Paolo Soleri
Paolo Soleri and his late wife Colly established the not-for-profit Cosanti Foundation in 1965 to conduct architectural and urban planning research. The construction of Arcosanti, both as a goal and as a learning process, is the foremost concern of the Foundation. Soleri received his Ph.D in Architecture from the Torino Polytecnico in 1946. He first came to the Arizona desert in 1947 on a fellowship to study with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West. He has received three honorary doctorates and earned numerous awards including the National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in 2006, and Golden Lion Award at the Venice Biennale in 2001.

Arthur P. Allsworth
Art Allsworth, secretary for the board, is in private practice in Phoenix, AZ, as a lawyer and certified tax specialist. He became a member of the board of directors of the Cosanti Foundation in 1969. Allsworth graduated with an LL.M. degree from the New York University School of Law, with an LL.B. from the University of Washington School of Law and a B.BA. from the University of Washington. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Arizona and the board of directors of the Arizona Federal Tax Institute. He has served as president of the Men's Arts Council of the Phoenix Art Museum, president of the Phoenix Little Theater and on the executive board of the Theodore Roosevelt Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Mary Hoadley
Mary Hoadley, treasurer for the board, became associated with the Cosanti Foundation in 1970. She has held numerous staff positions in the foundation, becoming part of the management staff in 1971 and a member of the board of directors in 1977. Hoadley graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford in 1967 with a bachelor of arts degree in history and anthropology. She has represented the Cosanti Foundation internationally in the communities exchange program to Findhorn and Auroville, and traveled to China, Tibet, and Rio de Janeiro on behalf of the foundation. She is also an active representative of the foundation in many civic organizations in central Arizona. Hoadley is married to Roger Tomalty who has been associated with the foundation since 1970.

Richard Loveless
For nearly four decades, Richard Loveless has been an artist/teacher/researcher and advocate for the arts in American culture. His professional contributions include planning, managing, and teaching in arts programs for public schools, universities, state departments of education, and for visual and performing arts institutions nationally and internationally. Loveless served as the founding Director of the "Institute for Studies in the Arts" in the College of Fine Arts at Arizona State University.

Michel Sarda
Michel F. Sarda was born a French citizen, raised and schooled in Paris. He earned his degree in Architecture from the Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts, established his own firm and practiced in France and North Africa until his departure for Arizona in 1984. Now a US citizen, a licensed architect, book publisher and professional photographer, Sarda has been involved in numerous community projects under his nonprofit, Art Renaissance Initiative. He authored twelve books and facilitated the publication of The Mind Garden - Conversations with Paolo Soleri (2007) and Voices of Arcosanti (2009). He joined the Cosanti Foundation Board of Trustees in 2007.

Tomiaki Tamura
Tomiaki Tamura began his association with Paolo Soleri in 1977. Working first as an apprentice, he became a member of the Cosanti Foundation's management staff in 1983. In addition to participating in the day-to-day management of the foundation activities, he has been archivist of Soleri's work and curator of Soleri exhibitions. He holds a bachelor of architecture degree from Nihon University in Japan and a master's degree in environmental planning from Arizona State University. Tamura is co-author of two Japanese publications and numerous articles in architecture and art journals.

Roger Tomalty
Information about Roger Tomalty coming soon.

Doug Lee
Douglas Lee is a Graduate of California Polytechnic State University where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Architectural Engineering in 1965. Following his graduation, Mr. Lee joined the staff of Soleri's Paolo Soleri, where he served as Chief Architect. Prior to founding Lee & Sakahara Architects AIA, Inc. in 1979, Mr. Lee went abroad as the Director of Design for a multi-national architectural and engineering firm. He has designed projects in Korea, Japan, Iran and Argentina. With experience that extends over three decades and a licensed architect in 20 states, Mr. Lee is a member of the American Institute of Architects

Jeff Stein, Chairperson
Jeff Stein AIA, Boston Architectural College Dean, is an editor, writer and practicing architect. Formerly Professor and Head of Architecture at Wentworth Institute in Boston, he taught in the Career Discovery Program at Harvard Graduate School of Design; Technicum Winterthur, Zurich; and at Ecole de Architecture Languedoc-Rousillon, in Montpellier, France. Mr. Stein was Commissioner of Education for the Boston Society of Architects, on the editorial board of Architecture Boston, and an award-winning architecture critic for the newspaper, Banker + Tradesman. On the Cosanti staff in the 1970's and 80's he worked on the 2Suns Arcology Exhibit, the East Crescent Complex at Arcosanti, and the Arcosanti Festivals, producing Teilhard and Metamorphosis, celebrating Pierre Teilhard deChardin's connection to Arcosanti. He was a member of Paolo Soleri Associates, helping to design the DeConcini house in Phoenix. Stein lectures widely about Arcosanti, including at the 7th World EcoCities Congress, and the Tel Aviv-Yafo Centennial Conference on Urban Sustainability this past year. He recently completed an American edition of the Swiss text, The Ecological Aspects of Building, with his wife, art historian Emilie Altemose.

Kristine Soleri Timm
Information about Kristine Soleri Timm coming soon.