Encinitas Resident Reappointed To Landscape Architects Committee

ENCINITAS, CA — Gov. Gavin Newsom has reappointed Encinitas resident Patricia Trauth to the Landscape Architects Technical Committee.

Trauth, a Democrat, has served on the committee since 2015, according to the governor's office. The committee, under the purview of the California Architects Board, establishes standards for licensure and enforces the laws and regulations that govern the practice of landscape architecture in California.

Trauth has been principal at RICK Engineering since 2016, the governor's office said. She was principal landscape architect at AECOM from 2008 to 2016. She previously served as vice president of Project Design Consultants from 2005 to 2008 and director of planning and landscape architecture at Robbins Jorgensen Christopher Architects from 1999 to 2005. She earned a master's degree in landscape architecture from the University of Arizona and a bachelor's degree in art education from Bowling Green State University.