Franklin Lakes Resident Serves as Vice President and Marketing Director at LAN Associates

The New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-NJ) announced that Kim Vierheilig, AIA, has been elected as the organization’s 2017 second vice president. The Franklin Lakes resident was formally inducted during AIA-NJ’s annual awards gala at the Sheraton in Mahwah, N.J.

A licensed architect in New Jersey, Florida and Washington DC, Vierheilig is a vice president at Midland Park-based LAN Associates, an architectural and engineering firm that focuses on educational facilities. Her responsibilities at LAN include designing buildings for schools and other clients as well as overseeing the company’s marketing efforts. Under her leadership, the firm has received numerous accolades, and Vierheilig has spearheaded numerous marketing and business development initiatives that have successfully increased the firm’s market share.

Vierheilig is very involved within the architectural community, serving as the current Women in Architecture Chair for AIA-NJ and a past president and current trustee of the Architect’s League of Northern New Jersey.

“Over the past decade, I have worked closely with local, state and national architecture leaders, and I am eager to assume this position at AIA-NJ to help further the cause of our profession within the state,” said Vierheilig. “There are a variety of issues we have to grapple with, including promoting gender diversity within the profession and advocating for legislation that will support holistic building design in elementary schools. I look forward to working alongside the rest of AIA-NJ leadership to help benefit the built environment of the state of New Jersey.”

Over the course of her career, Vierheilig has spoken in a number of different venues, including the AIA Committee on Architecture for Education’s Fall 2014 Conference in Tampa, Florida. She has received numerous awards for her professional and community-oriented efforts, including the AIA Grassroots Excellence Award in 2011, and was named the AIA-NJ Intern of the Year in 2004.

Vierheilig has been a member of the Franklin Lakes Planning Board for seven years and the board chair for the past four. In this capacity, she has also been involved in setting zoning policy for developable areas within Franklin Lakes.

She is active in a variety of communal organizations, including Ponds Reformed Church and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Some of Vierheilig’s community service activities are tied to the architectural realm, including running the Architect League of Northern New Jersey’s golf outing for more than a decade, which helped fund scholarships for architecture students. Vierheilig also worked with Morris Habitat for Humanity to develop a competition which enables architects to design a single-family house on a property owned by the Morris Habitat.

Vierheilig graduated from New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Albert Dorman Honors College with a bachelor’s degree in architecture and a master’s degree in management. She has also achieved LEED accreditation with a building design and construction specialty, and is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.

About AIA and AIA New Jersey

Founded in 1857, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) is the professional organization that helps architects serve the public’s needs and builds awareness of the role of architects and architecture in American society. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., its 300 plus local chapters represent 89,000 licensed architects and allied professionals. The organization’s local chapter, AIA New Jersey, has served as the voice of the architecture profession in the Garden State since 1900. Based in Trenton, AIA New Jersey has 2,000 members in six local sections. For more information, please visit www.aia-nj.org.