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The SOM Foundation has appointed Scott Duncan (Chair), Chris Cooper (Vice-chair), Doug Voigt (Secretary), and Vram Malek (Treasurer) as its new officers. Scott Duncan was previously a Co-chair of the SOM Foundation and Vram Malek was the Assistant Treasurer. They began their appointment on October 1.

The SOM Foundation is pleased to announce the jury for the 2025 Robert L. Wesley Award. This year’s jury will be led by Robert L. Wesley (Retired Partner, SOM, Chicago) and will include Teri Canada (Principal and Cofounder, EVOKE Studio, Durham), Lisa C. Henry (Associate Professor and Associate Dean, College of Architecture + Planning, University of Utah, Salt Lake City), Camille Martin-Thomsen (Dean of Faculty and Vice President of Academic Affairs and professor of architecture and interior architecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago), and Amber N. Wiley (Wick Cary Director of the Institute for Quality Communities, Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, University of Oklahoma, Norman).

The SOM Foundation is pleased to announce the jury for the 2025 Research Prize. This year’s jury will be led by SOM Foundation Executive Director Iker Gil and will include Pedro Gadanho (Architect, author and independent curator, Lisbon), Meredith Glaser (Chief Executive Officer, Urban Cycling Institute, Amsterdam; Professor of Cycling, Ghent University, Ghent), and Carlos Mínguez Carrasco (Chief Curator, ArkDes - the Swedish National Centre for Architecture and Design, Stockholm).

The SOM Foundation is pleased to announce the jury for the 2025 Research Prize. This year’s jury will be led by SOM Foundation Executive Director Iker Gil and will include Gia Biagi (Secretary of Transportation, Illinois Department of Transportation, Chicago), Julia Day (Partner and Project Director, Gehl, New York City), Kit Krankel McCullough (Teaching Professor, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor; SOM Foundation fellow), and Jeffrey Sriver (Director of Transportation Planning, Chicago Department of Transportation, Chicago).