Executive Committee
Sadik Artunç
President (2020 – 2021)
Professor & Head
Department of Landscape Architecture
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Mississippi State University
Sartunc@lalc.msstate.edu
Galen D. Newman
First Vice-President & President-Elect (2020 – 2021)
Associate Professor & Associate Department Head
Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning
College of Architecture
Texas A&M University
gnewman@arch.tamu.edu
Ebru Özer
Treasurer (2019 – 2021)
Associate Professor
Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Florida International University
eozer@fiu.edu
Simon Bussiere
Second Vice President (2020 – 2022)
Assistant Professor
School of Architecture
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
bussiere@hawaii.edu
Jun-Hyun Kim
Secretary & Vice President for Communications Outreach & Publications (2020 – 2022)
Associate Professor & Program Director
Landscape Architecture and Master of Environmental Design Programs
School of Planning, Design and Construction
Michigan State University
junhkim@msu.edu
Taner R. Özdil
Vice President for Research & Creative Scholarship (2020 – 2022)
Associate Professor
College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs
University of Texas Arlington
tozdil@uta.edu
Sarah Gillian
Executive Director
Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
110 Horizon Drive, Suite 210 Raleigh, NC 27615
919.459.6085 | director@thecela.or
Ashley Steffens
Past President
Associate Professor
College of Environment + Design
University of Georgia
steffens@uga.edu