Scott E. Harm, AIA, NCARB, of Puyallup, Washington, was appointed to the Washington State Board of Architectural Registration in 2013. Harm’s service with NCARB began in 2016, serving as an NCARB representative on a National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) visiting team. Since then, Harm has offered his time and expertise to many NCARB efforts, including the Futures Task Force, Futures Collaborative, and Ethics Case Study Work Group, as well as the Professional Conduct, Policy Advisory, and Regional Leadership committees. Harm previously served as the organization’s chair of Region 6, which represents 13 licensing boards throughout the Western United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. He was re-elected to serve on the NCARB Board of Directors as the region 6 Director in 2024.
In addition to his service to NCARB, Harm is a Program Manager, Critical Buildings and Infrastructure at Tetra Tech Architects & Engineers. Harm is also the current vice-chair of the City of Puyallup’s Planning Commission and the current chair of his state’s registration board, as well as the current Post President of Seattle’s Society of American Military Engineers (SAME). He studied at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, and graduated with a Bachelor of Forestry in 1981. In 1988, Harm graduated from the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, with a Master’s in Architecture. Harm is licensed to practice architecture in Arizona, Arkansas, California, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.