Directory - Triangle Modernist Houses

2011 board ofdirectorsPresidentMatthew D. Messick, AIAWalter Robbs Callahan & Pierce Architects530 N. Trade Street, Suite 301Winston-Salem NC 27101Phone: (336)725-1371E-mail: mattm@wrcp.comMatt Messick is a Partner with Walter Robbs Callahan &Pierce Architects, PA, in Winston-Salem. Matt receivedhis Bachelor of Architecture with honors from NC StateUniversity in 1991. He was the recipient of the RTKLFellowship and the Walter Robbs Callahan and pierceScholarship. Since'1998, he has served on the Board ofDirectors for the AIA NC Winston-Salem Section. AIAInsurance task Force Committee, Continuing EducationCommittee, 2006 Design Awards Committee Chair,and as a Director on the AIA NC Board of Direcrors.He has been active in a variety of organizations in theGreensboro / Winston-Salem Area.President-electlrvin A. Pearce, AIAPearce Brinkley Cease + Lee, P.A.333 Fayetteville Street, Ste.'t000P.O. Box 951(27602)Raleigh NC 27601Phone: (919) 836-975'E-mail: irvinp@pbclarchitecture.comlrv Pearce, a founding principal of pBC+l, joined thefirm (formerly known as Haskins Rice Architects andPlanners) as head of their construction administrationdepartment. He now serves as a project manager inaddition to construction administration duties. lrv has abackground in managing multi-million dollar projects,and has developed professional expertise regardingall sides of the construction industry. trv wasl 2OOirecipient of the Sir Walter Raleigh Award from the Cityof Raleigh for his management of the progress EnergyCenter for the Performing Arts. He served as the AIATriangle President in 2OO7, having previously served asmember, secretary, and treasurer. He has also servedas a member of the board of directors for the RaleighCity Museum and he is currently a board member oiNC Green Power.TreasurerRoger L. Leeson, AIA130 Lake Hollow CirCary, NC 27513Phone: (910) 620-6208E-mail: rleesonarchitect@gmail.comRoger is from the farmlands of Indiana and received hisdegrees from Ball State University. He says, "l learnedabout energy and sustainable design, early, because ourfaculty was a group of aging 'hippies"'. After an internshipin Atlanta with Cooper Carry and Associates, he relocatedto North Carolina. His career focus has been designsfor public clients, especially school buildings. He was aprincipal architect with Boney Architects and then LS3pAssociates. Roger has been an advocate for efficientfactory built construction methods. His designs have beenamong the first to incorporate geothermal technology andto achieve LEED certification for a public school project.He's currently with Architectural Design Studio in Ashevilleand continues to work for more sustainable communities.He's been active with public service affiliations includingthe Education Facilities Planners International, and he hasserved AIA on the Building Task Force and as Direcrorof Membership Services. He's an enthusiastic skier andoff-road bicyclist, and he enjoys camping and a variety ofsports with his son Connor.SecretaryRobert B. Johnson, AIAMBAJ Architecture1230 W. Morehead Street, Ste.400Charlotte, NC 28208Phone: (704) 731-7002E-mail: rjohnson@mbaj.comRob Johnson is a Principal with MBAJ Architecturewhose mission is making a positive difference in thecommunities they serve. He received his Bachelor,s ofArts in Architecture from UNC Chadotte in 1977 anoMasters of Architecture from the University of lllinois atUrbana-Champaign in 198.l. Over his professionat careerof over three decades, he has been most fortune to havebeen engaged in a wide variety of civic, educational,commercial and religious projects across the mio-Atlantic and mid-western states. Rob is a past boaromember of AIA-NC and AIA-Charlotte and serveq asPresident of AIA Charlotte in 2004. Additionally, he isan.active l_eader and supporter of the professionallyAdvisory Council at the UNC Charlotte College of Artsand Architecture and the Architectural TechniologyAdvisory Board at Central piedmont Community-College.His community involvement also includes serving asChief Judge of his home precinct #49 (park RoaoSchool) with the Mecklenburg County Board of Electionsand is a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Rob is aWilmington native, proud father of three, lifelong golfer,runner for decades, skier as snow permits and s6exsprofessional and personal enjoyment day by day.lmmediate Past presidentJ. Michael Cox, AIAArchitectural Design Studio, pA90 Church StreetAsheville, NC 28801Phone: (828) 252-0355E-mail: mike@ads-architects,comMike Cox is a founding principal with ArchitecturarDesign Studio, an Asheville architectural firmestablished in 1981, specializing in the planning,design and renovation of K-12 schools. He receiveohis Bachelor of Architecture from the Universitv ofTennessee, Knoxville in l97i and Master of Architecturefrom the University of California, Berkeley in 1973.Cox served as president of the preservation Societyof Asheville and Buncombe County and Chairman bfthe Historic Resources Commission of Asheville anoBuncombe County. Currently he is a member of theCouncil of Education Facilities planners Internationaland is regional director for the North CarolinaEducational Facilities planners. He is twice oresidentof AIA Asheville 0979 & 2OO2.) In 2006 and 2007he served on the AIA NC Facilities Task Force and asAIANC Director for Continuing Education.Associate DirectorSterling Bollinger, Assoc. AIA775 Wimbledon DriveWinston-Salem, NC 27104Phone: (336) 766-4186E-mail: SDBollinger@gmail.comSterling works for Lindsey Architecture in Greensboro,NC. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Architectureand minors in Urban Studies and Geography fromUNC-Charlotte in 2003. She went on to complere aPost Bachelor Certificate in Historic preservation fromUNC-Greensboroin2OOT. Sterling has served on theAIA Winston-Salem Section Board for the past 4 yearsas the Website Director and then Associate Director.31