Connecticut Professionals’ Leadership Academy

Connecticut Professionals' Leadership Academy

Presented in partnership with:

2024 Connecticut Graduates

Deep Chaniara, AIA – Pickard Chilton
Stephen Hansen, Assoc. AIA – Svigals + Partners
Leen Hariri, Assoc. AIA – Patriquin Architects
Algis Kalvaitis, AIA – Shepley Bulfinch

What is the Connecticut Professionals' Leadership Academy?

Launched in 2021, the Connecticut Professionals’ Leadership Academy is a unique program that brings together professionals from a wide variety of industries and backgrounds from the following organizations:

American Institute of Architects, Connecticut
CFA Society Hartford
Connecticut Bar Association
Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants
Connecticut Young Insurance Professionals
Hartford County Bar Association

Participants work to strengthen leadership skills, build relationships, cultivate talent, and create a collaborative community among several professionals for the next generation of business leaders.

This six-month program will encourage emerging leaders to develop and improve their professions, their professional association groups, their companies, and their personal career growth.

Who should apply?

We are looking for early to mid-career professionals who are members of the partnering organizations seeking leadership training to propel them to the next level of their career.

Individuals are selected for the program based on community and business involvement, leadership aspiration, and commitment to professional growth.

Questions? Email Gina Calabro, Hon. AIACT, Executive Director.

2023 AIA Connecticut Graduates

(left to right) Misha Semenov-Leiva, AIA, Centerbrook Architects; Brian Stancavage, AIA, Svigals + Partners; David Reilly, AIA, Trillium Architects.

Missing: Jason Levy, Assoc. AIA, QA+M Architecture; Justin Towart, AIA, Further Architecture Office PLLC

2022 AIA Connecticut Graduates

(left to right) Brian Baril, AIA, A/Z Corporation; Jillian Winterkorn, Eversource; Matthew Gallerani, AIA, Silver Petrucelli + Associates; AIA CT Executive Director Gina Calabro, Hon. AIACT; Brigid Abraham, AIA, Pickard Chilton; and Utkarsh Patil, Russell and Dawson Inc.

Missing: Karen Parzych, AIA, The S/L/A/M Collaborative; Melissa Spiga, CHK Architects

2021 AIA Connecticut Graduates

Max Ballardo, Assoc. AIA, Patriquin Architects; Emily Ky, AIA, The S/L/A/M Collaborative; Kevin Levesque, Babbidge Construction; Susan Odell, AIA, Paul Bailey Architects; Catherine Young, AIA, George Penniman Architects.

This photo is from the graduation, not all AIA CT graduates are pictured.