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S/L/A/M Collaborative team members named to industry boards

Glastonbury, CT According to The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM) Tanya Cutolo, AIA, LEED AP and Ross Spiegel, FAIA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP have been appointed to the following boards:

• Spiegel is a specifications coordinator for SLAM, and has been elected vice chair of the Connecticut Green Building Council (CTGBC) board of directors. He will serve a one-year term. Spiegel has been a member of the CTGBC since 1994 and, during his 25 years of service, he has been on the board for 10 years and served as secretary for two years. He also has been the chair of the council’s advocacy committee since 2012. 

• Cutolo is business development director for SLAM Construction Services, and has been elected to the board of directors of the Connecticut Architecture Foundation, an affiliation of the American Institute of Architects, Connecticut Chapter (AIA Connecticut). She has been a member of AIA Connecticut since 2008 and this is her first term serving on the board.

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