James A. Brady, AIA, REFP

Please welcome Mr. James Brady, AIA, REFP as the Executive Director of America's Schoolhouse Council. Mr. Brady's vision, enthusiasm and dedication to excellence in planning our nation's schools parallel those of America's Schoolhouse Council.

Mr. Brady has had a distinguished career encompassing many aspects of education including experience as an educator, planner and architect. He has provided assistance to hundreds of school districts with varied cultural, location and size, and instructional issues. His professional experience in education has been centered on:

· Collaborative models for the successful development of strategic and facilities plans
· The development of educational specifications focused on teaching and learning strategies
· Leadership development

Having taught at a community college, worked as a school district staff architect and planner, provided leadership training for school board members, and planned technologically advanced learning environments which are student-focused, Mr. Brady has shown his dedication, throughout his career, to the integration of architecture and education.

As a nationally recognized authority in Educational Facilities Planning, he was honored by The Council of Educational Facility Planners (CEFPI) and named the 2003 CEFPI Planner of the Year. As a planner and architect with PageSoutherlandPage, Mr. Brady worked with clients across the country and overseas and recently worked on the award winning Academy of Irving ISD, where he assisted in developing an educational specification and architectural program that would meet the instructional needs of the school. The Academy of Irving ISD has won awards for planning, innovation, construction, design, and educational appropriateness.