Background
Election to Fellow is one of the highest honors that the American Institute of Certified Planners bestows upon a member.
Congratulations to the Fellows from the APA California Chapter:
- Al Zelinka, FAICP – Orange Section
- Albert Herson, FAICP – Sacramento Valley Section
- Anna Pehoushek, FAICP – Orange Section
- Barbara Kautz, FAICP – Northern Section
- Barry Miller, FAICP – Northern Section
- Betsy McCullough, FAICP – San Diego Section
- Brian Mooney, FAICP – San Diego Section
- Brian Taylor, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- Carl Morehouse, FAICP – Central Coast Section
- Carol Barrett, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- Cary Lowe, FAICP – San Diego Section
- Celeste Werner, FAICP – San Diego Section
- Clement Lau, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- Daniel Iacofano, FAICP – Northern Section
- David Bess, FAICP – Northern Section
- David Early, FAICP – Northern Section
- David Salazar, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- Dean Macris, FAICP – Northern Section
- Deborah Rosenthal, FAICP – Orange Section
- Donald Rothblatt, FAICP – Northern Section
- Donald Shoup, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- Elaine Costello, FAICP – Northern Section
- Elizabeth Tyler, FAICP – Northern Section
- Ellen Greenberg, FAICP – Northern Section
- Fred Collignon, FAICP – Northern Section
- Gary Schoennauer, FAICP – Northern Section
- Hanson Hom, FAICP – Northern Section
- Heidi Tschudin, FAICP – Sacramento Valley Section
- Hing Wong, FAICP – Northern Section
- Janet Ruggiero, FAICP – Sacramento Valley Section
- Jeanette Dinwiddie-Moore, FAICP – Northern Section
- Jeffrey Lambert, FAICP – Central Coast Section
- John Bridges, FAICP – San Diego Section
- John Dugan, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- Joseph Edmiston, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- Julianna Delgado, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- Karen Alschuler, FAICP – Northern Section
- Kathrin Moore, FAICP – Northern Section
- Kurt Christiansen, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- Larry Morrison, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- Laurie Johnson, FAICP – Northern Section
- Linda Dalton, FAICP – Northern Section
- Linda Tatum, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- M. Margo Wheeler, FAICP – Orange Section
- Mark Winogrond, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- Marsha Rood, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- Miguel Vazquez, FAICP – Inland Empire Section
- Nancy Fong, FAICP – Inland Empire Section
- Naphtali Knox, FAICP – Northern Section
- Paul Sedway, FAICP – Northern Section
- Richard Pruetz, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- Robert Dannenbrink, FAICP – Orange Section
- Robert Leiter, FAICP – San Diego Section
- Robert Olshansky, FAICP – Northern Section
- S. Gail Goldberg, FAICP – San Diego Section
- Simran Jhutti, FAICP – Central Section
- Steven Preston, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- Susan Harden, FAICP – Orange Section
- Susan Peerson, FAICP – San Diego Section
- Susan Stoddard, FAICP – Northern Section
- Thomas Jacobson, FAICP – Northern Section
- Tridib Banerjee, FAICP – Los Angeles Section
- Vivian Kahn, FAICP – Northern Section
- William Anderson, FAICP – San Diego Section
- William Fulton, FAICP – San Diego Section
Fellows of AICP are honored in recognition of their achievements as planners and as individuals, whose efforts have led to demonstrably significant and transformational improvements to the field of planning and the communities they served.
Fellowship is granted to planners who have been long-time members of AICP and have achieved excellence in professional practice, teaching and mentoring, research, public and community service, and leadership. Those chosen become members of the College of Fellows.
The College of Fellows is concerned with mentoring and future advancement of the profession of planning. As outstanding professionals in the field of planning, Fellows of AICP address student organizations, state APA conferences, and professional development programs.
The AICP College of Fellows nomination process is biennial. Nominations are due during odd-numbered years and each new class is inducted in even-numbered years during the APA National Planning Conference. Candidates for nomination should have made outstanding contributions to the profession throughout their career. They must meet criteria laid out in the national nomination guidelines including: exceptional leadership; innovation and excellence; and creating a legacy for their community, profession and society.
The California Chapter Nominating Committee will work with Sections and current FAICP planners to identify candidates eligible for FAICP status and then work with those interested in pursuing this esteemed recognition in the planning profession.
Do you know someone who is eligible for nomination to the Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners that you think should be nominated? That individual should be an active APA member and an AICP planner for at least 15 years. Please forward the individual’s name to your Section Director who will forward to the Chapter Nominating Committee.
The Process
Information regarding the process by nominators and nominees including deadlines can be found here on the National APA website. The generalized timeframe is that eligible candidates are identified by early spring, then work on applications is done through the spring and summer, with submittal of perfected applications by the California Chapter to National APA in the late summer.
Individuals not endorsed for Chapter nomination may be nominated by other avenues: by ten AICP members, or by a Division of APA.
In Memoriam
- J. Laurence (Larry) Mintier, FAICP
- Alan Kreditor, FAICP
- George Mader, FAICP
- Kenneth Topping, FAICP
- Richard Willson, FAICP
- Robert Paternoster, FAICP
- Marjorie Macris, FAICP