

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.