Jane Frederick takes office as AIA 2020 President

L. Jane Frederick, principal at Frederick + Frederick Architects in Beaufort, South Carolina, has been inaugurated as the American Institute of Architects (AIA) president for the year 2020.

Aside from running an award-winning practice and being a Fellow of the AIA, Frederick has played various roles within the AIA organization itself in previous years, including serving as the AIA 2019 first vice president, South Atlantic Regional representative on the AIA Strategic Council, and president of AIA South Carolina. Frederick has also served on the AIA Small Firm Round Table Executive Committee and on National Architecture Accreditation Board accreditation teams, according to an AIA announcement highlighting her inauguration. 

Frederick + Frederick Architects, which bills itself as a firm offering "unparalleled expertise in hot and humid architecture," received AIA South Carolina's 2017 Firm Award, among other awards.

As the new head of the national AIA organization, Frederick follows A...