Martin Felsen AIA
Director, Archeworks

Sarah Dunn
Research Director, Archeworks

Felsen and Dunn are founding principals of UrbanLab in Chicago.  UrbanLab is an award-winning design firm that has designed civic, commercial and residential projects.  Recently, UrbanLab won the History Channel’s ‘City of the Future’ competition, and Felsen won the AIA Chicago Dubin Family Young Architect Award. Both Felsen and Dunn are graduates of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University in New York City. Felsen is an Associate Studio Professor at the College of Architecture, IIT, and Dunn is an Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture, College of Architecture and the Arts, UIC.

Cara Cantlebary Flaster, BA
Interim Executive Director

Cara has managed recruitment and operations at Archeworks since 2001. She has also co-edited and published several Archeworks publications including The Archeworks Papers, Convention Challenged: 12 Years of Archeworks and Passing the Baton: The Next Generation of Design Leadership in Chicago. In 2005 she co-facilitated a team of Archeworks students to develop the Design Denied course currently offered at The School of the Art institute in Chicago. In 2008 Cara was appointed Interim Executive Director of Archeworks to manage programming, project partnerships, and community outreach. She received her B.A. in Communications and minored in Women's Studies at The Ohio State University. Her previous professional experience includes business management, marketing, and product development.

Katie Vail, BA
Organization Manager

Katie is the program registrar and coordinates Archeworks publications and events. She has worked in the nonprofit arts sector and in architecture. Prior to her position with Archeworks, Katie was an intern at the Delta Institute. She also volunteers with Common Threads, an organization fostering children's appreciation for cultural diversity and nutrition through cooking. Katie has a B.A. in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis.

Corinne Reynolds, MPA
Development Director

As Development Director, Corinne coordinates all of Archeworks’s fundraising activities. She has worked for nonprofit organizations including Erie Neighborhood House and United Way of America. Corinne holds a masters degree in public administration (MPA) with a concentration in nonprofit management from Indiana University. She also holds a B.A. in Journalism from Indiana University.