The Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB)
Executive Committee (2023-2024)
• Lea Ann Macknally, President
• Joel Kurokawa, President-Elect

 
• Craig Coronato, Treasurer
• Carisa McMullen, Past President
The Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) is a non-profit organization that has worked to protect the world's people, places and environment through landscape architecture for over 50 years. CLARB designs, promotes and defends landscape architectural standards with its 56 member licensure boards across Canada, the United States, Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands.
In continuing the organization's work to keep the Landscape Architect Registration Examination (L.A.R.E.) relevant, defensible and accessible, CLARB transitioned to a new exam blueprint reflective of its most recent job/task analysis conducted in 2022. The new blueprint is effective with the December 2023 administration of the L.A.R.E.
Since its approval by CLARB's member boards in 2022, the Uniform Licensure Standard for Landscape Architecture has been adopted by seven jurisdictions and counting. The Uniform Standard is a set of recommended standards for licensure that create common, consistent licensure requirements across jurisdictions to reduce confusion and barriers to entry for candidates while creating consistency, defensibility and encouraging mobility.
In addition to offering the licensure exam, managing professional records through the CLARB Council Record and defending licensure for the health, safety and welfare of the public, CLARB also engaged in several projects under its new strategic framework known as "CLARB 2.0." clarb.org/clarb2
CLARB is a member of the Interorganizational Council on Regulation (ICOR), which works to harmonize policies, processes and procedures among the design professions: architecture, engineering, interior design, landscape architecture and surveying. Along with partners at NCARB, NCEES and CIDQ, CLARB is working to develop uniform guidelines and definitions for competent overlap of practice between the design disciplines that will result in clear and shared definitions, guidelines or best practices.
Strengthening the future of the landscape architecture profession worldwide through international partnerships, collaboration, advocacy and research is another component of CLARB's strategic framework. At the IFLA World Council in Nairobi, Kenya, CLARB was named the International Federation of Landscape Architects Americas' first Corporate Member and will have the opportunity to engage with colleagues throughout the five IFLA regions around IFLA's mission to promote the landscape architecture profession. CLARB also formalized a strategic partnership with IFLA Americas Region to work collaboratively on several common goals around landscape architecture standards and regulation across North, Central and South America.
At the Annual Meeting of membership in September, more than 120 attendees gathered in Henderson, Nevada, to "Cultivate Connections, Foster Community and Evolve Competency." CLARB volunteers, leadership, partners and industry experts presented on a variety of topics, including building public understanding of landscape architecture, sharing results of the first ever Global Job Task Analysis, celebrating landscape architecture's recent STEM designation and continuing education.
The organization relies on volunteers to advance its mission and strategic objectives. You can join CLARB's efforts to design and promote landscape architectural standards through a variety of volunteer opportunities: clarb.org/volunteer
CLARB's support team offers personalized guidance for every candidate's unique licensure journey. The team is available to answer your questions Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. ET at 571-432-0332 or
info@clarb.org. clarb.org/contact