Leadership & Board Members

  • CPF is governed by a twelve-member Board of Directors. The members of the APA California elect ten of the members to four-year terms. The APA California Vice President for Professional Development and the appointed Student Representative are also members of the CPF Board. The CPF Board elects the officers of the Foundation. The President of CPF also serves as a member of APA California’s Board of Directors. The CPF Board establishes the annual budget of the Foundation, develops annual professional development programs, and selects the recipients of the Foundation’s annual statewide scholarships. CPF updated and adopted its bylaw in December 2021.

    The CPF budget typically allocates less that 10% of its expenses to administrative costs. The CPF Board seeks to increase the Foundation’s endowment so that scholarships are awarded only from interest income, donations, workshops and fundraisers. The principal in the Foundation’s accounts is not used to meet expenses.

Board of Directors

  • Hing Wong, FAICP

    President

    Retired Senior Regional Planner

    Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)/ Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)

  • Aaron Pfannenstiel, AICP

    Vice President and Events Committee Chair

    Principal, Atlas Planning Solutions

  • Lisa Wise, AICP

    Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair

    Principal, Lisa Wise Consulting, Inc.

  • Mirle Rabinowitz-Bussell, PhD

    Secretary

    Associate Professor & Director of Undergrad Studies — Urban Studies and Planning Program at the University of California, San Diego

  • Javier Aguilar

    Board Member

    Senior Regional Planner, Southern California Association of Governments

  • Kareem H. El-Sisi

    Board Member

    Urban Planning Consultant and Managing Director, Expo Egypt

  • Brian McGinnis

    Board Member

    Regional Planner, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning

  • Hilary Nixon, PhD

    Board Member and Scholarship Committee Chair

    Deputy Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute

  • Jouke Peutz

    Board Member

    Project Coordinator, Brian R. Bloom - Architect. Architecture and Planning

  • Kim Prillhart, AICP

    Board Member

    RMA Director, County of Ventura

  • Chelsea Richer, AICP

    Board Member

    Senior Associate, Fehr & Peers

  • Cameron Castillo

    Student Representative

    Master of Urban and Regional Planning Student, UC Irvine

APA California Ex-Officio CPF Board Members

  • Carey Fernandes, AICP

    Vice President for Professional Development APA California

    Principal, Dudek

  • Ahoura Zandiatashbar, PhD

    University Liaison for Northern California APA California

    Assistant Professor, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, San José State University

  • Brandy Chappell-Hill, PhD

    University Liaison for Southern California APA California

    Assistant Professor, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Cal Poly Pomona

Section Liaisons

  • *Vacant*

    Central Section Liaison

  • Kimmie Nguyen, AICP

    Central Coast Section Liaison

  • John Hildebrand

    Inland Empire Section Liaison

  • Marta Polovin

    Los Angeles Section Liaison

  • Edgar Maravilla

    Northern Section Liaison

  • Dana Privitt, AICP

    Orange Section Co-Liaison

  • Jeff Alavarez

    Orange Section Co-Liaison

  • David Schlegel, AICP

    Sacramento Valley Section Liaison

  • Sue Peerson, FAICP

    San Diego Section Liaison