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John J. Di Benedetto, FARA
John
J. Di Benedetto is a registered architect and professional planner who is certified by
the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.
He is past president of the PA Council of the Society of American Registered Architects and currently serves as a Director of their National Board. In September 2003, he was inducted into the College of Fellows of the Society of American Registered Architects. Mr. Di Benedetto is the recipient of the Distinguished Presidential Citation for outstanding service to S.A.R.A., the Jean P. Boulanger Service Award, and the Prestigious Gregson Leadership award (Founder’s Award).
His professional registrations include the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Texas.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from Drexel University and a degree in Building Construction Technology from Spring Garden College.
He started private practice in 1979 and has designed and built a wide variety of building types in several states from Maine to California, including commercial, institutional, religious, custom residential, and multi-family projects.
Mr. Di Benedetto also founded and manages a construction management Company, J.L.M. Group Inc, which has been in operation from 1984 to the present time. The scope of this work includes medical office renovations, Retail stores, industrial buildings, and food service facilities.
Mr. Di Benedetto has served on several boards of directors. Currently, in addition to his service to the Society of American Registered Architects, he is an active Board member of the Rotary Club of Jenkintown, a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Foundation and a Gundaker Fellow of Rotary International. He also serves as a member of the Government and Economic Affairs Committee of the Eastern Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Di Benedetto is a former adjunct Professor of Design at Drexel University Evening College of Civil Engineering and Spring Garden College, Department of Architecture. He is married and has two children, both of whom hold managerial positions in the construction industry.