Message from the President
ALEXANDRA KOVENAT
AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C
Chroma Architecture
MARCH 2025
As the weather transitions, I reflect on a wonderful past month of chapter events.
Our annual Expo was a tremendous success! We had a great turnout at a beautiful facility that was enriched with incredible speakers, vendors and top quality hospitality. These in person connections with shared positive memories are what make our chapter special and especially meaningful to me.
Hearing so much positive feedback about our Expo is very gratifying. It certainly takes a village to put on such a large event and I want to recognize our Expo Committee who went above and beyond to deliver this fantastic day. Please reach out if you’d like to participate in the planning for 2026 - it is already underway and you do not need to be on the board to be on the committee. We’d love to have your participation.
Magazzino Italian Art Center
This past Saturday, I joined many of you at the Magazzino Italian Art center in Cold Spring (Putnam County). We were led by the gracious and engaging Architect Miguel Quismondo, AIA. In addition, we enjoyed incredible pastries and coffee at the onsite cafe overlooking the beautiful hilly landscape, which would not be complete without the Sardinian donkeys! As memorable as the architecture, art and Nutella filled croissants were, my highlight was speaking with our members and continuing to build community.
AIA ‘25 Conference on Architecture & Design
I’d like to let you all know that registration is open for the AIA National Conference in Boston. I will be there along with many members of our Board. I hope that you will be able to join us!
https://conferenceonarchitecture.com/
AIAWHV Golf Outing Scholarship Fundraiser
Our next big event is our annual golf outing on May 6th! As a reminder to our non-golfing members, you can join us for networking, a meal and supporting our scholarship campaign. I look forward to seeing you there.
Warm wishes,
Alexandra Kovenat