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Rich Freitas works for the National Park Service in cultural landscape preservation. He received his master’s degree in landscape architecture from the University of Washington and served on the City of Seattle’s Landmarks Preservation Board. He lives in Northern California.

Janet Gracyk is a landscape architect, now retired, who specialized in the study of historic landscapes. She received her master’s degree in landscape architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, after more than 15 years of designing residential landscapes. It was during her studies at Cal that she was introduced to the study of historic and culturally significant landscapes, which she found even more intriguing than design. In 2007 she left her job with a landscape design/build company to pursue cultural landscapes work and was fortunate to obtain a four-month internship with the National Park Service for the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) program. With additional training, Janet focused her practice on historic landscapes with special attention to documentation, analysis, and treatment plans. 

Among favorite projects were cultural landscapes reports for the historic gold mining town of North Bloomfield, a part of Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, in Nevada County; Vikingsholm and Pine Lodge at Lake Tahoe; and a National Register nomination for Pond Farm Pottery in Sonoma County. Janet resides in Petaluma. 

Luke Leuschner is a California-based researcher who focuses on the history of the Southern California desert’s architecture, urbanism, and identity. Some of his past research projects include work on the architect Albert Frey, the city of Palm Desert, and the development Smoke Tree Ranch. His current project is a forthcoming publication on the architect Rudolph Schindler. He is interested in the ways in which architecture and urbanism are used to reimagine the desert “wasteland” into something popular, desirable, and sellable -- with repercussions for how we view and utilize landscapes.

CGLHS BOARD 2019

President: Christine O'Hara Vice President: David Laws Recording Secretary: Nancy Carol CarterMembership Officer: Antonia AdezioTreasurer: Judy HortonImmediate Past President: Steven KeylonDirectors-at-Large: Kelly Comras, Janet Gracyk, Keith Park, Ann Scheid, Libby Simon, Jennifer Trotoux

CGLHS BOARD 2018

President: Christine O'HaraVice President: Libby Simon Recording Secretary: Nancy Carol Carter Membership Officer: Brandy KuhlTreasurer: Judy HortonImmediate Past President: Steven Keylon Directors-at-Large: Antonia Adezio, David Laws, Kelly Comras, Ann Scheid, Jennifer Trotoux

Image:  Brandy Kuhl, Nancy Carol Carter, Judy Horton, Steven Keylon and Christine O'Hara

CGLHS BOARD 2014-2015

President: Judy M. Horton

Image: Above – Front row, left to right: Phoebe Cutler, Kelly Comras, Judy Horton, Nancy Carter, Virginia Kean, and Thea Gurns; Back row, left to right: Larkin Owens, John Blocker, Steven Keylon, Christy O’Hara, Carolyn Bennett, Ann Scheid, Melissa Pregill, and David Brown.

President: Judy M. Horton

Vice President: Nancy Carol Carter

Recording Secretary: Phoebe Cutler

Membership Secretary: Ann Scheid

Treasurer: Christy E. O’Hara

Members-at-Large: Carolyn Bennett, Sarah Raube

Image: Eden founding editor, Marlea Graham (back row, third from left) and other CGLHS board members at the 2009 Annual Meeting.Photo © Mike Lofchie, 2009

CGLHS Board 2011-2012

Judy Horton, President

Aaron Landworth, Vice President

Ann Scheid, Recording Secretary

Libby Simon, Membership Secretary

Christy E. O’Hara, Treasurer

Thomas Brown, Immediate Past President

Members at large

Nancy Carol Carter

Kelly Comras  

Phoebe Cutler

Gary Lyons

Sandra Price

Katharine Rudnyk

Ann Scheid

CGLHS Board 2009-2010

Thomas Brown, President

Aaron Landworth, Vice President

Ann Scheid, Recording Secretary

Judy Horton, Membership Secretary

Gerald A. Flom, Treasurer

Marlea A. Graham, Editor

Libby Simon, Publicity Chair

Thea Gurns, Immediate Past President

Members at large

Julie Cain

Kelly Comras

Margaretta J. Darnall

Libby Simon

CGLHS Board 2007-2008

Thomas Brown, President

Aaron Landworth, Vice President

Ann Scheid, Recording Secretary

Judy Horton, Membership Secretary

John Blocker, Treasurer

Marlea A. Graham, Editor

Tish Brown, Publicity Chair

Thea Gurns, Immediate Past President

Members at large

Margaretta J. Darnell

Linda Renner

Carole McElwee

CGLHS board members at the Huntington for the 2007 conference “California Japanese Style Gardens.”

Front row, left to right: Thea Gurns, Linda Renner, Carole McElwee.

Back row, left to right: Marlea A. Graham, Thomas Brown, Aaron Landworth, Ann Scheid, John Blocker.

CGLHS Board 2005-2006

Thea Gurns, President

David Blackburn, Vice President

Phoebe Cutler, Recording Secretary

Linda Renner, Membership Secretary

John Blocker, Treasurer

Marlea A. Graham, Editor

Laurie Hannah, Immediate Past President

Tish Brown, Publicity Chair

Members at Large

Tom Brown

Judy Horton

Carole McElwee

William Grant, Founder

CGLHS Board 2003-2004

Thea Gurns, President

William A. Grant, Vice President

Phoebe Cutler, Recording Secretary

Linda Renner, Membership Secretary

John Blocker, Treasurer

Marlea A. Graham, Editor

Jacquoline Williams, Publicity Chair

Laurie Hannah, Immediate Past President

Members at large

Tom Brown

Betsy Clebsch

Lucy Warren

CGLHS Board 1999

Mitzi VanSant, President

Laurie Hannah, Vice President

Lucy Warren, Recording Secretary

Glenda Jones, Membership Secretary

Kathleen Craig, Treasurer

Marlea Graham, Editor

William A. Grant, Founder and Directory Editor

Members at large

John Blocker

Roberta Burke

Margaret Mori

CGLHS Board 1997-1998

Mitzi VanSant, President

Laurie Hannah, Vice President

Lucy Warren, Recording Secretary

Barbara Barton, Membership Secretary

Margaret Mori, Treasurer

Marlea Graham, Editor

Members at large

William Grant

Roberta Burke

Kathleen Craig