Board of Directors

Mark Mistur, AIA

President

Mistur is the Dean of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University. He studied at the ETH in Switzerland and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York where his teaching and research focused on innovations driven by interdisciplinary collaboration and performance criteria, and the human experience. He was instrumental in the startup of the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology [CASE], was thrice named one of 25 Most Admired Educators by Design Intelligence, has served on the ACSA Leadership Committee, the AIA Continuing Education Committee and is author of the book, ‘The Architecture of EMPAC: The Tangible and the Tantalizing’.

Sian Roberts, FAIA

President-elect

Roberts is a Partner at the Miller Hull Partnership in Seattle, Washington where she has practiced since 1993, leading integrated design teams on design and sustainability award winning projects. Roberts received her B.S. from Haverford College in 1986, her M.Arch. from the University of Washington in 1992, and she is licensed in five states as well as British Columbia. She is currently Chair of the Washington State Board for Architects and is a member of the WCARB Board. She has volunteered at NCARB on a number of committees including chairing the task force that developed the recently adopted Competency Standard for Architects.

Janet L. Hansen, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP

Secretary

Hansen is a retired architect and former principal at SMRT Architects and Engineers in Portland, Maine. She received her B.Arch. from the Boston Architectural Center (now College) in 1982.  Her career took her from Massachusetts to Indiana, Texas, London and finally to Maine in 1992. She became a member of the Maine Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design Board in 1996. She began writing items for the ARE in 2001.  This involvement with NCARB led to becoming the Region 1 Director on the NCARB Board from 2020-23. Hansen has participated in seven domestic and two international NAAB accreditation visits, chairing two.

Lisa M. Chronister, FAIA, AICP, LEED AP

Treasurer

Chronister is the Assistant Director of the Oklahoma City Planning Department where she leverages her architectural expertise to influence public decision-making regarding development projects. Before joining the Planning Department, she worked for over two decades in traditional architectural practice in both Oklahoma City and New York. She has also devoted her time and talent to teaching, mentoring, and professional service, including service as a longtime AIA representative to NAAB visiting teams. Chronister earned a Master of Architecture from Pratt Institute and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oklahoma.

Jeffrey L. Day, FAIA, NCARB​

Past President

Day is a Douglass Professor of Architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, founding principal of Actual Architecture Company and formerly, principal of the San Francisco and Omaha-based firm Min | Day. Day is a graduate of Harvard College and U.C. Berkeley where he received his M.Arch. degree. At UNL Day runs FACT, an interdisciplinary designbuild studio, and he served as Director of the Architecture Program (2012-2017). Day has garnered numerous awards including a 2019 Progressive Architecture Award, the Architectural League of New York’s 2016 Emerging Voices, Architectural Record’s 2009 Design Vanguard, and over 80 national, regional, and state design awards.

Jessie Cart, AIAS, Assoc. AIA, NOMAS 

Director

Cart was recently awarded a Master of Architecture and Master of Urban Design from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she was the Alpha Rho Chi Medal recipient, served as the Master of Architecture Student Society President for two years and founded the Women in Architecture Students Society. Previously, Cart earned a BFA in Architecture with minors in Architectural History and Sustainable Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she was AIAS Chapter President. She served as the 2021-2022 South Quad Director on the AIAS National Board of Directors and has been on numerous national committees. She currently works as a healthcare designer at CPL in Charlotte, specializing in innovative, patient and caregiver-centered design.

John Dwyer, AIA, NCARB, NOMA

Director

Dwyer is the Chair of the Department of Architecture at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the principal of John Dwyer Architecture. Previously, he created and led the Bachelor of Architecture program at Dunwoody College of Technology. He is a practitioner-academic committed to advancing the discipline of architecture by serving the underserved and increasing access to architectural education and licensure. His recognitions include the 2019 City Pages Artist of the Year Award, the 2018 AIA Minnesota Louis Lundgren Award for Service, the 2013 AIA National Young Architect Award, and the 2008 AIAS National Emerging Practice Award. He previously served on the ACSA Leadership Committee, the NCARB Licensure R+D Task Force, and as an Architecture for Humanity Design Fellow. He currently serves on the Building Environment Deans Advancing Change initiative, the executive board of the Coalition of Community Colleges with Architecture Programs, and numerous community college advisory boards.

