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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.

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 Mens 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.

Charles Benton
Charles Benton is a long-time friend of the Cosanti Foundation, formally joining the board of directors in 1988. Benton is president of the Benton Foundation and of Public Media Inc. He served as chairman of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Sciences during the Carter and Reagan Administrations and as chairman of the first White House Conference on Library and Information Services.

William Bruder
Artist and architect Will Bruder's association with the Cosanti Foundation dates back to the early workshops with Paolo Soleri held at Cosanti. He joined the Foundation's board of directors in 1995. Bruder earned a bachelors of arts degree in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is a self-trained architect who studied with Paolo Soleri, William Wenzel and Gunnar Birkets. Since opening his private design studio in 1974, he has had a distinguished career in architecture with over 350 commissions and over 400 articles published about his work.

Terry Goddard
Terry Goddard is a lawyer concentrating on housing issues. Terry was elected Mayor of Phoenix four times, serving in that office from 1984 to 1990. In 1989, he was elected President of the National League of Cities and was named Municipal Leader of the Year by City and County Magazine. He serves on the board of the Central Arizona Water Conservation District. Since 1995, he has been the Arizona State coordinator for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Terry currently serves on the boards of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Arizona Theatre Company, the Cosanti Foundation, the Benton Foundation, the Kronos Institute, Meta Services and the New Town Community Development Corporation. From 1992 to 1996, he was a public member of the Board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. For the past three years, Terry has taught a graduate course on Urban Housing Policy at ASU. He has been a member of the Arizona Bar Association since 1976.

Michael Gosney
Michael Gosney's association with the Cosanti Foundation began in the early 1980's when his independent publishing company, Avant Books, published Arcosanti: An Urban Laboratory? Gosney is president of the San Francisco based Verbum Inc. He and his company have been on the forefront of pioneering work in multi-media publishing. He joined the Cosanti Foundation board of directors in 1995 and has been involved in several initiatives, including the Virtual Arcosanti Model; an international millennial tour of Paolo Soleri's work in conjunction with the Centre Pompidou in Paris; and the development of the Paradox Project.

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. They have a thirteen year old daughter, Katharine.

Fram Kitagawa
Fram Kitagawa serves as managing director of Arcology International Japan and has been instrumental in spreading Paolo Soleri's ideas in Japan. Kitagawa earned a bachelor's of arts degree from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He opened the Art Front Gallery in 1982 and became director of the Tachikawa project in 1994. He has over 120 exhibits to his credit and continually works to bring Soleri's work to Japan.

Tom Moore
Tom Moore's association with the Cosanti Foundation began when he directed the final project of a graduate student whose research focused on Paolo Soleri and the Cosanti Foundation. He joined the board of directors in 1995. Moore also serves on the board of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs. He holds a Ph.D. In inorganic chemistry from the University of South Carolina and is on the faculty of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC, where he directs the Master of Liberal Arts program.

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.


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

Ken Smith

Daniela Soleri
Daniela Soleri is an ethnoecologist whose research focuses on the genetic implications of 'indigenous' and 'scientific' knowledge and practices in agriculture with the objective of using both of these for developing practical approaches to improve the well being of poor agricultural communities. She received her PhD from U of Arizona, is conducting collaborative, interdisciplinary research with scientists and farmers in Asia, the Middle East, Mexico and the southwestern USA and teaches part time at UCSB.

 

 
 
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