont Colleges, County of San Bernardino, Orange County, Santa Barbara County, the County of Riverside, the County of San Luis Obispo, the State of Washington, the State of Colorado, and the State of Georgia.

In addition, Mr. Sullivan is a Professor Emeritus and former Chairman of the Department of Architecture, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He has presented papers and lectured at the ACSA administrator's conference, EDRA conferences, college campuses in Southern California, North Carolina State University, the University of Minnesota, AIA chapter presentations, and numerous professional seminars. Publications include Ethics and the Practice of Architecture.

Mr. Sullivan is the recipient of numerous awards for excellence in architecture including the 1977 Rotch Family Travelling Scholarship. His work was presented at the original AIA California Council Monterey Design Conference in 1976. Mr. Sullivan's firm has been honored with 24 awards from the AIA/AAJ Justice Facility Review. In addition, his firm received a 1977 and 1982 Progressive Architecture Award for applied research; a 1978 Citation from the Santa Barbara Chapter AIA; a 1980 Plywood Design Award from the American Plywood Association; three 1982 Design Awards from the California Central Coast Chapter AIA; a 1988 Citation from the Santa Clara Valley Chapter AIA; a 1988 Commercial Development Award from the Claremont Chamber of Commerce; the Claremont Architectural Commission Excellence in Design Award in 1991 and 2000; a Merit Award from the Inland California Chapter AIA in 1997; and an Honor Award from the Pasadena and Foothill Chapter AIA in 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2002 and 2006.

As a registered architect and Fellow in The American Institute of Architects, Mr. Sullivan holds a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from the University of Minnesota and a Master's Degree in Architecture from Harvard University.

For the past several years, he has been a member of the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) Alumni Council and the University of Minnesota CALA National Advisory Board, as well as a founding representative of Cal Poly Pomona’s Partner’s Circle. In addition, he has served on the boards of Mt. San Antonio Gardens, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, and Claremont Heritage.