Robert L. Easter, FAIA, NOMAC

Director

Easter leads KEi Architects in Richmond and Charlotte completing over 500 project designs. He holds a BArch from Hampton University and the MArch from VA Tech. Chaired the Department of Architecture at Hampton. He was the 15th president of NOMA and the first African American to serve as president of AIA-VA. He has served on multiple committees for the AIA, NCARB and the NAAB. He represented Virginia on the AIA’s Strategic Council. Easter received several honors including elevation to the NOMA Council and the AIA’s College of Fellows. He received the AIA’s Whitney M. Young Award and AIA-VA’s Noland medal.

John K. Edwards, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP-BD+C

Director

With over 30 years of experience in the profession, Edwards is a principal at Bonstra|Haresign Architects in Washington, D.C., directing a diverse portfolio including new construction, historic renovations, adaptive-reuse conversions, and master planning, as well as being active with AIA/DC and the Committee of 100 on the Federal City. Prior to this, he served as Senior Manager and Interim Executive Director at ACSA, spearheading reform of the internship process with AIA and NCARB. With a BA in political science and history from the University of Virginia and an M.Arch. from the University of Maryland, he has served on numerous NAAB visiting teams, including eight as chair.

Catherine Fritz, NCARB, AIA

Director

Fritz is a registered architect who has lived and worked in Juneau, Alaska for more than four decades. Both her career and personal life have exemplified public service. As a public sector architect, she has led countless project teams, community volunteer groups, and elected officials through the planning, design, and construction of public buildings such as airports, schools, hospitals, offices, maintenance buildings, and recreational facilities. Catherine was active in NCARB committees and Region 6 leadership during her eight years of service on Alaska's architectural licensing board. She has completed four NAAB accreditation visits and continues to be involved in Advocacy through the Alaska Chapter of the AIA.

Alexis Gregory, AIA

Director

Gregory is a registered architect and Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at Mississippi State University. She has earned a Master of Science in Architecture with a concentration in Women’s Studies and History from Clemson University, as well as a Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech. Her professional experience includes professional licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia and ten years working in various architecture firms in Washington, D.C. During this time, she worked on a variety of architectural project types such as residential, corporate interiors, shopping centers, grocery stores, speculative office buildings, environmental/sustainable design and non-profit architecture.

Claire Dixon-Lee, PhD, RHIA, CPH, FAHIMA

Public Director

Dixon-Lee was founding CEO of CAHIIM, accreditation organization for health informatics (HI) and health information management (HIM) programs, is a past President of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), and is a former President of MC Strategies, Inc., web-based learning management systems corporation. Her academic career included department head, HIM program director and associate professor in public health informatics. She presents nationally and internationally on aspects of electronic health records, accreditation quality, and competency-based outcomes assessment in higher education. Dixon-Lee earned an MS in Epidemiology from SUNY at Buffalo and PhD in Public Health Policy and Administration from the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Cynthia C. Jones

Public Director

Jones is a director of Research and Development Business Strategy at Biogen. Dr. Jones is an epidemiologist experienced in leading strategic collaborations and development of scientific knowledge for neurological therapeutics across drug development and commercialization lifecycles. Previously, she served as Chief Executive Officer as well as several other roles at Marga Incorporated, a consulting firm providing strategic advice and research for community partnerships and philanthropic initiatives. She has degrees from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (PhD), Columbia University (MA), and Princeton University (AB).

Tanya A. Tamarkin

Executive Director

As the Executive Director, Tanya provides overall management of the accreditation, certification, credentialing, governance, operational, and financial areas of the organization, promotes the organization across the profession of architecture and accreditation. Prior to joining NAAB in 2019, Tanya spent 10 years with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) in a variety of roles, notably as their Chief Accreditation Officer and the Chief Operating Officer of the AAMFT Foundation. Earlier in her career, she served as Manager of Education for the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Arts in International Affairs from Washington University in St. Louis.