American College
of Healthcare Architects
PO Box 14548
Lenexa, KS 66285-4548
Mailing Address:
18000 W.105th St.
Olathe, KS 66061-7543
Phone: 913-895-4604
Fax: 913-895-4652
Interested in serving on one of the ACHA committees?
Download our Show of Interest Form (PDF) and send to acha-info@goamp.com
Board Liaison: Bill Hercules, wjharch@earthlink.net
Chair: Angela Mazzi, amazzi@gbbn.com
The Advanced Educational Network Committee creates and maintains the ACHA learning programs including workshops, seminars and roundtables at the national level. Ex: PDC and HCD conferences. In addition, the AENC identifies and oversees the organization of regional ACHA learning and recruitment programs including workshops, seminars to offer value to ACHA certificants and to bring awareness of the ACHA to the public and prospective candidates.
Certification Committee
Board Liaison: Ray Pentecost, raygrace3@msn.com
Chair: Steve Templet, archsteve@cox.net
The Certification Committee reviews and maintains the application and portfolio process to ensure relevance to the industry. The committee also reviews and approves the applications and portfolios for examination eligibility.
Board Liaison: Phil Tobey, phil.tobey@smithgroupjjr.com
Co-Chair: Carlos Amato, camato@cannondesign.com
Co-Chair: Vince Avallone, vince.avallone@smithgroupjjr.com
The mission of the ACHA Communication and Outreach committee is to increase awareness and presence of the College through media and personal outreach. The COC actively pursues interaction with certificants, healthcare agencies, providers, architects and contractors. The structure for the outreach programs includes opportunities for education, candidate recruitment, advocacy, and best practices guidelines. COC provides communication on up-to-date trends with eVoice, college activities with the Quarterly, education and mentorship as well as brand development and marketing.
Development Committee
Board Liaison / Chair: Mark Nichols, mnichols@esa-inc.com
Ethics Committee
Board Liaison / Chair: Connie McFarland, connie@mcapc.com
Examination Committee
Board Liaison: Jennifer Klund, jklund@hga.com
Chair: Gary Vance, gvance@bsalifestructures.com
The Examination Committee assists in the development of the ACHA examination to ensure that the examination is professionally sound and legally defensible. The committee oversees that all examination questions refer to the detailed content outline and can be referenced appropriately. The committee meets regularly to write new examination questions and review the current examination to ensure accurateness.
Fellowship Committee
Board Liaison: Ray Pentecost, raygrace3@msn.com
Chair: Phil Tobey, phil.tobey@smithgroupjjr.com
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