Leadership & Board Members

CPF is governed by a 14-member Board of Directors. The members of the APA California elect twelve members to four-year terms. Additionally, 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 bylaws in February 2023.
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

Aaron Pfannenstiel, AICP

President
Principal, Atlas Planning Solutions
Chelsea Richer, AICP

Vice President
Principal, Fehr & Peers
Hing Wong, FAICP

Past President
Retired Senior Regional Planner
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)/ Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)
Lisa Wise, AICP

Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair
Principal, Lisa Wise Consulting, Inc.
Jouke Peutz

Secretary
Project Manager, Brian R. Bloom - Architect. Architecture and Planning
Hilary Nixon, PhD

Board Member and Scholarship Committee Chair
Deputy Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute
Mirle Rabinowitz-Bussell, PhD

Board Member
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
John Hildebrand

Board Member
Planning Director, County of Riverside
Elizabeth Owen

Board Member
Transportation Planner, ARUP
Kim Prillhart, AICP

Board Member
RMA Director, County of Ventura
Marissa Sulieman Kassisieh

Student Representative
Planning Student, UC Irvine
Jorge Padilla

Board Member
Assistant Director MURP program, UC Irvine

APA California Ex-Officio CPF Board Members

Juliana Lucchesi, AICP

Vice President for Professional Development APA California
Community Development Director, City of Yreka
Jeffrey Hare

University Liaison for Northern California APA California
Lecturer, 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

Aaron Pfannenstiel, AICP