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.
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.
Pittsburgh Architecture Foundation