Events
Design and Service Awards Gala
Date
9/25/2025
Time
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Venue
AIA Charlotte Annual Design Awards Featuring Guest Speaker & Jury Chair Juan Gabriel Moreno, AIA
Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating design excellence, innovation, and community impact--headlined by one of architecture's most visionary leaders.
Guest Speaker: Juan Gabriel Moreno, AIA, President & Founder, JGMA (Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects)
Juan Gabriel Moreno is a force in contemporary architecture. Born in Bogotá, Colombia and educated in California and Florence, Italy, Mr. Moreno brings a global perspective and a fierce commitment to social justice through design. As founder of JGMA, he has spent over a decade transforming underserved communities with bold, inclusive architecture that uplifts and inspires.
As Jury Chair, Mr. Moreno will share insights from his award-winning practice and reflect on the power of architecture to drive change. His keynote promises to challenge, energize, and elevate our collective vision for the built environment.
Let's celebrate the transformative power of design--with a speaker who embodies it.
Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating design excellence, innovation, and community impact--headlined by one of architecture's most visionary leaders.
Guest Speaker: Juan Gabriel Moreno, AIA, President & Founder, JGMA (Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects)
Juan Gabriel Moreno is a force in contemporary architecture. Born in Bogotá, Colombia and educated in California and Florence, Italy, Mr. Moreno brings a global perspective and a fierce commitment to social justice through design. As founder of JGMA, he has spent over a decade transforming underserved communities with bold, inclusive architecture that uplifts and inspires.
As Jury Chair, Mr. Moreno will share insights from his award-winning practice and reflect on the power of architecture to drive change. His keynote promises to challenge, energize, and elevate our collective vision for the built environment.
Let's celebrate the transformative power of design--with a speaker who embodies it.
List of Attendees
| First Name | Last Name | Company | Type | Guest of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek | Ackley | Perkins & Will | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Trina | Agnello | STEWART | Platinum Sponsor | |
| Richard | Alsop | HDR, Inc. | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Noor | Awadallah | Progressive Companies | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Omar | Awadallah | Boomerang design | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Carol | Bacon | AIA Charlotte | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Kirsten | Baldwin | Kirsten Baldwin | Platinum Sponsor | |
| Christopher | Barnett | McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture | Guest | |
| Gary | Beal | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Todd | Berg | Morris-Berg Architects | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Erik | Berns | Cluck Design | Guest | |
| Rana | Blan | Progressive Companies | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Sara | Bonesteel | McMillan Pazdan Smith | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Briaunna | Boyd | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Anette | Bratteberg | Thorburn Associates | Platinum Sponsor | |
| Jennifer | Brooks | Beehyyve | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Royce | Brown | Rockwool | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Garrett | Buell | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Kuniko | Bufford | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Josie Holden | Bulla | Cooper Carry | Bundle guests | |
| Tripp | Bulla | Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, Ltd | Bundle guests | |
| Thomas | Carlson-Reddig | 30158486 | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Ali | Chaaraoui | UNC Charlotte | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Holly | Champion | Richelieu | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Erin | Chantry | Bundle guests | ||
| Rob | Chubb | The Garland Company | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Raleigh | Cline | Helt | Guest | Ashley Spinks |
| Erin | Coffin | Cluck Design Collaborative, PLLC | Bundle of five tickets | |
| Hamilton | Cort | McMillan Pazdan Smith | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Milly | Cort | Milliken | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Rob | Crane | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Josh | Czerniak | McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Steve | Daley | Optima | Platinum Sponsor | |
| Marissa | Date | Integra Design Group PLLC | Platinum Sponsor | |
| Alex | De La Cruz | Progressive Companies | Bundle guests | |
| Brynn | DeBrabant | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Dr. Kandi | Deitemeyer | CPCC | Guest | |
| Ana | Dimeo | Haworth | Bundle guests | |
| Ashley | Disher Spinks | Little | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Erin | Doherty | FRM | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Ryan | Doherty | Progressive Companies | Bundle guests | |
| Gordon | Douglas | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Tedd | Duncan, PLA | STEWART | Platinum Sponsor | |
| Michael | Dunning | MEND Design Collaborative | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Tyler | Dye | HDR | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Danielle | Eads | Perkins&WIll | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Natasha | Edwards | Little | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Jordan | Efird | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Makenzie | Elam | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Tomas | Eliaeson | LITTLE | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Anthony | Espinosa | UNC Charlotte | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Sarah | Feiner | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Ellen | Filiatreau | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Rachel | Foreseen | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Lindie | Fredericks | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Suzie | Froedge | Progressive Companies | Bundle guests | |
| Sam | Funari | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Todd | Gaines | Becker Morgan | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Denny | Gappens | Progressive Companies | Bundle of five tickets | |
| Katelyn | Gappens | Bundle guests | ||
| Sydney | Garceau | Progressive Companies | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Elizabeth | Granson | Guest | ||
| Patrick | Granson | Mecklenburg County | Guest | |
| Rachel | Granson | Guest | ||
| Susan | Granson | Guest | ||
| Donald | Green | progressive companies | Bundle of five tickets | |
| Donald | Green | Progressive Companies | Bundle guests | |
| Mary | Groff | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Robin | Gulledge | Crown Lighting Group | Platinum Sponsor | |
| DELIA | GUZMAN | McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture | Guest | |
| Byron | Haigler | Active Living & Parks Department of Cabarrus County | Bundle guests | |
