Architecture community speaks out over unexplained departure of AIA Chicago Executive VP Zurich Esposito
Members of Chicago's architecture community have spoken out in recent days over the abrupt and unexplained departure of AIA Chicago Executive Vice President Zurich Esposito, a highly regarded figure in the city's professional community who is praised for undertaking a variety of successful initiatives to increase the organization's stature. On August 13th, AIA Chicago published news of Esposito's departure in a brief statement announcing that the Executive Vice President was "no longer with AIA Chicago" without further explanation for the change. The organization also thanked Esposito "for his 14 years of service to the organization and the architecture and design community," offering additionally that "We are focused on the future and plan to begin a national search for a permanent replacement in the coming weeks." On August 25th, Mark Schmieding, FAIA of Goettsch Partners created a petition expressing "utmost concern with the actions of the AIA Chicago Board of Directors" regardin...
Members of Chicago's architecture community have spoken out in recent days over the abrupt and unexplained departure of AIA Chicago Executive Vice President Zurich Esposito, a highly regarded figure in the city's professional community who is praised for undertaking a variety of successful initiatives to increase the organization's stature.
On August 13th, AIA Chicago published news of Esposito's departure in a brief statement announcing that the Executive Vice President was "no longer with AIA Chicago" without further explanation for the change. The organization also thanked Esposito "for his 14 years of service to the organization and the architecture and design community," offering additionally that "We are focused on the future and plan to begin a national search for a permanent replacement in the coming weeks."
On August 25th, Mark Schmieding, FAIA of Goettsch Partners created a petition expressing "utmost concern with the actions of the AIA Chicago Board of Directors" regardin...
