2025 Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Bryan C. Lee, Jr. – President

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Bryan C. Lee, Jr., NOMA, FAIA is an architect and leading design justice advocate. As the founder and director of Colloqate Design, a nonprofit design practice, Bryan is committed to using design as a tool for social change. Bryan is also a founding organizer of the Design As Protest Collective and Dark Matter University, which work to uplift the voices and perspectives of marginalized communities in the built environment.

Bryan has led two award-winning architecture and design programs for high school students, one through the Arts Council of New Orleans and the other through the National Organization of Minority Architects. Bryan is the National NOMA President-Elect and the South Region Vice President. Bryan has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the 2018 Fast Company Most Creative People in Business, the Architectural League’s Emerging Voices award in 2019, the 2021 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, and a 2023 United States Artist Fellow. Most recently the AIA granted him the 2025 Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award, elevating him to FAIA.

Tiffany D. Brown – Executive Director

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Tiffany Brown, MBA, NOMA, Assoc. AIA, is a passionate leader in the profession of architecture. Tiffany has spearheaded raising awareness on how representation makes a significant social impact on firm practice, culture, education, and design thinking. A pioneer for diversity and inclusion, she is a sought-after expert frequently speaking at national events including South by Southwest and the AIA Conference on Architecture, and is also featured in ESSENCE Magazine, AIA+Architect Magazine and Architectural Record.

Tiffany has been named among Architizer’s 100 Women to Watch in Architecture and has received recognitions and awards across the industry, most recently the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service from the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards for her outstanding leadership of NOMA through a period of growth and transformation and building relationships with other organizations shaping the profession.

Tiffany holds a B.Arch, M.Arch and MBA from Lawrence Technological University. Prior to accepting the role as executive director of NOMA, Tiffany worked as a Project Manager in SmithGroup’s Detroit office.

Saundra Little – President Elect

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Saundra Little, NOMA, FAIA, LEED AP, a principal and director of diversity and inclusion with Quinn Evans, is an accomplished architect and dedicated advocate for the revitalization of the urban realm. With expertise in building assessments and creative yet practical design strategies, she helps clients transform buildings, increase property values, and bring new life to aging communities.

Saundra’s portfolio reflects the diversity of the neighborhoods she champions, with successful cultural, institutional, educational, and commercial projects of all sizes.

Her work in design, revitalization, and adaptive use projects consistently demonstrates respect and sensitivity to the unique architectural heritage of local neighborhoods. Through her devotion to this challenging work, she has helped renew, uplift, and sustain vulnerable communities.

  • Pascale Sablan, Immediate Past President
    NOMA, FAIA, LEED AP
  • Craig Atkinson, Vice President, West
    NOMA, DBIA, LEED AP
  • Julia Weatherspoon, Secretary
    NOMA
  • Ashlen V. Williams, Vice President, Midwest
    NOMA, AIA
  • Brien Graham, Vice President, South
    NOMA, AIA, NCARB
  • Oswaldo Ortega, Vice President, Northeast
    NOMA, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
  • Teonna N. Cooksey, Treasurer
    NOMA, NYCOBA
  • Ameera Ashraf-O’Niel, Parliamentarian
    NOMA

Directors

  • Joshua Ssebuwufu, University Liaison, Northeast Region
    NOMA
  • Tianna St. James, University Liaison, Midwest Region
    NOMA, Assoc. AIA
  • Jamilla Afandi, University Liaison, West Region
    NOMA
  • Colby Mitchell, University Liaison, South Region
    NOMA, Assoc. AIA
  • Joshua Cato, Student Representative
    NOMAS, University of DC
  • Patricia Negrón, Student Representative
    NOMAS, The Savannah College of Art and Design
  • Bernard Suber, Membership Co-Chair
    NOMA, AIA, LEED AP