Hart, a member of AIA Austin, is the executive vice president of architecture and serves on the board of Parkhill, a 380-person A/E firm, with offices throughout West Texas. He was an adjunct instructor of architectural engineering at Texas Tech University and is a trustee on the board of Schreiner University. Hart was president of the Texas Society of Architects in 2011. He served as 2016 moderator of the AIA Strategic Council and has chaired the AIA Board Knowledge Committee. He is a distinguished alumnus of the College of Architecture at Texas Tech University, where he also serves as the founding president of the Design Leadership Alliance.
Hart’s election comes at a critical time for the architecture profession, whose members are charged with ensuring health, safety, and wellness during a pandemic, amid calls for equity and racial justice, and at the vanguard of climate action. “We architects know—and our social contract stipulates—we are the stewards of the built environment related to health, safety, and wellbeing. As daunting as our nested crises seem, I have faith we will prevail. We are architects, we have each other, we have design, and we know how to bring it home.”
After cancelling its annual Conference on Architecture due to covid-19, the AIA conducted its elections remotely. Delegates submitted ballots beginning September 2, and results were announced on September 4.
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