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Pamela Brief

Pamela a licensed landscape architect and President/Founder of Pamela Studios Inc. She currently focuses on projects in the Southern California area. Her prior experience included award-winning domestic and international projects with POD, Emmet Wemple & Associates, The Jerde Partnership, and Walt Disney Imagineering. Her designs engage, educate, and optimize the visitor experience while preserving and improving the health of the local environment and community. An accomplished designer, manager and collaborator, Pamela enjoys mentoring students and emerging professionals.

Pamela has served as the President of ASLA SoCal for 2 years. Prior to taking on the role of Chapter President, she served in the role of Programs Chair, as well as the Chair of the Quality of Life Design Awards in 2018. She enjoys volunteering and advocating on behalf of her profession, and the public.

Ms. Brief recently began serving on the UCLA Extension Landscape Architecture Guidance Committee and was recently appointed by Governor Newsom to the Landscape Architects Technical Committee.

A member of the American Society of Landscape Architects since 1996, Pamela is also a member of the American Institute of Architects-Los Angeles, Association of Women in Architecture, Commercial Real Estate Women Los Angeles, and Friends of the Los Angeles River.

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