Committee

2024-2025 Co-Chair: Ke Vaughn Harding, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB

Ke Vaughn Harding’s experience rehabilitating historic dwellings in his hometown of Falmouth, Jamaica, set him on a path of interrogating the role of architecture in expressing, preserving, and perpetuating cultural heritage.

Since joining MASS in 2022, Ke Vaughn has lent his preservation expertise to projects in the civic and housing domains. His attentiveness to the cultural values represented by the historic built environment has been instrumental to the condition assessment and design phases of the Owe’neh Bupingeh and Branigan Cultural Center Preservation Projects.

Ke Vaughn serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Falmouth Heritage Renewal, a nonprofit focused on the preservation of built heritage and improving the housing stock within the historic district of Falmouth, Jamaica. He has also stewarded professional development initiatives offered to emerging professionals through his role as the 2023 – 2025 Co-Chair of the AIA New Mexico Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program.

Ke Vaughn received a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies from the University of Technology in Jamaica. He holds a Master of Architecture degree and a Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation and Regionalism from the University of New Mexico.

2024-2025 Co-Chair: Huang Banh, Associate AIA, LEED AP BD+C, GPCP, GGP

Huang is Director of Design Services and an Associate with Verdacity, LLC. He manages the delivery of governmental and non-governmental projects to affirm compliance with building sustainability goals and mandates. His expertise in building systems, rating system criteria, and developing strategies for meeting high-performance benchmarks provides a solid foundation for working with clients to achieve their goals. Huang received a Master of Architecture degree in 2016 from the University Of New Mexico and has been working in the field of design and construction for nine years. He currently serves as Co-chair for the AIA Christopher Kelly Leadership Development Program and AIA Committee on the Environment.

Program Founders

Co-Founder: Sean Stadler, FAIA, LEED AP, is a Design Principal and partner of WDG where he focuses on elevating the firm’s stature in design, with particular emphasis on enhancing the civic realm.  Mr. Stadler takes a strong leadership role and his commitment to design excellence and innovative thinking influences the projects he is involved with.  He believes that design is a process and that this process begins not with a brief, program, or even a charette, but rather with the people from which ideas flow.  His example shows that leadership is a two-way street; it involves the ability to influence others and be receptive to the needs of those you lead.  In his worldview, design excellence is not the application of certain techniques or the realization of inborn talent, so much as the development of a latent understanding for the negotiations that are at the heart of architecture; negotiations between site and program, client and designer, architect and engineer.

Mr. Stadler has been honored with an AIA President’s Award for his service to the profession and was recognized as one of the “rising stars of the AEC industry” by Building Design + Construction Magazine in 2009.  He is the recipient of the 2011 AIA Young Architects award where the jury noted that “he is a unique individual of outstanding talent and clear commitment.”

Co-Founder: Ryan McEnroe, AIA, ASLA, LEED AP, as both an architect and landscape architect, Ryan is a diverse and accomplished professional. Through his family background in organic farming, he recognizes the need to address land, food, and water resources and is a passionate advocate for sustainable strategies. He finds true value in a collaborative team approach that imparts a variety of perspectives into successful designs that stand the test of time and are as sustainable as possible. Ryan is an ardent volunteer to professional associations and forums promoting leadership, educational, and development opportunities for emerging professionals. As a past board member on the National Architectural Accrediting Board, he actively serves on visiting teams annually and is the youngest member to Chair such visits. Ryan is the Co-Founder of the AIA|DC Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program, and currently serves the AIA Young Architects Forum as the Knowledge Director. He has received numerous design awards for both building and landscape architecture, and in 2014 was recognized with the prestigious AIA|DC Emerging Architect Award.