Senior Board Members
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Tyler Patin, Founder/Chair + President
Born and raised in the heart of Cajun Country, Tyler Patin studied architecture and design at The University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He began his career in New Orleans and in the following years built experience with multi-family residential, healthcare, and hospitality developments at firms in New Orleans, Dallas, Chicago, and New York City working with internationally acclaimed firms such as Perkins + Will, Einhorn Yaffe Prescott, and Corgan. In 2017, Tyler founded Acadia Design + Development, a full service architecture and development firm.
Tyler has applied his experience with projects such as the British Airways Terminal Renovation at JFK Airport and the Swedish Medical Center Expansion Project in Seattle to successfully complete work of significant scale. Tyler’s goal is to provide excellence in leadership by identifying project needs and implementing plans to address them, mentoring young designers, and contributing significantly to the strength of the team as well as the success of the firm. Beyond the office,
Tyler is an engaged member of the professional community, as an associate member of the New Orleans and New York City Chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) since 2015. He is also an associate member of the Institute of Interior Designers of America. (IIDA)
Tyler actively applies his skills to benefit the broader community as a vocal advocate for arts education in local public schools. Away from the desk, Tyler is a voracious music and theater enthusiast as well as a skilled and sensitive draughtsman with a body of intricate, ambitious freehand drawings, watercolors, and sketches. His passion for architecture and design and its importance to society is based on the principle that effective and beautiful architecture should be a symbiotic relationship with the places and people enriched by it.
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Junior Board Members
The Acadia Foundation’s Junior Board Members are identified educators and professionals in the performing arts community who support The Acadia Foundation and advocate for its programs and students. The Committee assists in identifying issues within the communities that we serve in addition to the development of our educational, scholarship, and grant programs. Our Junior Board is also assists the foundation by cultivating current and new relationships with corporate partners.
Corporate Leadership Committee
The Acadia Foundation’s Corporate Leadership Committee (CLC) members are identified leaders in the business community who support The Acadia Foundation and advocate for its programs and students. The Committee raises funds for the organization by cultivating current and new relationships with corporate partners. In return, The Acadia Foundation offers mentorship with its Board of Directors in order to develop a pipeline for future Board membership at The Acadia Foundation or other organizations. The CLC was launched in the fall of 2016, and RTKids welcomes new members. More information can be requested by emailing Tyler Patin, Founder, Chair + President at tyler@theacadiafoundation.org.