New York, NY According to Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, Marcy Stanley, Hon. AIA, a vice president and business development manager in its Wall Street New York office, has been appointed to the New York State Board for Architecture by the New York State Board of Regents. Stanley will serve as the public member of the board, effective immediately. Board members assist the Board of Regents and the State Education Department, advising on licensing requirements and examinations, and practice issues. The New York State Board for Architecture consists of seven professional board members who are architects, and one public member. Board members are appointed for a five-year term and may be reappointed for a second five-year term. Stanley has more than 20 years of experience in the AEC industry and spearheads business development efforts for Thornton Tomasetti’s Structural Engineering practice in its New York, Washington, D.C., and Boston offices. She assists the firm’s practice leaders in developing relationships and executing business development strategies, and organizes special meetings, presentations and seminars to introduce Thornton Tomasetti’s capabilities to new and existing clients. Stanley served as assistant director for the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for three years and later served as a two-term member of the chapter’s board of directors as its director of development affairs. In 2009, she was named an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects for her contributions to the profession of architecture and her work in successfully bridging the architectural and engineering communities. This is one of highest honors the AIA can bestow upon a person outside of the architecture profession. Stanley is a member of AIA New York and Washington, D.C. Chapters, The Architectural League, Association for Preservation Technology International, Society of College & University Planners, New York Building Congress, Urban Land Institute, ERAPPA, Society for Marketing Professional Services, and the Society for American Military Engineers. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from New York University. Tags: