Emerging Professional Sponsorship Program
APT DC is pleased to sponsor the annual Emerging Professional Sponsorship Program (EPSP), a tradition since 1999. The program provides stipends for an active APT DC member who is a recent graduate to attend the annual APTI conference. As part of its mission, APT DC supports emerging professionals that specialize in historic preservation or one of its affiliated fields - architecture, architectural or materials conservation, architectural history/research, construction, construction management, engineering, interiors, landscape architecture, or planning. The 2022 sponsorship application period is currently open. |
2022 EMERGING PROFESSIONALS SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMFor 2022, sponsorship is being offered for: The Association for Preservation Technology International Conference November 7-12, 2022 | Detroit, MI One applicant will be selected for the EPSP to attend this years APTI Conference located in Detroit, MI. Awarded applicants will receive full registration and coverage for airfare, lodging, and a food stipend while in attendance at the conference. Several additional applicants may be selected to receive conference registration only. |
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Expectations: The successful applicant(s) will be expected to provide social media content during the event as well as provide, within 30 days of event, an 500-word illustrated article (min. 3 photos) discussing the applicant's impressions of the event for use by APT DC on the Chapter Website, or other venue. See Statement of Commitment on Application Form. Applications for 2022 are available here: APPLY Deadline for applications is: 11:59 pm on August 31, 2022. Contact the EPSP Committee at epsp@aptdc.org if you have any questions about the application process. |
2020 EMERGING PROFESSIONAL |
Keshika De Saram Mr. De Saram, Associate AIA, graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2017 with a master’s degree in Architecture. He is a past president of the American Institute of Architecture Students and served as AIA’s national student director in 2018. For the past two years, Mr. De Saram has worked as Staff Designer at Quinn Evans Architects. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in design in architecture from UM. |
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2019 EMERGING PROFESSIONALS |
Sal DiPietro Salvatore DiPietro is a Structural Designer at Springpoint Structural in Charlottesville, Virginia. He graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology in December 2016 with a Masters in Architectural Engineering. Prior to that, he attended Syracuse University where he graduated with a Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering. Sal has also been helping with the chapter's expansion into central Virginia by setting up an APT DC happy hour in Richmond.Read about Sal's experience at APTI in Miami on our blog! Additional pictures can be found on our Instagram page. | Liz Reynolds Elizabeth Reynolds graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2018 with a Masters in Historic Preservation, concentrating in Architectural Conservation. As a student, her honors included the Gonick Architectural Conservation Travel Fellowship and the Charles E. Peterson Award for distinguished specialized study of historic building technology. She also holds an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Maine and currently works as part of the Historic Preservation Group of Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (WJE) in Fairfax, Virginia. Learn about Liz's experience at the IPTN Workshop in Stirling, Scotland, UKon our blog! More pictures and video also available on our Instagram page. |
PAST EPSP RECIPIENTS
Pictured: 2015 EPSP Recipients, Katie Hummelt (L) and Allie Terpeluk (R),
with 2015 Chapter President and 2013 EPSP Recipient, Nakita Reed
at APTI Kansas City, .
2020 Keshika De Saram (APTI)
2019 Sal DiPietro (APTI) and Liz Reynolds (PTN)
2018 Rebecca Domingue (APTI) and Emily Garrison (PTN)
2017 Moira Nadal (APTI) and Naomi Doddington (PTN)
2016 Lindsay McCook, Kara Johnston, and Charlotte Daum
2015 Katie Hummelt and Allie Terpeluk (both to APTI)
2014 Jennie Gwin (APTI) and Mary Catherine Collins (PTN)
2013 Nakita Reed (APTI) and Madeline Clites (PTN)