Emerging Professionals

EPs: Monthly Happy Hour

Our latest Central Virginia EP happy hour was a great success! 😄 This month, we were joined by ELA Alumni who provided wonderful insight on the AIA Virginia ELA program. 

Applications are now open for AIA Virginia Emerging Leaders in Architecture (ELA) Class of 2026! Complete details on applying for ELA can be found on our website here.

Want to learn more about local opportunities for professional development? Reach out to us with any questions or join our local EP email list: aiacentralva@gmail.com 

⭐️ Central VA Emerging Professionals meet monthly for happy hour, first Thursday of the month. Visit our EP page to see what we’ve been up to.

Apply for ELA Class of 2024!

Join AIA Virginia for a year-long educational intensive -- Emerging Leaders in Architecture Class of 2024!

ELA is an intensive program of educational sessions structured around presentations, discussions, team exploration, analysis, consensus-building, collaboration, and case study activities undertaken over the course of a year by a small cadre of participants selected for their potential to be outstanding contributors to the profession and the community. Facilitators and mentors who are established leaders in the building, finance, non-profit, development, university, legal, consulting, and design professions and in the community at large develop and deliver the sessions, designed to provide participants with advanced knowledge and skills related to specific areas of leadership and practice. The class project for 2024 will be in Northern Virginia, so many sessions and the project work days will be located in the Northern Virginia area.

Applications Due to AIA CV by OCT 2nd, and to AIA VA by NOV 10th

To apply to represent AIA Central Virginia, click here.
AIA Central Virginia nomination application due > OCTOBER 2, 2023 

To learn more about the ELA program and apply to AIA VA, click here.
AIA Virginia applications due > NOVEMBER 10, 2023.