Vice-President/President-Elect Casey Chapin, AIA, LEED AP BD+C has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2021. He is co-chair of the Advocacy Committee, past chair of the EDI Committee, and past Secretary. Casey grew up in Costa Mesa, California, where an early interest in art and skateboarding ultimately grew into a love of architecture. After graduating from the U.C. Berkeley College of Environmental Design and working on small-scale design projects with friends, he began a career at LPA Design Studios that has continued since 2007. He currently works out of their Irvine Studio as a Project Designer, with a focus on Civic and Cultural projects. Casey is passionate about design and believes in the power of architecture to uplift communities and create meaningful social change. He lives in Long Beach with his wife, Sara and their two small dogs, Tuey and Ruth.
Allie has been employed at Oatman Architects since the Fall of 2020. As a licensed architect and project manager, not only does she guide clients through a detailed and organized process, build trust, and provide support from design through construction, but she also manages a team, sets schedules and assures that projects stay on budget all while creating an innovative and sustainable design.
Prior to her employment at Oatman Architects, she crafted beautiful homes in Long Beach, California, and brings with her 10 years of experience in residential architecture. Additionally, she has a background in Commercial and Government design working as an architectural designer and assisting the Department of Defense Studio for a Firm in her home state of Virginia.
Preceding her architecture career, she gained her Master’s Degree from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA (2012). She also attended the University of Virginia where she received her Bachelor of Science in Architecture (2008).
Mr. Winters has been in and around architecture his whole life, from Lincoln Logs, to the present. He received his undergraduate degree in architecture from the University of Arizona, while being a member of both division 1 NCAA track, + cross country teams. He then went on to the prestigious Los Angeles founded school of architecture SCI_Arc, (Southern California Institute of Architecture) where he studied under the likes of Michael Rotondi, Eric Owen Moss, Coy Howard, and Ray Kappe, and recieved his dual masters degree, in history and philosophy, with distinction.
While attending SCI_Arc, Mr. Winters had the invaluable opportunity to intern then become employed with Thom Mayne of morphosis architects, the 2005 Pritsker Prize Award winning architect. While at morphosis, Mr. Winters soon became a key team member of the San Francisco Federal Building, which has won numerous local and national awards for both its aesthetic design, as well as it cutting edge modern technology under the genre of sustainability.
In 2005, Mr. Winters started hu mn+ under the impression that evoking the human spirit through architecture awakens the child in all of us. His current work has been both acclaimed and published, both nationally and internationally, for its use of sustainable design, as well as his use of the the five principles of architecture, his practice performs. Having more than a decade of design + build experience, provides Mr. Winters with the depth and knowledge needed to be a well rounded professional.
Mr. Winters, is a frequent juror at SCI_Arc, USC, and Otis College of Art & Design. He is NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards), certified, as well as a registered architect, and a member of the American Institute of Architects, AIA, #30409672. He currently holds the position on the Board of Advisors for El Camino College, and concurrently is on the Board of Directors for the American Institute of Architects, AIA.
Mr. Johnson is a California licensed architect and Principal of Alec Johnson Architecture. In addition, he is a full time faculty in the Design Department (Interior Architecture) at California State University Long Beach. He graduated with a Bachelors of Architecture from SCI_ARC, [Southern California Institute of Architecture] and studied at the Hochschule Fur Angewandte Kunst Wein, Austria [School for Applied Arts] under renowned architect Coop Himmeb(l)au. His experience ranges from complex medical centers, educational facilities, commercial interiors and custom residential. He was part of the architectural team that renovated the Getty Villa in Malibu, Ca. and the Greek Theater in Hollywood, Ca. Alec co-authored a book entitled Building Code Quick Reference Guide: A Schematic Building Design Timesaver. He is a recipient of the American Institute of Architects Distinguished Service Award, Long Beach/South Bay (Cabrillo) Chapter.
