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2010 Pacific Regional Conference Spotlight
Join us in La Jolla: April 5–7, 2010 for the SCUP Pacific Regional Conference!
"Smart Planning in an Era of Uncertainty–New Tools and Strategies"
La Jolla, CA (‘The Jewel’ in Spanish) is located 15 minutes from downtown San Diego and is one of southern California’s most popular vacation spots. It has beautiful beaches, cultural activities, fine restaurants, and is a wonderful combination of a southern European resort atmosphere and Southern California fun. While La Jolla is known to be one of the most affluent communities in the United States, it has a down to earth feel due to the beautiful natural scenery and the helpfulness of its residents. Moreover, in addition to fine restaurants, beautiful beaches, hotels and art galleries, La Jolla is home to renowned institutions, such as the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Stephen Birch Aquarium & Museum, as well as the University of California, San Diego. Furthermore, La Jolla is home to many Bio-Tech and software companies. In short, La Jolla is a great place in which to live, visit, or do business. We have many great tours and events planned, so join us in La Jolla in 2010!
Veda N. Solomon
Chair, Local Host Committee
SCUP Pacific Region
Introducing Our 2010
Conference Leadership Team
 Lauren Cooper
Chair, 2010 Pacific Regional Conference
Director, Facilities Planning, Design & Construction, San Diego State University
Lauren has lived in San Diego since 1976 and is very familiar with the conference site location. She visits the La Jolla area frequently on weekends to enjoy a run or swim at the beautiful beaches or strolls the village area for shopping and dining opportunities. Lauren has been employed with San Diego State University since 1984 as an architect and planner. She is currently the Director of Facilities Planning, Design, and Construction for San Diego State University responsible for all planning and construction programs for the campus including state and non-state funded capital programs, campus master planning, capital programming, architecture, engineering, design, and construction.
Lauren has earned a Bachelor's, two Master's degrees, and most recently received a doctorate from the School of Policy Planning and Development at USC, with an emphasis in the study of policy, planning and development for the future of higher education.
 Veda N. Solomon
Chair, Local Host Committee
Associate & Director of Business Development, HOK LA.
Veda has spent 22 years in the AEC industry as a strategic planner, marketing director, business developer, problem-solver, public speaker, presentation and leadership coach. Starting with a regional NYC architectural firm in 1989, Veda began creating relationships with university planners, administrators and campus architects to further her understanding of the college campus, how it grows and affects all involved in higher education.
In addition to her membership in SCUP, Veda is also a member of SMPS, awarded a lifetime achievement award by its New York chapter. She has also chaired or served on a number of committees throughout her career, including most recently the Spring 2008 SCUP Pacific Regional Southern California Symposium on modernizing historic campuses.
Rounding out our esteemed Conference Leadership Committee are:
- Thomas F. Fortier, Conference Program Chair
- Philip Simpson, Conference Program Vice Chair
- Christine Hurley, Local Host Committee Vice Chair
More about each of them in our next issue.
Recent Call for Proposals Theme:
"Smart Planning in an Era of Uncertainty–New Tools and Strategies"
The last two years have created an era of uncertain financial stability. No sector of higher education has been spared the effects of the recession. New attitudes, tools, and strategies have emerged in response to current threats and opportunities. Whether small or large, public or private, your institution can benefit from new paradigms created to address funding, resource allocation, capital investment, pedagogy, and technology based on creativity and thrift. This conference will focus on charting new courses during unprecedented challenging times.
April 5–7, 2010
Hyatt Regency La Jolla
San Diego, CA
Hotel Reservations and Early-Bird Registration is open now!
In the upcoming issues of the Pacific Region 360 Newsletter, look for more highlights featuring La Jolla and the San Diego area, general conference information and proposed tours, and features on institutions in the San Diego area.
Our Members
Each issue, the Pacific Region 360 Newsletter will feature a variety of membership information, providing statistics about membership in our region, information on membership trends, and welcoming new members. This issue will begin by summarizing membership trends over the last few years and welcoming our newest members.
Our new member numbers this year continue to track consistently with statistics from the previous three years (2005-06 through 2007-08), averaging 22 new members per month, 250 – 270 per year. The new member growth in the Pacific Region also continues to be the highest of all regions, all of whom have also maintained consistent growth in the same period.
For the month of July, the Pacific Region added 7 new Institutional and 11 new Corporate members spread across several states in our region. SCUP welcomes:
Institutional Members:
Martina Bill–University of Oregon, OR
Michael Carette–University of Washington, WA
Richard Cluff–Mesa Community College, AZ
Emily Eng–University of Oregon, OR
Jim Genes–University of California-Merced, CA
Kirk Pawlowski–University of Washington, WA
Linda Schoonmaker–Clover Park Technical College, WA
Corporate Members:
Karl Atteberry–Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch, Portland, OR
Brenda Beck–B.E. Beck & Associates, Coquitlam, BC
Don Beckendorf–Cini-Little International, Inc., South Pasadena, CA
Joel Davis–MENG Analysis, Seattle, WA
Kate Evarts–LMN Architects, Seattle, WA
Dana Forfylow–NBBJ, Seattle, WA
Lee Gamelsky–Lee Gamelsky Architects PC, Albuquerque, NM
Christine King–JE Dunn Construction, Denver, CO
Gabrielle Saponara–Anshen + Allen Architects, San Francisco, CA
Adam Shalleck–The Shalleck Collaborative, San Francisco, CA
Tim Stevens–Sasaki Associates, Inc., San Francisco, CA
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SCUP's Pacific Region
In addition to the US states illustrated above, SCUP members in this region also live in American Samoa Guam, Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, North & South Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, other Pacific Rim countries, western Mexico (Baja California North and Sur, Sonora and Sinaloa).
SCUP Pacific Region Council
While at the conference be sure to come up and introduce yourself to your SCUP Pacific Region council members. They are looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new members.
Find out what's happening in the Pacific Region on the Pacific Regional home page.
Please feel comfortable to send any questions or feedback you have to your council members by using the contact information provided below.
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Pacific Regional Newsletter - September 2009