Chicago, IL—James Devine, NCARB, AIA, LEEP AP, was elected as a regional director at the National Council of Architectural Registration Board’s (NCARB) 2024 Annual Business Meeting. Devine was nominated to serve on the NCARB Board of Directors by Region 5 (Central Conference), which represents the licensing boards of Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

Devine currently serves on the North Dakota State Board of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and has served on that board since 2013, serving as the president, the secretary/treasurer, and as a general member. In 2020, he was elected to serve as the secretary/treasurer of NCARB’s Region 5 and was elected the chair in 2022.

After joining the North Dakota board, Devine began volunteering on many NCARB initiatives, including
volunteering as a member of an Architect Registration Examination® (ARE®) 4.0 Forms Assembly Committee, the ARE 5.0 Item Development Subcommittee, the Policy Advisory Committee, and the Regional Leadership Committee.

Devine is the co-founder and owner of J2 Studio Architecture + Design, PC in Bismarck, North Dakota, which is a full-service architectural firm, with a broad range of experience including educational, industrial, municipal, commercial, and healthcare design.

Devine received both his Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degrees from Montana State University. He holds an active NCARB Certificate and is licensed in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Minnesota.

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