About NOMA

NOMA, which thrives only when voluntary members contribute their time and resources, has as its mission the building of a strong national organization, strong chapters and strong members for the purpose of minimizing the effect of racism in our profession.

Strength in NOMA is built through unity in the cause that created the organization. Our impact is felt when our organization wrestles with the dilemmas that face this nation, particularly as they affect our profession. There is strength in numbers. By increasing the number of people in this organization, we add strength to the voice with which we can speak against apathy, bigotry, intolerance and ignorance; against abuse of the natural environment; and for the un-empowered, the marginalized and the disenfranchised.

By building a strong organization, we develop a showcase for the excellence and creativity which have been ignored for so long. Through our publications and conferences, we are able to inform the world that minority professionals have the talent and capabilities to perform in design and construction with any other group.

By building strong chapters of design professionals whose sensibilities and interests include promotion of urban communities, we are able to respond to the concerns that affect marginalized communities and people. Our goals are to increase the level of participation in the social, political and economic benefits afforded the citizens of this nation and to tear down the barriers that make full participation unattainable. Chapters give members a base from which to be involved in politics, to visit schools and reach out to children, to conduct community and civic forums and to responsibly practice in our professional capacities.

Mission

NOMA’s mission, rooted in a rich legacy of activism, is to empower our local chapters and membership to foster justice and equity in communities of color through outreach, community advocacy, professional development and design excellence.

Aims and Objectives

The National Organization of Minority Architects has been organized to:
  • Foster communications and fellowship among minority architects
  • Create and maintain relationships with other professionals and technicians whose work affects the physical and social environment
  • Form a federation of existing and proposed local minority architectural groups
  • Encourage the establishment of coalitions of member firms and individuals to form associate and joint venture relationships
  • Fight Discrimination and other selection policies being used by public and private sector clients to unfairly restrict minority architects’ participation in design and construction
  • Speak with a common voice on public policy
  • Act as a clearing house for information and maintain a roster on practitioners
  • Work with local, state, and national governments on issues affecting the physical development of neighborhoods and communities
  • Promote the design and development of living, working, and recreational environments
  • Be an effective source of motivation and inspiration for minority youth

List of NOMA Presidents

Wendell Campbell, 1971-1973
John S. Chase, 1975
Kenneth B. Groggs, 1977
Robert J. Nash, 1979-1980
Harold Williams, 1982
Standford Britt, 1984
Earl Kai Chan, 1987-1988
William J. Stanley III, 1991-1992
Michael Rogers, 1995
Roberta Washington, 1997
William Davis Jr, 1999
Paul Taylor, 2001
Drake Dillard, 2003-2004
Carlton Smith, 2007-2008
Sanford E. Garner, 2011-2012
Kevin Holland, 2015-2016
Kimberly H. Dowdell, 2019-2020
Pascale Sablan, 2023-2024
Leroy M. Campbell, 1973
Charles McAfee, 1976
Andrew Heard, 1978
Leon Bridges, 1981
Paul S. Devrouax Jr, 1983
Marshall Purnell, 1985-1986
Harry Overstreet, 1989-1990
Robert Easter, 1993-1994
Cheryl McAfee, 1996
Donald Gardner, 1998
Daniel C. Hall, 2000
Kenneth Martin, 2002
James Washington, 2005-2006
R. Steven Lewis, 2009-2010
Kathy D. Dixon, 2013-2014
Bryan Hudson, 2017-2018
Jason E. Pugh, 2021-2022
Bryan C. Lee Jr, 2025-2026

NOMAC

Active NOMA Council Members

Andrew Heard, FAIA, NOMAC
Andrew Thompson, AIA, NOMAC
Anzilla Gilmore, FAIA, NOMAC
Brad Grant, FAIA, NOMAC
Bryan Hudson, AIA, NOMAC
Carla Flagg, AIA, NOMAC
Carlton Smith, FAIA, NOMAC
Charles Smith, AIA, NOMAC
Charles McAfee, FAIA, NOMAC
Cheryl McAfee, FAIA, NOMAC
Clarence Mobley, AIA, NOMAC
Curt Moody, FAIA, NOMAC
Daniel Christopher Hall, FAIA, NOMAC
David Hughes, FAIA, NOMA
Dennis Mann, FAIA, NOMAC
Drake Dillard, AIA, NOMAC
Gabrielle Bullock, FAIA, NOMAC
Heather O’Neal, AIA, NOMAC
Jack Travis, FAIA, NOMAC
James Washington, FAIA, NOMAC
Jason Pugh, AIA, NOMAC
Kathryn Bradford Tyler Prigmore, FAIA, NOMAC
Kathy Denise Dixon, FAIA, NOMAC
Kenneth Martin, FAIA NOMAC
Kevin Holland, FAIA, NOMAC
Kimberly Dowdell, AIA, NOMAC
Leon Bridges, FAIA, NOMAC
Marshall Purnell, FAIA, NOMAC
Michael Rogers, AIA, NOMAC
Paul Taylor, AIA, NOMAC
R. Steven Lewis, FAIA, NOMAC
Richard Franklin, AIA, NOMAC
Robert Easter, FAIA, NOMAC
Roberta Washington, FAIA NOMAC
Rod Henmi, FAIA, NOMAC
Ronald Garner, AIA, NOMAC
Sanford Garner, FAIA, NOMAC
Standford Britt, FAIA, NOMAC
William Brown, III, FAIA, NOMAC
William Davis, Jr., AIA, NOMAC
William J. Stanley III, FAIA, NOMAC, Hon. FRAIC

NOMA Council in Memoriam

Earl Kai Chan, NOMAC
Harold Williams, FAIA, NOMAC
Harry Overstreet, AIA, NOMAC
James Dodd, NOMAC
Jeh Johnson, FAIA, NOMAC
John Chase, FAIA, NOMAC
Kenneth Casey, NOMAC
Kenneth Groggs, FAIA, NOMAC
Leroy Campbell, FAIA, NOMAC
Louis Fry, Sr., AIA, NOMAC
Mortimer Marshall, NOMAC, FAIA
Nelson Harris, NOMAC
Paul Devrouax, FAIA, NOMAC
Pedro Lopez, AIA, NOMAC
Phillip Freelon, FAIA, NOMAC
Prescott Reavis, NOMAC
Robert Nash, FAIA, NOMAC
Robert Wilson, NOMAC
Wendell Campbell, FAIA, NOMAC
William Brown II, NOMAC