AIA Bend welcomes two new members to its Leadership Committee: Ian Schmidt, and Aaron Buckman.
Ian Schmidt, AIA, the new Director-Elect, is a Principal at Cole Architecture, and Aaron Buckman, AIA, the new Emerging Professional Committee Chair, is an Architect in Bend.
In another life, Jenna Fribley must have been an archeologist or historian, but today she is an architect, interior designer, teacher, realtor, commissioner, board member, entrepreneur, and community advocate. After establishing her own firm in Springfield, Oregon, Fribley has become a relentless force behind the revitalization of downtown Springfield. Through her firm and activism, she has worked to excite community members about Springfield’s history—and its future. As a citizen architect, Fribley also has helped address the region’s affordable housing shortage.
Jenna Fribley is principal and co-founder of Campfire Collaborative: Architecture & Design, a Springfield, Oregon–based firm that received the AIA Northwest and Pacific Region 2020 Emerging Firm Award. Fribley earned her M.Arch from the University of Oregon, where she is now a career instructor. She is past president of AIA Southwestern Oregon and currently serves on the Lane County Intergovernmental Housing Policy Board, Springfield Historic Commission, Springfield History Museum Committee, and the board of the Springfield Renaissance Development Corporation. A co-founder of the Booth Kelly Makers District, Fribley was named the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce’s Emerging Leader in 2019, an award that recognizes an individual who has risen to prominence through community engagement and demonstrates a great potential to positively impact the Springfield community for years to come.
The AIA Oregon Board of Directors selected members to fill the open Executive Committee positions at the December 11, 2020 meeting. The committee is, left to right, President Amy Vohs, AIA, President-Elect Kaley Fought, AIA, Treasurer Stephanie Morales, Assoc. AIA, and Secretary Misti Nelmes, AIA
Kaley Fought, AIA has been selected as the 2021 President-elect and 2022-23 President. Kaley is currently Treasurer and that term will expire on at the end of 2020. She is an architect and associate at CB Two Architects and a member of the AIA Salem section. She replaces Seth Anderson, AIA, principal at BLRB Architects, and member of the AIA Bend Section, who will be finishing his term as Past-President.