You’re invited on Thursday, December 10 for the 2026 AIA Dallas Holiday Party and Chapter Awards presented by Brown & Brown and Click Engineering. Your presence is requested as we look back at what we have accomplished together at AIA Dallas, as well as casting your vote for the 2027 Slate of Board Officers.
What you can expect:
- The official election of the 2027 chapter officers,
- Chapter Awards – special recognition will be given to our chapter volunteers, committee leadership, and annual chapter sponsors and allied members
- An AIA Dallas tradition – the annual presidential passing of the hat, and more!
Kelly Mitchell, AIA
Founding Partner of Mitchell Garman Architects
President
Licensed architect and founding partner of Mitchell Garman Architects, Kelly’s design foundation is high-end hospitality. After graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Oklahoma, she gained experience with a variety of building types ranging from hospitals to hotels to houses.
In 2006 she launched Mitchell Garman Architects to immediate notoriety and critical acclaim. Her celebrated designs of neighborhood restaurants have received accolades from D Magazine, Texas Monthly, Fort Worth Telegram, and The New York Times, among others. Her visionary ideas and attention to detail for residential design have also been rewarded. The Labron Residence received awards from ED+C (Environmental Design + Construction) Excellence in Design and EcoHome Design Awards and has been featured in Design Bureau Magazine and Luxe Interiors + Design.
Additionally, the Labron Residence was certified LEED-Platinum by the US Green Building Council, one of the first LEED-Platinum homes in Texas. Premiere residences were featured on the Dallas AIA Tour of Homes in 2007, 2009, 2013, 2016 and 2026.
Kelly sits on various committees and boards of local organizations, including the Dallas Chapter of AIA, the Texas Society of Architects, and the North Texas chapter of DocomomoUS – whose mission is the Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement. She strives to be a citizen architect of the community. Traveling is her number one passion, while playing tennis is a close second.
Bradley Fritz, AIA
Senior Theatre Design Consultant, Charcoalblue
President-Elect
Bradley Fritz is a Senior Theatre Design Consultant with Charcoalblue, providing consultancy in all aspects of theater design, specializing in auditorium design and planning, seating, sightlines and accessibility. Based here in Dallas but working globally, his expertise in theatre performance, technical systems, and design helps Architects create beautiful and functional performance spaces customized for each client.
Among Bradley’s passions is championing equitable design and diversifying the Architecture profession. In 2021, after years of serving in diversity, equitability, and inclusion roles for both AIA Iowa and AIA Chicago, he joined the AIA Dallas Board of Directors and founded the LGBTQIA+ Alliance. He is a graduate of Drury University Hammons School of Architecture and earned his MBA through University of Illinois at Chicago.
Anne Hildebrand, AIA
Principal, BRW Architects
VP Secretary
Anne Hildenbrand is a Principal in BRW’s Dallas K12 studio and leads many of the studio’s most complex projects. A strong consensus-builder, she excels in developing synergy and believes collaborating with individuals possessing talents, skills, and knowledge different from her own improves the design process. Anne is an active member of the Association for Learning Environments and has served in various positions of leadership over the last decade. She is a passionate proponent of meeting the diverse needs of learners by aligning design with the vision and goals of the educational communities she serves. She is particularly knowledgeable in the ways that physical environments influence the well-being and cognitive development of children. A mother of two and the daughter of educators, her commitment to excellence in the design of learning environments is both professional and profoundly personal.
Stephen Upchurch, AIA
Co-Managing Director, Principal at Gensler
VP Secretary
Steven is a Co-Managing Director of Gensler’s Dallas office and an accomplished hospitality and entertainment practice area leader. He serves on Gensler’s Management Committee with a focus on client relationships and long-term, global market strategies.
With more than three decades of design, planning, management, and real estate development experience, he has been recognized as one of Dallas’ most influential business leaders by D CEO magazine. Steven is known for his leadership on several signature mixed-use, sciences, entertainment, and hospitality projects, including the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Beverly Hills, The Grand Hyatt at Seoul’s Incheon Airport, American Airlines Headquarters, Universal Studios Kids Resort in Texas, the Loews Hollywood Hotel, and the award-winning restoration of the Belmond El Encanto Resort in Santa Barbara. He applies his knowledge of local and international markets to deliver innovative hospitality design solutions and memorable experiences.
Steven earned his Bachelor of Architecture from Kansas State University and founded a scholarship with the KSU Foundation awarded annually to students enrolled in the Department of Architecture. He serves on the 2024 AIA Dallas Board of Directors, ULI’s DFW Hospitality and Entertainment Development Council, Downtown Dallas, Inc.’s Board of Governors, the Board of Directors for Bryan’s House, the Advisory Council for Kind Traveler, and the Texas Trees Foundation’s UT Southwestern Best Practices Advisory Council.
Amanda Adler, AIA
Project Manager, HKS, Inc.
TxA Director
With 16 years of experience, Amanda has honed her expertise in project production and management, overseeing all phases from design to construction completion. She excels in building alignment across diverse teams and creating collaborative environments to develop and advance client and project goals.
Amanda is actively involved in the AIA Dallas chapter, having served as the Women in Architecture Vice-Chair in 2024 and Chair for 2025. Currently, she serves on the AIA Dallas Board as the Membership chair. She is a 2019 graduate of the AIA Dallas Emerging Leaders Program and a 2022 graduate of the AIA Dallas Advanced Leaders Program. Her work on The Magdalen House earned her a Preservation Achievement Award in 2022. Additionally, Amanda was named Young Architect of the Year by AIA Dallas in 2024 and received the Women in Architecture Professional Development Grant from the Architecture and Design Foundation in 2025 and 2026. Most recently, Amanda has been nominated to be president of the Dallas chapter of the Institute for Leadership in Capital Projects for 2027 and 2028.
Michael Malone, FAIA
Founding Principal of Malone Maxwell Dennehy Architects
Past President
Michael Malone, FAIA is the founding principal of Malone Maxwell Dennehy Architects, a full-service architectural firm based in Dallas, Texas. Since 1992, the firm has specialized in the design of retail and commercial interiors, single and multifamily residential, facilities for worship, and corporate marketing centers. The award-winning practice is frequently published in professional and shelter publications and is widely recognized for its thoughtful and considered designs. In 2013 the firm was selected as the Firm of the Year by the Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Michael is a frequent contributor to professional journals and is a Contributing Editor for Texas Architect magazine. He is the author of “The Architects Guide to Residential Design” published in 2010 by McGraw Hill.
Active in the Texas Society of Architects, he was the 2015 President. Previously he served as President Elect, Vice President for Outreach, Chairman of the Publications Committee, Chairman of the Texas Society of Architects Design Committee, and Chairman of the Honors and Awards committee. He initiated and chaired the first three Texas Society of Architects Design Conferences in 2011, 2012 and 2013. He currently serves as the President of the Texas Architectural Foundation and chairs the AIA Dallas Community Honors Committee. He is a frequent speaker at professional meetings and conventions, with his programs focused primarily on the importance of design, the role of drawing in design and issues affecting the architectural profession. He was elevated to Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 2017.