FAICP Members

Joseph holds the unique honor of serving our Nation as the Special Delegate of the Architect of the Capitol. A certified planner, as well as a licensed architect and landscape architect, his leadership and planning contributions span every level of government from city, state, federal, and tribal nation to international coalitions as a diplomat and planning consigliere. Beyond his work as an interdisciplinary practitioner and public servant, Dr. Imamura extends his passion for leadership and learning in the classroom as an award-winning educator, having taught courses in sustainability and the built environment with two, globally recognized Tier One research institutions and continues to volunteer his time to support young professionals and organizations across the planning and design community. Dr. Imamura earned a Bachelor of Environmental Development from Texas Tech University and pursued graduate degrees in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning, followed by a doctorate in land use planning, management, and design, and holds other industry credentials as a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP), Certified Construction Manager (CCM), and Project Management Professional (PMP).

The 2024 Class was inducted into the College of Fellows at the National Planning Conference in Minneapolis on Sunday, April 14, 2024.

Robert Duffy’s distinguished planning practice has traveled a unique and highly diversified journey that has been dedicated to public service, management of successful plans, projects and programs, and mentoring professional and citizen planners. His award winning planning practice has included: conservation of Cincinnati Ohio’s urban natural areas to protection of Sanibel Florida’s barrier island ecosystem; preservation of the Main Streets of Brookline, Massachusetts to the revitalization of Louisville, Kentucky’s downtown and cultural arts district; and transit oriented public and private investment planning and implementation partnerships for the hamlet centers of Southampton, New York to the Metro corridors of Arlington, Virginia.

For nearly two decades, serving as both educator and administrator in planning programs at three very different universities, Hazel Ruth Edwards has impacted over 900 students from more than 20 nations across the world. Her work facilitated her passion for increasing the representation of diverse voices in the fields of planning and design. Her participation in professional planning organizations extended her ability to create opportunities for her students. Dr. Edwards’ innovative educational and mentoring techniques have nurtured a new generation of planning and design professionals expressing the built environment in a broad spectrum of cultural values.

Professor Sonia Hirt is the Dean of Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Her research focuses on urban built environments. She has more than 75 publications, including several books. Her 2015 book Zoned in the USA received many honors, including the 2017 John Friedmann Book Award by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Hirt has taught at Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture and Urban Studies and Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. She has guest-lectured at many other universities, including Cambridge, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Michigan, Penn, Vanderbilt, and Yale. Her publications are highly cited and widely used in classrooms.