Welcome to the Southern California Chapter
Welcome to the ASLA Southern California Chapter website. This site is designed as an information portal to provide you with current information. The Southern California Chapter encompasses the southern portion of California, south of the thirty-seventh (37th) parallel, including the Counties of Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. Current membership is 565 members. The map shown is not a regional map, but depicts the Chapter’s past sections which were once active.
Contact ASLA Southern California
360 East 1st Street, #371
Tustin, CA 92780
Office: 714-838-3615
Toll Free: 877-378-6726
Mobile: 714-267-5281
Contact ASLA National
636 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3736
Phone: 202.898.2444
Fax: 202.898.1185
Email: info@asla.org
Web: www.asla.org
Our Mission
The mission of the Southern California Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects is to support the professional development of our members and advance the profession of landscape architecture.
Chapter History
ASLA Southern California – Then & Now
Beginning in 1937 and ending in 2024, this video highlights our chapter members and events throughout the years.
Our Story – The Southern California Chapter
Organized partly from the defunct Pacific Coast Chapter, Katherine Bashford and Fred Barlow, Jr. were both involved in founding the “Southern California Chapter” in 1937. Ralph Cornell was Chapter President elected by a handful of members at a time when the American economy was experiencing the third worst downturn of the 20th century.
Southern California Executive Committee
California Council of ASLA
Los Angeles
Committee Chairs
Members at Large
Student Chapter Presidents
CCASLA
California Council of ASLA
The California Council of the American Society of Landscape Architects is an organization comprised of the four California Chapters including the San Diego, Southern California, Sierra, and Northern California Chapters, The purpose of the Council shall be to advance the profession of Landscape Architecture in the State of California as an instrument of services in public welfare and to serve as the coordinating Council in the State for the various Chapters of the American Society of Landscape Architects. For more information about the California Council, click here.
Past Presidents & Trustees
*Trustee
Hongjoo Kim, 2024
Evan Mather, 2022
Carlos Flores, 2021
Pamela Brief, 2018, 2020
Duane Border, 2017, 2018
Baxter Miller, 2015*
Richard Krumwiede, 2014
Perry Cardoza, 2013*
Baxter Miller, 2012
Pamela Galera, 2011
Anna Mendiola, 2009
Andy Bowden, 2008*, 2016*
Angela Woodward, 2007, 2010
John Tikotsky, 2006
Pieter Severynen, 2005
Stephanie Landregan, 2004*
Tal Jackson, 2003
Rick Mayer, 1974, 2001*
Scott Reese, 2000
Calvin Abe, 1997
Julie Riley, 1996
Cynthia D’ Agosta, 1995
Steve Lang, 1994*
David Tatsumi, 1993
William Schulz, 1992
Donald Tompkins, 1990, 1991
Randy Hlubik, 1989
Rick Hume, 1988*
Ken Wood, 1987
Emily Gabel, 1986
Leslee Temple, 1984, 1985
Frank Dunbar, 1983
Keith French, 1982
Jerry Hastings, 1978, 1979
Kenneth Andrew, 1977
Rae Price, 1976
John Hourian, 1974, 1980
Richard Campbell, 1973
Dave Thoms, 1972
Lee Sharman, 1970
Yoshiro Befu, 1969
Merrill F. Winans, 1967, 1968
Owen Peters, 1963, 1964
Howard O. Boltz, 1961
Tracy H. Abell, 1959, 1960
S. William Bridgers, 1957
George Huntington, 1955
Virginia Russell, 1952
George W. Wickstead, 1951
Arthur Barton, 1948
Ruth Shellhorn, 1947
Ken Nakaba*
Robert Cardoza*
Active Southern California Chapter Fellows
Calvin R. Abe, FASLA
Gerdo P. Aquino, FASLA
Arthur G. Beggs, FASLA
Andrew C. N. Bowden, FASLA
Pamela Grace Burton, FASLA
Ann Christoph, FASLA
Kelly Comras, FASLA
Paul Comstock, FASLA
Glen Dake, FASLA
Deborah Deets, FASLA
Nord Eriksson, FASLA
Robert M. Eriksson, FASLA
Charlotte M. Frieze, FASLA
Emily Gabel-Luddy, FASLA
Pamela Galera, FASLA
Sandra J. Gonzalez, FASLA
Isabelle C. Greene, FASLA
Calvin S. Hamilton, FASLA
Loren L. Herold, FASLA
Frederick T. Hume, FASLA
Ying-yu Hung, FASLA
Stephanie V. Landregan, FASLA
Claire Latané, FASLA
Richard K. Law, FASLA
Mia M. Lehrer, FASLA
Thomas A. Lockett, FASLA
Evan Mather, FASLA
Lee-Anne Milburn, FASLA
Baxter Miller, FASLA
Lawrence R. Moline, FASLA
Kenneth S. Nakaba, FASLA
Gerald P. Pearson, FASLA
Rae L. Price, FASLA
Mark W. Rios, FASLA
Kenneth W. Smith, FASLA
Gerald L. Smith, FASLA
Donald H. Tompkins, FASLA
Marq Truscott, FASLA
Robert E. Truskowski, FASLA
Susan Van Atta, FASLA
Ramiro Villalvazo, FASLA
Mark J. Von Wodtke, FASLA
Joseph Yee, FASLA
K. Richard Zweifel, FASLA
Strategic Plan
The strategic plan for ASLA Southern California identifies strategies that will best enable the chapter to advance its mission. As staff and board engage in the process, they become committed to measurable goals, approve priorities for implementation, and also commit to revisiting the organization’s strategies on an ongoing basis as the chapter’s internal and external environments change.
Looking ahead and planning for the future will be continuous. As various factors change, the chapter will adjust its plans. The process of bringing everyone together to plan for the future is energizing. The leadership will revisit the plan periodically, making adjustments, and adapting the plan – and the chapter’s strategic priorities.