Meet the Board
Ade Ayoade
Job Title/Company: President, The Little Things
WUF member since: 2023
Favorite WUF panel attended: Adaptive Reuse: Can It Save Post-Pandemic Los Angeles?
Westside Dream Project: A walkable mixed-used, low- to mid-rise development along the Ballona Creek, combining residential, outdoor park, retail, restaurants, local business.
Josh Stephens
Job Title/Company: Contributing Editor, California Planning & Development Report
WUF member since: 2006
Favorite WUF panel attended: Wuffies 2007 at Hotel Angeleno
Westside Dream Project: Minor league baseball stadium replacing the parking lot north of the Santa Monica Pier.
Corey Hebert
Job Title/Company: Associate, Ethos Real Estate
WUF member since: 2023
Favorite WUF panel attended: ED 1
Westside Dream Project:
Stocker street connection between La Cienega and Overland to significantly relieve traffic caused by Baldwin Hills range geography.
Jamie Poster Rosenberg
Job Title/Company: Project Manager, Craig Lawson & Co., LLC, Land Use Consultants
WUF member since: 2015
Favorite WUF panel attended: How L.A. is Learning to Live with Marijuana.
Westside Dream Project: Westwood Boulevard people mover from the Expo Line station to UCLA Student Union/Westwood Plaza.
Tonyel Stewart
Job Title/Company: Associate Principal, Mithun
WUF member since: 2022
Favorite WUF panel attended:
Westside Dream Project:
Tara Barauskas
Job Title/Company: Executive Director, Community Corp. of Santa Monica
WUF member since: 2017
Favorite WUF panel attended: Mayor’s Forums.
Westside Dream Project:
A walkable, bikeable, zero net energy master-planned community with mixed-income housing and small business opportunities.
Patricia Bijvoet
Job Title/Company: Principal and Founder, UPLA Studio
WUF member since: 2020
Favorite WUF panel attended: Westside Prize - 2021.
Westside Dream Project:
Cynthia Clemons
Job Title/Company:
WUF member since: 2024
Favorite WUF panel attended:
Westside Dream Project:
Natalie Teear
Job Title/Company: SVP, Innovation, Sustainability & Social Impact, Hudson Pacific Properties
WUF member since: 2019
Favorite WUF panel attended: Mayor’s Forums (all of them!)
Westside Dream Project: Restoration and naturalization of Ballona Creek.
Greg Rodgers
Job Title/Company: Vice President, Business Development Director at HKS Architects
WUF Member Since: 2016
Favorite WUF Panel Attended: How to Ensure That Development Benefits Minority Communities
Westside Dream Project: The Sepulveda Pass Light Rail (above ground, over Sepulveda).
David Caddle
Job Title/Company: Management Analyst, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
WUF Member Since: 2024
Favorite WUF Panel Attended: 2024 Legislative Roundup.
Westside Dream Project: K Line Northern Extension.
Kyle Jenkins
Job Title/Company: Co-President, Seachange Partners
WUF member since: 2019
Favorite WUF panel attended:
Westside Dream Project:
Stephanie Shaw
Job Title/Company: Vice President + Sector Manager, TYLin International
WUF member since: 2024
Favorite WUF panel attended: Westside Mayor’s Forum 2024
Westside Dream Project: First-mile/last-mile connections to major transit hubs.
Ellen Castillo
Job Title/Company: Senior Urban Planning & Development Consultant, Akerman LLP
WUF Member Since: 2015
Favorite WUF Panel Attended:
Westside Dream Project:
Chris Rhie
Job Title/Company: Founder and Principal, Rhie Planning LLC
WUF Member Since: 2016
Favorite WUF Panel Attended:
Westside Dream Project:
Hagu Solomon-Cary
Job Title/Company: Principal City Planner, City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning
WUF member since: 2023
Favorite WUF panel attended: California’s Brave New World of Parking - AB 2097
Westside Dream Project: Lincoln Blvd. Streetscape Improvement project between the 10 and 90.
Judy Taylor
Job Title/Company: Partner, HR&A Advisors
WUF member since: 2019
Favorite WUF panel attended:
Westside Dream Project: