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  • ABOUT
  • WHO WE ARE
    • Feature Articles >
      • Member Spotlight - Designing Equity
      • Case Study - Streetwyze
    • Community Design Build
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  • SFNOMA ARE EXAM SUPPORT

about sfnoma

SFNOMA members are a diverse group of individuals engaged in the architecture and design profession; and part of a network of nation-wide professionals that uniquely implement the NOMA mission. What binds us together and fuels our volunteer activism is a duty to social responsibility and to actively address relevant social and environment issues, such as affordable housing, inclusiveness, and universal economic access.

​ Join SFNOMA and be a part of a dynamic organization committed to excellence and positive change.

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Meet Our leadershp Team

SFNOMA Executive Board 2021

gary J nelson
aia, NOMA, ncarb

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NOMA western region
​vice President

julia weatherspoon
NOMA, LEED BD + C, Assoc. AIA

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2021-2022 president

Jamilla Afandi
NOMA​

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Vice President

Iheanyi ngumezi
Assoc. AIA, NOMA

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treasurer

jascynda jones
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Assoc. AIA, IIDA, NOMA

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membership chair

prescott reavis
NOMA, LEED BD + C, SEED

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project pipeline camp director


MEET THE EXECUTIVE BOARD

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Gary J Nelson, AIA, NOMA, NCARB
Vice President, NOMA West Region
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gary.nelson@noma.net
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​Julia Weatherspoon, NOMA, LEED BD+C, NOMA, Assoc. AIA
2021 President
President@sfnoma.net


Julia Weatherspoon is an architectural designer on a mission to create more inclusive spaces within design. She has experience working on an array of architecture projects of various scales from workplace commercial interiors, aviation, community and civic design, and now Higher Education at SmithGroup in San Francisco. Julia is committed to pushing the envelope for improvement in diversity, inclusion, and belonging within the design industry and dedicated to increasing visibility and representation in design. 

Julia is a champion for change and uses her voice to challenge people to look at design holistically and through an equity lens. Her inspiration is driven by the belief that architecture and design can do more. It has the power to change our perspective, elevate the human experience, and transform our lives. Her passion has brought her to moderate and speak on a number of panels including events for UC Berkeley, San Francisco Design Week 2018, and AIGA Pasadena 2019. She has also been featured in Architect Magazine in December 2018. Julia holds a Bachelors of Architecture from the University of Arizona.

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Prescott Reavis, NOMA, LEED BD+C, SEED
SFNOMA Project Pipeline Director + Instructor
camp@sfnoma.net
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Prescott is accredited in Sustainable Design, certified in Social Economic Environmental Design and has completed all of his Architecture Registration Exams, he has spent the majority of his career focusing on the programming, planning, designing and the construction of buildings which enhance the community in areas of healing, learning and discovery internationally. ​


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​Jascynda Jones, NOMA, LEED AP
2019-2021 Membership Chair 
secretary_m@sfnoma.net

​Jascynda is currently a Project Manager with Amazon, a graduate of Howard University and a Bay Area native. She specializes in workplace design for both large national and international clients. Jascynda serves as the day-to-day client contact and coordinates with various groups including those involved in design, construction detailing, construction, procurement, and maintenance. She is a thoughtful manager with a dedicated focus to each of her projects which results in relevant solutions for her clients. Her membership responsibilities include welcoming new members and reminding existing members of upcoming financial obligations.

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Iheanyi  Ngumezi, Assoc. AIA, NOMA
​2016 - 2018 SFNOMA President
treasurer@sfnoma.net
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​Iheanyi is an Architectural Assistant at the City of San Francisco Building Design Construction Division. He has over 6 years  architecture experience in the Local Government Sector.   He  obtained his Masters of Architecture from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 2011 and he is currently working towards licensure. Iheanyi has held numerous  positions of  leadership. In 2008, he founded and served as President of the American Institute of Architecture Students Chapter at Academy of Art University.   From 2009 – 2011 he  served as the Student Director North for the AIA California Council. He served as  Co-Chair  of  AIAS West Quad Conference in 2012. He has been a NOMA member since 2012.


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Jamilla Afandi, NOMA
Vice President

vice_president@sfnoma.net 

Coming Soon!

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June A. Grant, RA, NOMA
​2018-2020 SFNOMA President
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​Ex_officio@sfnoma.net

M​s. Grant is founding Principal of blink!LAB architecture, a boutique, research-based architecture practice focused on adaptive and transformative sustainable development.  With a Master's Degree in Architecture from Yale University, she  has completed a wide range of work from individual buildings to urban scale. She sees architecture as a creative challenge. To excel is an obligation to practice and research.  As President of SFNOMA, Ms. Grant focuses on developing the public image and social value of the Bay Area chapter.   

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Paul Nabena, NOMA
2016 SFNOMA Historian
​historian@sfnoma.net

Paul is passionate about art and architecture. His design philosophy gives more importance to the needs of the user and how they experience the spaces rather than simply on the act of form making. Mr. Nabena's professional experience includes commercial, residential and landscape design both in the U.S. and in Nigeria. As Historian for SFNOMA Mr. Nabena is charged with documenting our activities and events with photography and video.  Paul holds B.Arch from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology in Nigeria  and a M.Arch from the Academy of Art University. 

​We are going to have to have people as committed to doing the right thing to inclusiveness as we have in the past to exclusiveness.
Whitney M Young, Jr
1968 AIA Convention
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UPCOMING SEATS​

SFNOMA Historian
SFNOMA Vice-President
Parliamentarian - Entrepreneurship Development / Contract Compliance


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 Corporate Members
  • Barcelon Jang Architecture, Inc. 
  • Blink!lab Architecture
  • HKIT Architectsm
  • Mithun
  • MWA Architects
  • Veverka Partners Architecture
  • WLC Architects
  • YA Studio​​​
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Individual Members
  • Oluyemi Alabi
  • Ian Ashcraft-Williams
  • Jamilla Afandi
  • Yakuh Askew
  • Howard Cameron
  • Jovanni Carter-Davis
  • Marcial Chao
  • Victor Chu
  • Regina Davis
  • Mira De Avila-Shin
  • Laurie Dreyer
  • Jason Duty
  • Dana Elliot
  • Kasey Elliott
  • Carina Felix
  • JonAnthony Floyed-Jackson
  • William Gilchrist
  • Dechen Gonnot
  • ​Irving Gonzales
  • June Grant​
  • Rod Henmi, FAIA​
  • Lynne Horiuchi
  • ​Matt Jefferies
  • William Johnson
  • Dijon Jones
  • Jascynda Jones


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Individual Members
  • J. Hulett Jones
  • Janey Madamba
  • E. Sara McBarnette
  • Suj Mishra
  • Geny Munoz
  • Barbara Nasila
  • ​Beth Nelson
  • Rishi Ostrowski
  • George Powell
  • Natalie Ramirez
  • Prescott Reavis
  • Carlton Smith, FAIA, NOMAC
  • Marcell Snodgrass
  • Steve Suzuki
  • Tiana Taylor
  • Anne Torney
  • Julia Weatherspoon​
  • Darine Yusuf
  • Brenda (Bz) Zhang
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JOIN SFNOMA

The San Francisco Chapter of the 
National Organization of Minority Architects
P.O. Box 190638 San Francisco, CA 94119
info@sfnoma.net
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