Tampa, FL—Jennifer R. Arbuckle, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, of North Ferrisburgh, Vermont, was elected as a regional director at the National Council of Architectural Registration Board’s (NCARB) 2023 Annual Business Meeting. Arbuckle was nominated to serve on the NCARB Board of Directors by Region 1 (New England Conference), which represents the licensing boards of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode Island.
Arbuckle was appointed to the Vermont Board of Architects in 2008 and served on the board until 2018, including time as the board’s chair from 2014-2018. She was elected by her peers to serve as the vice chair of Region 1 in 2017, going on to serve as the region’s chair from 2020-2023.
In addition, Arbuckle dedicated her time and expertise to several NCARB committees, including the Education, Policy Advisory, and Regional Leadership committees. In 2019, she helped found and chaired NCARB’s Diversity Collaborative, a grassroots effort to explore ways that the Council could better support diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout all levels of the organization; the Collaborative transitioned to become a permanent committee in 2022. Arbuckle is an active member of the greater Burlington, Vermont, area; is a member of her local Healthcare Advisory Board and the Center for Health Design; and has a long-standing commitment to her local Ronald McDonald House./p>
Arbuckle is a partner with E4H Environments for Health Architecture, which she joined in 1996. She earned her license to practice architecture in 1995. Arbuckle holds the NCARB Certificate for national reciprocity and is LEED AP certified. She is a graduate of Syracuse University and is currently licensed in Vermont, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
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