President | Maryanne Berger
Vice President | Juliet Stirling
Secretary | Anne Chien
Treasurer | Scott Yu
Past President | Linda Sanford
Board of Managers – Larry Ayers
Board of Managers – Juliet Edson
Board of Managers – James Kaentje
Board of Managers – Melinda LaValle
Board of Managers – Lindsay Wicks
Board of Managers – Jeremy Steinmeier
Board of Managers – Sima Tawakoli
District Chair – Jim Levy
Education Chair – Sima Tawakoli
Emerging Professionals Advisor – Jeremy Steinmeier
Emerging Professionals Chair – Jessie Yu
Lux Awards Chair – Sima Tawakoli
Light! Design Expo Seminars Chair – James Kaentje
Marketing Chair – (Open)
Membership Chair – (Open)
Pasta Party Chair – Maryanne Berger
Program Chair – Jonathan Plumpton
Public Relations/ Recognition Chair – Lindsay Wicks
Scholarship Chair – Mary-Jane Lawless
Section Officer Nominating Chair – Larry Ayers
Tom Tolen Golf Tournament Co-Chairs – Melinda LaValle and Thomas Burrell
Web Master – Yao-Jung Wen
Past Presidents
2023-2008
San Francisco Section
2023-2024 Linda Sanford (July 2023 – December 2024; Officer calendar extended to December 2024)
2022-2023 Matt Wallace President, Sima Tawakoli Interim President
2021-2022 Matt Wallace
2020-2021 Jeremy Steinmeier
2019-2020 Sima Tawakoli
2017-19 Clifton Lemon
2016-17 Yao-Jung Wen
2014-16 Marissa Tucci, LEED GA
2012-14 Bill Bates
2010-12 Leslie Davis, LC
2008-10 Mary-Jane Lawless, LC
2008-1944
When Named Golden Gate Section
2007-08 Gary Smith, LC
2006-07 Chris Nye, LC
2005-06 David Wilds Patton, LC
2004-05 Angela Xanders, LC
2003-04 Melinda LaValle
2002-03 Rick Miller, LC
2001-02 Michael Barrere, LC
2000-01 Juanita Cox, LC
1999-00 Thomas M. Tolen, LC
1998-99 Lawrence M. Ayers, LC
1997-98 Ray Holstead, LC
1996-97 Michael Voigtlander
1995-96 Kenneth M Bowen
1994-95 James R. Borden
1993-94 David Komonosky
1992-93 Michael Siminovitch
1991-92 John Hill
1990-91 Heide Kawahata
1989-90 Rudolph Verderber
1988-89 Daniel C. Kennedy
1987-88 Linda Esselstein
1986-87 Marlene Lee
1985-86 Suzanne Brown
1984-85 Elwin Gee
1983-84 Don M. Vreeland
1982-83 William Bullock
1981-82 Milton Very
1980-81 Walter Goepp
1979-80 William Lohse
1978-79 James Earl Jewell
1977-78 Douglas J. Herst
1976-77 James Bergman
1975-76 Charles Kreiger
1974-75 Joseph J. Sper
1973-74 Paul Schmidt
1972-73 Charles Hobdy
1971-72 A. E. Thompson
1970-71 William Mazzetti
1969-70 Lwarren Weiss
1968-69 James Dellos
1967-68 W. B. Ashton
1966-67 Mel Cammissa
1965-66 Adi R. Bana
1964-65 James W. Burson
1963-64 Glen W. Smith
1962-63 R.L Sawyier
1961-62 Arthur S. Tylor *
1960-61 Frank E. Duhme
1959-60Walter Bayha
1958-59 John C. Epperson
1957-58 C.W. Macy
1956-57 Guy De Leuze
1955-56 W.A. Wright
1955-1944
When Named Northern California Section
1954-55 James E. Barnes
1953-54 F.M. Falge
1952-53 Robert W. Thunen
1951-52 Stanton M Blacksmith
1950-51 Sol Cohn
1949-50 Dan. M. Finch
1948-49 Samuel W. Hazelton
1947-48 H.H. Robinson
1946-47 Ellis J. Willits
1945-46 William A Cyr
1944-45 Robert C. Dearborn
1944-1936
When Named San Francisco Bay Cities Section
1943-44 Romaine Meyers
1942-43 John S. Walsh
1941-42 W.E. Carlson
1940-41 K.K. Knopf
1939-40 Nathan W. Graves
1938-39 Robert G. Dummel
1937-38 Robert G. Dummel
1936-37 G.A. Trosper

