2025 Fellows: Jon Wreschinski, FASLA, San Diego Chapter

Cuyamaca College, San Diego, CA
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Jon Wreschinsky has generously shared his dedication, leadership, and expertise to advance the profession over four decades. He has led efforts at the local, state, and national levels to promote awareness and understanding of the essential role landscape architecture plays in addressing urgent issues around climate change, landscape resiliency, and sustainability, while also having a significant impact on protecting professional licensure. Within ASLA he has served in many capacities: As President of the California Council of ASLA, he successfully led lobbying efforts to counteract the governor's initiative to eliminate various boards and commissions that ensure the competent oversight of landscape architecture practice in the state. He developed, organized, and oversaw the establishment of the first ASLA Student Affiliate Chapter in the US, which became a model for similar programs nationwide. Jon was instrumental in establishing the San Diego Chapter's Stewardship Committee, one of the first formed within ASLA, whose aim is to educate practitioners and local/regional decision-makers on sustainable development and other conservation practices. He serves as the Chapter Trustee and was president of the Northern California chapter. Jon was honored with a 2016 ASLA Advocacy Leadership Award for his contributions to advocacy materials highlighting the knowledge, skills, and abilities of landscape architects and how they contribute to critical planning and design issues affecting California. He continues to advocate for the profession as a member and Past-Chair of the California Landscape Architects Technical Committee. He serves on the CLARB Experience Requirements Working Group. As the profession continues to evolve, Jon's contributions will remain a cornerstone of its ongoing efforts to improve the environment through climate-appropriate and equitable design and to share that knowledge with future generations of landscape architects.