Paul Davis Boney, FAIA; RK Stewart, FAIA; and David H. Watkins, FAIA, were elected to serve as AIA vice presidents in 2004.

Paul Davis Boney, FAIA, is CEO of Boney Architects, a 50-person, three-office firm in Wilmington, N.C., which was founded by his grandfather in 1922 and named 2002 AIA North Carolina Firm of the Year. He currently serves as director for the South Atlantic region and 2003 AIA National Convention chair. He chaired the AIA Architecture for Education Committee and the Government Affairs Committee on the national level. Boney, a graduate of North Carolina University School of Design, also is active on the local level, and was elected secretary, treasurer, vice president, and president of AIA North Carolina, as well as president of the local Wilmington Chapter. His abiding interests in planning, education design, and politics show in his service on the AIA North Carolina Long-Range Planning Committee, the AIA South Regional Conference Committee, and the AIA North Carolina Political Action Committee. He and his wife, Lisa, live in Wilmington with their two daughters.

RK Stewart, FAIA, senior director from the California region, is a principal with Gensler’s San Francisco office. A graduate of the universities of Kansas and Michigan, he taught at Mississippi State University and Louisiana State University schools of architecture, and has practiced in a small firm in Wyoming as well as for SOM in Chicago. He has served AIA California as president and vice president of education and practice. He was president of AIA San Francisco, as well as a member of the chapter’s board of directors. Stewart also serves on the California Architects Board, devoting his time to its Professional Qualifications Committee, Task Analysis Task Force, and Post-Licensure Task Force. He currently is chair of the Competency Intern Development Program Task Force, and is participating in NCARB’s Reciprocity Impediments Task Force. Stewart; his wife, Barbara Lyons Stewart, AIA; and their two children call San Anselmo home.

David H. Watkins, FAIA, is a founding principal of Watkins Hamilton Ross Architects Inc., named IDP Firm of the Year in 1996. He has guided the growth of his firm to a current staff of 130, with projects in 27 states and 9 countries. As director for the Texas region, he has served on the Secretary’s Advisory Committee, the Topaz Medallion jury, the AIA/ASID/IIDA Task Force, and the Contract Documents Task Force. On the local level, he was elected president of both the Texas Society of Architects and AIA Houston. A University of Texas grad, Watkins has chaired the University of Texas School of Architecture Advisory Council, has served on the board of the Rice Design Alliance, and currently is a member of the Rice University School of Architecture Dean’s Circle. Watkins and his wife Marilyn make their home in Houston with their two sons.

Gatsch Named Treasurer

James A. Gatsch, FAIA, who ran unopposed, has been elected treasurer of the AIA. His two-year term will run from 2004–2005. Gatsch, principal of Ford Farewell Mills and Gatsch, Princeton, N.J., has served as 2002 national vice president, and as New Jersey’s regional director, and currently is co-chair of the Livable Communities Committee. A member of the national Finance Committee for four years, Gatsch is known as a leader in protecting AIA finances and maintaining fiscal accountability at the national and local levels. He has served as president, treasurer, and secretary of AIA New Jersey, as well and president and secretary of AIA Central New Jersey. Gatsch also donates his time as the treasurer and chair of the finance committee of the Chapin School, and has coached volleyball, soccer, and baseball. A Virginia Tech graduate, Gatsch and his wife, Mary, live in Princeton with their son.

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