Serve on CLARB's Board of Directors

The CLARB Board of Directors is a diverse group of leaders responsible for setting organizational direction, allocating adequate resources to achieve its goals and ensuring that sufficient progress is being made. They exercise fiduciary responsibility of the organization’s resources and establish strategy and policy.

Board members are expected to:

• Set direction
• Ensure resources
• Provide oversight
• Foster internal relationships
• Build external relationships
• Prepare & participate

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• Participates in governance duties as described above.
• Responsible for communicating the Board’s decisions to the membership.
• Gains understanding of key Board processes and governance communications.

Term: 2 Years

Eligibility: No restrictions. Majority of Board of Directors must be licensed landscape architects.

Time Commitment:

• All-day meetings*: 11 days/year
• Virtual meetings: 10 hours/year
• Meeting preparations: 20 hours/year

View full details (PDF)

Term: 2 Years

• All-day meetings*: 15 days/year
• Virtual meetings: 15-20 hours/year
• Meeting preparations: 30 hours/year

View full details (PDF)

• Participates in governance duties as described above.
• Serves as a member of the organization’s Executive Committee and Audit and Finance Committee
• Past President chairs the Leadership Advisory Council.
• Establishes and maintains key external relationships and understands roles and opportunities for collaboration.

Term: 3-Year Commitment
(automatic succession to President, then Past President)

• Lead with Vision: Planning for the future with creativity, wisdom, and foresight.
• Act with Integrity: Operating with transparency and in alignment with our values and principles.
• Demonstrate Thought Leadership: Building trust and influence within our community.
• Aspire to Excellence: Striving for continuous improvement through learning, growth, and development.
• Foster Inclusive Community: Cultivating meaningful connections among our stakeholders.
• Engage as Stewards: Managing the organization’s resources and mission with care and respect.
• Design Collaboratively: Engaging stakeholders and partners to develop and achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

Download Board Responsibilities (PDF) for detailed descriptions.

"I volunteered because it was an opportunity to better understand and influence how landscape architecture can improve our communities."

Edward Kinney
2023 Director-at-Large

"Being on the Board, you have a chance to impact the future of licensure."

Allison Fleury
2023 Director-at-Large

"I started volunteering to give back to the profession, but I feel like I've gotten out of it more than I ever thought possible."

Dean Pearson
Former Director-at-Large

Future leadership perspectives

The Board has identified these perspectives as future leadership needs of the organization. We encourage candidates with the following perspectives to get involved:

• International landscape architecture practice: practices (educated, trained or worked outside the U.S. or Canada) in a different regulatory environment or does not have a regulatory framework, relationship building with IFLA (advances our global outcomes).​

• Licensed in a related field (i.e. architecture, engineering, interior design, etc.): are you licensed to practice in another design profession? Do you hold any professional certifications in addition to your license?

• Work at a large multi-discipline firm: similar to being dually licensed, experience working with other design professions is a helpful perspective for CLARB’s current and future goals related to CLARB 2.0. 

Leadership competencies

Investing in leadership

We believe that investing in our volunteer leadership is one of the best ways to ensure the future success of our organization. Strong leadership empowers CLARB's vision, mission and values. CLARB is committed to providing volunteers with the resources and support they need to be successful, so we offer a robust leadership development program.

Documents

• Detailed responsibilities (PDF)
• Sample agendas (PDF)
• Board structure (PDF)
• CLARB 2.0 strategic framework
• Key initiatives
• Bylaws (PDF) 

Travel

Volunteer travel expenses are funded by CLARB, including:

• Airfare
• Ground transportation and parking
• Lodging
• Meals

FY 2026 

October 1, 2025-September 30, 2026

FY 2027

October 1, 2026-September 30, 2027