Building a Better Tomorrow, Today - Video Competition
Judges Biographies
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James Gantt Fausett, FAIA
Jim Fausett is a former professor of the architecture program at Southern Polytechnic
State University. He is a founder of the American Institute of Architecture
Students (AIAS) chapter at Southern Polytechnic
and has been a mentor for the organization for the past 30 years. Under Fausett’s
guidance, the chapter received the National Chapter of the Year Award. He is
co-author of Architectural Drawing and Light Construction and was named a National
Educator of the Year by the AIAS. He is past president of AIA Georgia and AIA
Atlanta, past protocol chairman for the AIA National Convention and past president
of the board of trustees for the Architects Foundation of Georgia. He also a
past recipient of the Rothschild Award.
James Gantt Fausett
Susan Ellis Proper, Executive Director of the Atlanta Chapter of The American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Susan Ellis Proper is the Executive Director of the Atlanta
Chapter of The American Institute of Architects (AIA). Joining AIA in early
2005, she provided operational, financial and program management for both AIA
Georgia and AIA Atlanta. In 2007 she was promoted to Executive Director of AIA
Atlanta - the ninth largest chapter in the nation which remains focused on the
2030 Challenge. Ellis Proper also worked with the Atlanta Public Arts Legacy
Fund restoring public art, monuments and sculpture. She owned and operated her
own small business in Hawaii for 6 years. Ellis Proper holds a business degree
from Fisher College in Boston as well as an art degree from Georgia State University.
She is a member of GSAE and ASAE and is an avid painter, traveler and golfer.
Susan Ellis Proper
Sydney G. Roberts, PhD, Southface Home Services Program Manager
Sydney G. Roberts, Ph.D. has actively engaged the greater building community
through outreach activities at Southface.
She is a lead instructor and curricula developer for a number of professional
training programs. Sydney has delivered invited lectures on topics of energy
efficiency and green building at diverse forums such as the 2007 British Consulate
Climate Change Initiative Forum and Atlanta Developer’s Day (2007) and has presented
at regional and national conferences in this field. Southface is a nonprofit
organization that for more than 30 years has promoted energy-, water- and resource-efficient
workplaces, homes and communities through education, research, advocacy and
technical assistance.
Sydney G. Roberts
Sponsor
YKK AP America Inc.
7680 The Bluffs, Suite 100
Austell, GA 30168
