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2026 Slate of Officers

July 9, 2025

At the Q2 Board Meeting in June, the TxA Board accepted the 2026 Slate of Officers as presented by the Nominating Committee. 

The next step in the process is the official vote by our members at the Annual Business Meeting, which will be held at the 86th Annual Conference & Design Expo in Dallas on Thursday, October 30.

Learn more about the 2026 Slate of Officers below.

Krystyn Haecker, AIA | President | Houston*

Partner | Mirador Group, Houston

Stephi Motal, AIA | President-Elect | Austin

Managing Partner | Black + Motal, Austin

Mike Allex, AIA | Secretary | LRGV*

Lead Design Architect | Lainez Architects, McAllen

Eugenio “Pacelli” Mesta, AIA | Treasurer | El Paso

Principal | Exigo Architecture, El Paso

Laura Sachtleben, FAIA | VP Advocacy | Houston*

Chief Strategy Officer | Landscape Forms, Houston

Cale Lancaster, AIA | VP Communications | West Texas

Principal | Rhotenberry Wellen Architects, Midland

Melvalean McLemore, AIA, NOMA | VP Practice & Recognition | Houston

Senior Associate | Moody Nolan, Houston

Maurice Thames, AIA | VP Professional Development | Dallas*

Principal | Stantec, Dallas

Hymavathi Vennapusa, Assoc. AIA | State Associate Representative | Dallas*

Facility Program Manager, Plan Design Construction | Parkland Health, Dallas

Yesenia Tijerina, Assoc. AIA | Associate Director | LRGV

Project Leader & Development | ERO Architects, McAllen

Justin Taplet, AIA, NOMA | Young Architect Representative | Houston

Senior Project Manager | Smith & Company Architects, Houston

Dennis Chiessa, AIA | Educator Member | Fort Worth*

Graduate Architecture Program Director | University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture, Arlington

Amy Hufnagel | Public Member | Houston*

Executive Director  | ACE Mentor Program, Houston

Matt Green, AIA | AIA Strategic Council | Fort Worth*

Principal & Co-Founder | Urban Bobcat Architects, Fort Worth

Amaya Labrador, AIA | AIA Strategic Council | Houston

Behavioral Health Consultant & Project Architect | human eXperience, Houston

*Approved at the 2024 TxA Annual Business Meeting for a two-year term.

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