| Tarik | Hameed | Morris-Berg Architects | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Steve | Hamvas | Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, Ltd. | Bundle guests | |
| Nejla | Harris | AIA Charlotte member | ||
| Matthew | Hart | Morris-Berg Architects | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Britney | Harter | dormakaba | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Alex | Henry | Shelco | Guest | |
| Audrey | Hepler | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Cory | High | Bennett & Pless | Guest | |
| Brittany | Howze | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Emily | Hsiao | Pond & Company | Guest | |
| Joe | Humphrey | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Akielah | Johnson | Integra Design Group PLLC | Platinum Sponsor | |
| Alexus | Jones | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Divina | Jones | Jenkins Peer Architects | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Lauren | Jones | CONE Architecture | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Vaama | Joshi | Gresham Smith | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Pallavi | Katdare | ADW Architects | Guest | |
| Pallavi | Katdare | ADW Architects | Guest | |
| Kevin | Kennedy | Cluck Design | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Katie | Keziah | Progressive Companies | Bundle guests | |
| Allison | Kieb | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Michelle | Kingsley | Progressive Companies | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Kali | Koop | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Paul | Krynski | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Charlotte | Kuuskvere | Bundle guests | ||
| Kelsey | Laudolf | UNC Charlotte | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Stephanie | Lewis | Little | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Will | Linville | Charlotte Urban Design Center | Bundle of five tickets | |
| Frank | Little | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Kristen | Locke | Beehyyve | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Carlos | Lopez | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Deon | Lucas | Beehyyve | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Greigh | Lucas | Porcelanosa | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Daniel | Lynch | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Emma | Lyons | Housing Studio, PA | Guest | Chuck Travis |
| Lewis | Mackey | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Dhanya | Mamallan | Bundle guests | ||
| Marc | Manack | SILO AR+D / UNC Charlotte | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Christy | McCormick | Porcelanosa | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Liz | McCormick | UNC Charlotte | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Dean | McKenzie | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Daniel | McNamee | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Jasir | Mills | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Tatyana | Mills | Willdan, Contractor for Duke Energy | Platinum Sponsor | |
| Juan | Moreno | JGMA Architecture | Guest | |
| Cathy | Morrison | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Luke | Morrow | UNC Charlotte | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Pedro | Neira | Progressive Companies | Bundle guests | |
| Caden | Norville | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Kara | O'hearn | Bundle guests | ||
| Eric | Orozco | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Josh | Padgett | Little | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Matt | Panko | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Ashley | Parrish | Jenkins-Peer Architects | Guest | |
| Sherry | Rakatansky | R&M Group-NC, PLLC | Guest | William Rakatansky |
| William | Rakatansky | R&M Group-NC, PLLC | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Emily | Reichenbach | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Dwight | Reid | Thorburn Associates | Platinum Sponsor | |
| Maria | Reid | Thorburn Associates | Platinum Sponsor | |
| Liz | Richardson | Perkins&Will | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Susan | Roberts-King | LaBella Associates | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Matt | Robertson | Wharton-Smith | Guest | |
| Lyndsay | Robinson | PMC Commercial Interiors | Bundle of five tickets | |
| Lyndsay | Robinson | PNC Works | Bundle guests | |
| Jeff | Roman | Progressive Companies | Bundle guests | |
| Mackenzie | Ryan | Cluck Design | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Denver | Sells | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Kate | Shelton | AIA Charlotte | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Dora | Sheralieva | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Kelly | Sifford | Active Living & Parks Department of Cabarrus County | Bundle guests | |
| Brian | Simpson | Passero Associates | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Mattie | Smith | Progressive Companies | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Emma | Snell | UNC Charlotte | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Jendry | Solis | Housing Studio | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Davin | Stamp | Cluck Design | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Cam | Stewart | Gresham Smith | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Emerson | Stoldt | Gensler | Bundle guests | |
| Doug | Sweeney | Speight • Marshall • Francis | Platinum Sponsor | |
| TBD | TBD | Gensler | Bundle of five tickets | |
| Haley | Tedder | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Will | Terrell | Willdan, Contractor for Duke Energy | Platinum Sponsor | |
| Jim | Thompson | Little | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Kelly | Thompson | Little | Guest | Jim thompson |
| Colin | Tippett | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Michael | Todd | Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, Ltd. | Bundle guests | |
| Renato | Tonelli | Perkins & Will | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Chuck | Travis, FAIA | Housing Studio, PA | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Kalen | Trieble | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Kimberly | Truong | UNC Charlotte | AIA Charlotte Associate Member and Students | |
| Laurin | Uptegrove | HDR | Platinum Sponsor | |
| Whitney | Vanhouten | ODA | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Luke | Volkmar | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| David | Wales | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Drew | Ward | Guest | ||
| Kristen | Ward | McMillan Pazdan Smith | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Jacob | Weber | McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Peter | Wehner | Passero Associates | AIA Charlotte member | |
| Angela | Willis | Davidson College | Guest | Tomas Eliaeson |
| Wesley | Wilson | Security Technology Group | Guest | |
| Logan | Winstead | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Paul | Winter | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Lawrence | Witkowski | LaBella Associates | Guest | |
| Courtney | Wood | Neighboring Concepts | Bundle guests | |
| Dorota | Woods | Gensler | Bundle guests | |
| Patsy | Wyatt | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Caitlin | Young | C Design | Bundle guests | |
| Fernando | Yunda | Progressive Companies | Bundle guests |
