meet the team


The MAPS Advisory Committee is a 6-person, volunteer-based team made up of individuals from the architecture, planning, engineering, and construction industry with nonprofit leadership experience. This committee administers the MAPS scholarship from program development to community outreach, application review and scholarship award.

NICKIE CHEUNG

Associate AIA, NOMA

Rothschild Doyno Collaborative

nickiec@rdcollab.com

Ashley cox

EcoDistricts AP, NOMA

evolveEA

ashley@evolveea.com

Prerana Paliwal

Associate AIA, LEED AP BD+C

Desmone

ppaliwal@desmone.com

Robert Tuñón

AIA, NOMA, EcoDistricts AP

Rothschild Doyno Collaborative

robertt@rdcollab.com

Riccardy Volcy

NOMA

Continental Building Company

riccardy.volcy@gmail.com

Contributors

MAPS is the result of many people working together and offering guidance on the development of the scholarship. We would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions during the scholarship’s formation process (2020-21):

Victoria Acevedo

Erica Cochran Hameen

Gwen Dakis

Michelle Fanzo

Chalis Sledge Henderson

Alicia Volcy

PARTNERS

MAPS was founded as an independent scholarship for minority architects that operated in partnership between Pittsburgh’s leading architectural organizations. The scholarship was inspired through the Redefine Philanthropy campaign that educates and empowers people of color to participate in philanthropic work. MAPS is a fiscally sponsored project of Turning Point CDC, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that manages the financial and legal operations of MAPS. We would like to thank each of our partners and we encourage you to learn more about each organization through their website.

NOMA Pittsburgh

AIA Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Architecture Foundation

Turning Point CDC