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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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Wow! The 7th largest city in the USA and the 4th largest component chapter in Texas has NO representatives on the potential slate for 2026 TxA Board???
Good morning.
I am sorry to see the horrific news in Central Texas.
As we know, this is nothing new for us in Lone Star State.
Are the AIA, TxA and local chapters organizing efforts to help our friends and family rebuild…safely and with more Resilience in mind?
If so, I would be honored to assist.
Best,
Robert
Hello! Not on this slate, but we do have 2 board members currently from San Antonio. And we encourage anyone interested in serving (from San Antonio or elsewhere) to let us know of your interest!
Hi Robert. It truly is devastating. At TxA we are focusing on our Disaster Assistance Program. We have volunteers ready when the state allows, we are working to recertify some of our members, and we’re directing members to the training for this program. I know there are members in Austin working with the Austin Resilience Network and others are working on the ground.