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Chapter Objectives:

1. Support environmental professionals and students in a manner that serves to enhance, maintain, and protect the quality of the natural and built environment.
2. Promote objective research and education based on the best available science for the benefit of the public and environmental professionals.
3. Represent and connect environmental professionals and students across Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties, using a variety of outreach and engagement techniques.
4. Improve and advance the state of the art in communication, data collection, and methodologies for environmental analysis and planning.
5. Improve public awareness and involvement in the environmental planning, analysis, and review process.
6. Advocate for environmental justice and actively pursue strategies to improve access to the profession for all regardless of background.

Current Board Members:

 President
Brandi Cummings
Lead Environmental Planner
SWCA Environmental Consultants
adminccc@califaep.org

Vice President 
Nicole West
Supervising Environmental Planner
Rincon Consultants

Treasurer
Ethan Knox
Environmental Planner
Rincon Consultants

Secretary
Haley Kolosieke
Land Use Planner
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Chapter Director
Jacqueline Protsman Rohr
Senior Associate
PlaceWorks

Ventura County Programs Representative

Cameron Savois 

Santa Barbara County Programs Representative
Michael Messina 
Principle Scientist/Environmental Compliance Services Lead

San Luis Obispo County Programs Representative
Autumn Payton

Project Manager, Place Works

Communications Director
Elizabeth Moreno
Senior Planner 
County of San Luis Obispo

Membership Director

Vacant 

Legislative Liaison
Emily Creel
Principal Planning Team Lead
SWCA Environmental Consultants

Student Outreach Coordinator
Associate Planner, Environmental Planning Consultant

WSP

Member At Large

Cara Cunningham

Associate/ Senior Environmental Planner, LSA

Bren School Advisor
David Parker
Director of Career Development
UCSB Bren School
david@bren.ucsb.edu

Cal Poly Faculty/ Satff Advisor 
Priya Verma
Associate Professor, Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences Department

pverma@calpoly.edu

Fundraising Chair
Open Position

Corporate Sponsor Chair
Open Position

Updated: August 1, 2024  by Elizabeth Moreno

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