President

Connie McFarland has been extensively involved in all aspects of architecture for over 30 years. Her area of expertise is practice management and she is the managing principal for McFarland Architects. Her significant projects include community hospitals all over Oklahoma, Higher Education Projects for the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Tulsa. For years, she has served vigorously on the national and local levels of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

She has been the chair of the AIA Risk Management Committee three times over a 10 year term. She has also served on the committee and as chair of the 2000 AIA Trust in Washington, D.C. where she held a five year term. In 1998, she served as the AIA Oklahoma President and was the Tulsa Chapter President in 1985. Connie authored a nationally recognized publication entitled, “Americans with Disabilities Act: Accommodating the Public” and has been a speaker at the AIA National Convention five times. She is one of eighty founding Fellows of the American College of Healthcare Architects (FACHA). Connie is currently serving as a Regent on the Board of the American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA) and is the Chairman of the Architects Political Action Committee for the State of Oklahoma.

As President of McFarland Architects, Connie manages the day to day activities of the firm and acts as the principle programmer on all projects. Her primary role with the firm is master planning and project definition. Connie is a licensed architect in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, Iowa, New Mexico and Missouri.